Sandra Gittlen

 

 

sgittlen@charter.net

Recent articles by Gittlen

Tech tonic for '09
Jan. 05, 2009
Obama administration must forge policies for green IT, cloud computing and high-tech R&D for addressing industry challenges such as cybersecurity and cybercrimes.

10 IT products for taking your network to the next level
Oct. 20, 2008
Advanced IT products from Altor Networks, Cirba, Cisco, Embotics, EMC, GainSpan, MokaFive, Palo Alto Networks, VKernal and Wireless Grids are boosting enterprise networks to the next level.

Security information and event management: Finding the proverbial needle
Oct. 09, 2008
As SIEM tools evolve, information security specialists are getting closer to the day when making sense of and taking action on disparate security events gets quick and easy.

Four tips for SIEM success
Oct. 09, 2008
Information security experts share four tips for success with SIEM implementations.

Want a four-day workweek? IT is key
Oct. 09, 2008
As oil prices continue to fluctuate, the economy flounders and the pressure is on to slow global warming, both public- and private-sector organizations are turning to alternative work schedules such as telecommuting, ...

Six hours to hack the FBI (and other pen-testing adventures)
May. 27, 2008
It takes a lot to shock Chris Goggans; he's been a pen (penetration) tester since 1991, getting paid to break into a wide variety of networks. But he says nothing was as egregious as security lapses in both ...

Utility storage: Ready for a long haul?
May. 19, 2008
Utilization rates are up and spending down at early adopters. But storage virtualization remains tough to figure out, impossible to use in multivendor setting and hard to manage. Is it helping or hurting the utility ...

Can your network handle HD video?
Apr. 14, 2008
Consider this: In the week following Sept. 11, 2001, your users were glued to their television sets tracking breaking news. If an event of similar proportions happened today, they would expect the enterprise network to ...

10 tips for a successful video rollout
Apr. 14, 2008
Here are 10 tips network managers should follow for a successful video deployment.

Web 2.0: Just say yes
Mar. 03, 2008
Not wild about wikis? Not big on blogs? Not sold on Second Life? IT execs who ignore Web 2.0 collaboration technologies could be hurting their company's bottom line.

10 products for taking your network to the next level
Oct. 21, 2008
: HOME : 10 best-of-their kind products : What IT pros like best about next-gen technology : Game-changing IT for everyday workers : Virtualization tips: What to do, what NOT to do : Roundtable chat: the most ...

Three IT projects that matter
Dec. 20, 2007
Privacy, enterprise rights management and data center automation projects are getting the green light.

DirecTV tunes in to mobile CRM
Nov. 26, 2007
DirecTV adds mobile capability to Siebel On Demand application via Antenna Software's AMPower tool.

NAC helps with wireless LAN security at Sinclair Community College
Nov. 26, 2007
Sinclair Community College turns to network access control to secure access for regular network and wireless LAN users.

New secure Web gateways eye next-generation Web-application traffic
Nov. 01, 2007
Layering it on thick: Network administrators face a new class of secure Web gateways to manage security issues Web 2.0 raise.

Best practices for deploying secure Web gateways
Nov. 01, 2007
Analysts, users point to cheap upgrades, understanding traffic patterns and flexible policy enforcement as crucial deployment elements

Poll
Aug. 27, 2007
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Guide to: Online security
Aug. 24, 2007
We asked 10 of the most savvy and experienced security experts and industry veterans to fess up about their own online habits.

ADP back-burners virtualization, cranks up heat on automated change management - Network ...
Aug. 20, 2007
ADP implements BladeLogic Operations Manager automated change-management tool as it prepares for virtualization.

Weaving a better Web
Apr. 23, 2007
In 1999, Vint Cerf pitched the idea of an interplanetary network that would extend the Internet's reach beyond Earth. Even though it came from the man who had co-developed the Internet in 1973 and was at that time a ...

The Web as a platform
Apr. 18, 2007
Tim O'Reilly, who co-developed the idea of Web 2.0, a vision for the next generation of software, says the biggest change we'll encounter is a move away from traditional network architectures to having "the Web as a ...

The benefits of crowdsourcing
Apr. 18, 2007
Scott Anthony, a colleague of industry guru Clayton Christensen and managing director of Innosight in Watertown, Mass., says social networking, which encourages companies and individuals to collaborate via technology, ...

Weaving a better Web
Apr. 18, 2007
From Vint Cerf to Tim O'Reilly to Johna Till Johnson, experts take a stab at how the Internet might look down the road.

Data security takes center stage
Apr. 18, 2007
Stan Quintana, managed-security services vice president at AT&T in Bedminster, N.J., agrees with Passmore that federation is critical to securing data moving across intranets and extranets.

Sensor-based networks
Apr. 18, 2007
Another big area that's ready to take off is sensor-based networking, Johna Till Johnson says.