by John Pescatore | October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
Big hype and coverage today around the G1 phone that Google and T-Mobile have released – you know it is going to follow the same trajectory as the Apple iPhone: Breathless hype on coolness Gartner says “it is not ready for the enterprise” CEOs and hot shot salespeople, already bored with their iPhones, say “I [...]
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by John Pescatore | October 15, 2008 | 3 Comments
I’m down in Orlando, FL at Gartner’s annual craziness we call IT Symposium. Six thousand IT managers and hundreds of Gartner analysts all roaming DisneyWorld yapping about technology is a sight to see. I’ve done two presentations and about 20 one-on-ones in the first two days and three topics have dominated the question: Where should [...]
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by John Pescatore | October 14, 2008 | 1 Comment
Eleven Windows vulnerabilities, four critical. New attacks target users – not so patchable.
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by John Pescatore | October 13, 2008 | 3 Comments
Despite my memory, the real quote is: Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges! – The Treasure of Sierra Madre, 1948 USA Today has a piece today on how lax the US Transportation Security Agency has been in maintaining control of airport [...]
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by John Pescatore | October 10, 2008 | 4 Comments
It doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca It’s hard to concentrate on the day to day blocking and tackling while the global financial system melts down around you. But it does remind me of another one [...]
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by John Pescatore | October 9, 2008 | 2 Comments
Once you reach the age of 50 there are a battery of very invasive tests that your wife makes you undergo. These tests involve various probes and scanners and monitoring devices being inserted into various openings – let’s just call it “penetration testing.” If you’re lucky, you just walk gingerly for a few days. If [...]
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by John Pescatore | October 8, 2008 | 6 Comments
Over my 9 years at Gartner, every time I was briefed by an email vendor on the new version of their email software, I told them I was amazed they hadn’t added two badly needed features: A “reply-all” interlock – inadvertent email probably continues to be the biggest source of sensitive data leakage, damaging both [...]
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by John Pescatore | October 7, 2008 | 1 Comment
What’s at http://www.{insert_vendor_name_here}.com/security? Error 404? Product propaganda? or Useful, current security advice?
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by John Pescatore | October 6, 2008 | Submit a Comment
In the pig processing industry, there is an old saying: “We use every part of the pig except the oink.” Well, at conferences Gartner uses every part of the analyst including the oink. Actually, the oink is probably the most important part of an analyst. Well, maybe the oink is the only important part of [...]
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