2008-05-11 Washington Post
Tangled in the Internet Age's Gossip Grapevine
'I am suggesting that language evolved to allow us to gossip . . . to facilitate the bonding of social groups . . . it mainly achieves this aim by permitting the exchange of socially relevant information.
2008-05-05 CBS4 Boston
Home Computer Use Can Get You Fired
Reporting Paula Ebben (WBZ) The vast majority of us have to use a computer at work, but some workers are getting in trouble even when they are using their personal computers at home.
2008-04-22 Linux Insider
Who's Watching You at Work?
When they put in long hours, workers sometimes begin to see their workplaces as something of a second home. They decorate the walls of their cubicles or offices with pictures of loved ones, plants and an assortment of personal memorabilia.
2008-04-16 Law.com
Free: Leading the Way in E-Discovery
Since the electronic discovery amendments to the Federal Rules came into effect in December 2006, there have been a plethora of articles in respected legal publications regarding the parade of horribles awaiting unwitting counsel and their clients should they fail to preserve and/or produce electronic...
2008-04-07 New York Post
RE: YOUR EX-JOB
As E-mails go, an ad for phallic enhancement would have been an improvement. "Workforce reduction notification is currently in progress," read the missive, delivered to some 400 Radio Shack employees.
2008-04-03 Delaware Business Ledger
Employers keeping close tabs on e mail messages
From e-mail monitoring and Website blocking to phone tapping and GPS tracking, employers increasingly combine technology with policy to manage productivity and minimize litigation, security, and other risks.
2008-04-03 Associations Now Magazine
Hey, what's that on your screen?
Be the first to rate this article: Please Sign in to rate this. A recent study by the American Management Association and the ePolicy Institute revealed that 66 percent of employers monitor internet connections, and more than half fire employees for abusing email or the internet.
2008-03-31 Computerworld Malaysia
Top 10 reasons to be paranoid
Here are the top 10 reasons you should be paranoid every time you power up your PC.
2008-03-30 KMTV 3 Omaha
No Surf Zone: Employers Crack Down on Office Web Use
How to Choose the Right Retirement Plan Open Skies Treaty -- A Boon for Airlines, Travelers How to Tap Your Retirement Accounts Saving for College? Be Sure to Diversify Retire to Your Dream Job Has the Economy Bottomed Out? Probably Not.
2008-03-27 Edd Blog Online
Web at work: Not YourSpace: Productivity, security among reasons employers ramp up monitoring
You probably know that lots of companies monitor the Web sites employees visit while they're at work. But did you know that more companies are moving to track the minutes spent and keystrokes made by employees while they're on the Web? Its March Madness, and a good chunk of the Web browsers on office...
2008-03-27 MSNBC
More companies are moving to track the minutes spent and keystrokes made by employees while they're on the Web. Security, legal liability and productivity concerns are among the reasons.
It's March Madness, and a good chunk of the Web browsers on office computers are set to CBS Sports, where the NCAA playoffs are being streamed live. Maybe your boss is letting you watch some of the games for a few minutes of the day.
2008-03-27 CNBC
Web at work: Not YourSpace
Productivity, security among reasons employers ramp up monitoring Duane Hoffmann / msnbc.com You probably know that lots of companies monitor the Web sites employees visit while they're at work.
2008-03-25 Contemporary Working Blog
March Madness
In January and February it was the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl. This month its basketball that could adversely affect productivity in offices all over the country.
2008-03-19 CIO Magazine
Trendlines From April 1, 2008: New, Hot, Unexpected
Wired to the World Telecom: New York City is known as both the epicenter of global business and the city that never sleeps. And, thanks to a new research project led by MIT's Senseable City Laboratory, anyone can see visual representations of why those reputations are true.
2008-03-17 BizReport.com
Ten Easy Steps for Email and Web Best Practices
Request Your Free White Paper: ' ' Learn best practices for managing business email and web usage, in the areas of policy, education and enforcement. Whether your organization is a mid-sized company, a small family business, or a publicly traded corporation, any time you allow employees to access the Web and.
2008-03-11 US News
5 Ways Your Computer Use Can Get You Fired
It's essential for some jobs, handy for most, but don't be fooledthe personal computer can be a job ender. Even as you read this story, you should probably be asking yourself: Am I actually allowed to browse online and read news stories at the office? The parameters for computer use at work (and even at home.
2008-03-05 TMCnet
Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey: Employers Get Serious About Fighting E-Mail & Internet Abuse
(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) The 2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey from American Management Association (AMA) and The ePolicy Institute shows employers increasingly combine technology with policy to manage productivity and minimize litigation, security, and other risks.
2008-03-01 PC World Canada
Over 50 percent of companies fire workers for e-mail, 'Net abuse'
Half of companies polled in a new survey say they've fired workers for violating e-mail and Internet policies. Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again.
2008-02-29 Wall Street Journal Online
Your Boss Knows What Web Sites You Visit
Youre being watched: Most employers monitor workers Internet use, according to a new survey. The survey by the American Management Association and the ePolicy Institute found that 66% of the 304 businesses surveyed monitor what Web sites employees visit and 43% monitor the contents of the emails employees...
2008-02-28 Australian PC World
Over 50% of companies fire workers for e-mail, 'Net abuse
Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again. A new survey found that more than a quarter of employers have fired workers for misusing e-mail and one third have fired workers for misusing the Internet on the job.
2008-02-28 Computerworld Malaysia
Over 50 per cent of companies fire workers for e-mail, 'Net abuse
- Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again. A new survey found that more than a quarter of employers have fired workers for misusing e-mail and one third have fired workers for misusing the Internet on the job.
2008-02-28 PC World
E-Mail, 'Net Abuse Is Likely to Get You Fired
Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again. Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service Recommend this story? Yes No Please Wait.
2008-02-28 Computerworld
Over 50% of companies have fired workers for e-mail, Net abuse
Over 50% of companies have fired workers for e-mail, Net abuse Most employees knew they were being monitored Share Top Stories Related February 28, 2008 (IDG News Service) Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again.
2008-02-28 CIO Magazine
Over 50% of Companies Fire Workers for E-Mail, 'Net Abuse
Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again. A new survey found that more than a quarter of employers have fired workers for misusing e-mail and one third have fired workers for misusing the Internet on the job.
2008-02-28 SpaceDaily
The 2007 Electronic Monitoring And Surveillance Survey
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2008-02-28 Info World
Over 50 percent of companies fire workers for e-mail, Net abuse
Managers cite accessing porn, using offensive language in e-mail, and breaching confidentiality rules as grounds for firing, according to...
2008-02-28 CIO Australia
CIO - Over 50% of companies fire workers for e-mail, 'Net abuse
Half of companies polled in a new survey say they've fired workers for violating e-mail and Internet policies.
2008-02-27 Times Higher Education
Threads that twist and tangle
By Hannah Fearn Are students' disparaging comments online just harmless gossip or defamatory remarks that can tarnish universities and academics? Hannah Fearn teases out the strands Not so long ago students would moan and bitch about their lecturers and their university over a drink in the bar, and that, for.
2008-02-22 Military.com
New High-Tech Cameras Are Watching You
Other people were taking pictures, too, and not just the other tourists -- Liberty Island, name notwithstanding, is one of the most heavily surveilled places in America.
2008-02-18 The New York Times
E-Mail at Work: Some Basics
Two friends recently asked me for career advice using their companies e-mail accounts, something I thought we all knew was a no-no by this point in the electronic age.
2008-02-18 Kiplinger
No Surf Zone: Cracking Down on Web Use
||Employers are getting fussier about employee use of the Internet. Increasingly, companies are limiting personal surfing to break times and setting other rules regarding what is permissible and what is not.
2007-11-26 Asbury Park Press
Technology makes porn easier to access at work
More than a decade after employers began cracking down on those who view online pornography at work, porn continues to create tension in offices across the nation in part because laptop computers, cell phones and other portable devices have made it easier for risk-takers to visit such Web sites undetected.
2007-11-22 The New York Times
Turkey Tune-Out Time
When I became a U.S. citizen a few years back, I was not asked the meaning of Thanksgiving, but I was asked why the Civil War was fought and made to take an English test in the form of a dictation.
2007-11-06 Entrepreneur.com - Magazine
Lead Buzz 08/05
Redefining medical leave, unhappy employees and...
2007-11-06 Entrepreneur.com - Magazine
It Figures 08/05
Increased compensation, environmentally friendly products and...
2007-11-05 The Miami Herald
E-mail ban helps businesses
When U.S. Cellular's Chief Operating Officer Jay Ellison imposed a ''no e-mail Friday'' rule at his company, he thought it would ease workers' overload.
2007-11-05 Miami Herald
E-mail ban helps businesses
Businesses are confronting e-mail addicts with e-mail edicts designed to curb excessive messaging. Posted on Mon, Nov. 05, 2007 AIM reprint print email BY SUE SHELLENBARGER The Wall Street Journal When U.
2007-11-02 Catalogue e-business
Best practices for reducing in-house email and web abuse
Email and the internet have been a blessing to businesses in many waysbut theyve also been a bit of a curse. Because of viruses, spyware and the like, any time you allow employees to access the web and email, you put your organisations assets, future and reputation at risk, writes Nancy Flynn, executive.
2007-10-30 Calibre Macro World
Surfing Porn Sites Can Cost You Your Job
(Business Daily/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- When a local IT manager found that the company's Internet speeds were clogged up, he also discovered that the culprits were not junior workers.
2007-10-23 CNet
Big companies ramp up email monitoring
The boss is getting serious about email snooping. A new study has found that 63 per cent of US corporations with 1,000 or more employees either employ or plan to employ staff to read or otherwise analyse outbound email.
2007-10-18 AXcess News
Maybe e-mail isn't such a great idea, after all
(AXcess News) - Ken Siegel doesn't beat around the bush. He doesn't like e-mail. 'I don't even have an e-mail account,' he says. 'When I tell that to the executives I work with, first they look at me with surprise, and then they look at me with envy.
2007-10-18 ESchool News
Tech makes porn easier to access at work
More than a decade after employers began cracking down on people who view online pornography at work, says USA Today, porn is continuing to create tension in offices across the nation--in part because laptop computers, cellphones, and other portable devices have made it easier for risk-takers to visit such...
2007-10-18 ABC News
Tech Makes Porn Easier To Access at Work
More than a decade after employers began cracking down on those who view online pornography at work, porn is continuing to create tension in offices across the nation - in part because laptop computers, cellphones and other portable devices have made it easier for risk-takers to visit such websites...
2007-10-16 Americas Network
iPrism ePolicy Handbook
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2007-10-15 Human Resources Executive
Sample e-Mail Policy
Below is a sample e-mail policy by the ePolicy Institute that could be used as a starting point for crafting one for an organization: (Organization) is pleased to make e-mail access available to authorized employees.
2007-10-15 Human Resources Executive
Balancing Risk and Compliance
1. Put Acceptable Usage Policies In Writing. Don't rely on e-mail or the Intranet alone to inform employees of e-mail and Web policies and procedures. Distribute a hard copy of each policy to every employee.
2007-10-10 Wall Street Journal Template
A Day Without Email Is Like ...
When U.S. Cellular's chief operating officer, Jay Ellison, imposed a "no email Friday" rule at his company, he thought it would ease workers' overload.
2007-10-06 BPM Today
Counting Clicks: Monitoring PC Usage
Counting Clicks: Monitoring PC Usage at Work By Sixto Ortiz Jr. July 31, 2007 12:12PM If your business has started to find too many employees endlessly surfing the Web, constantly instant messaging their friends, or spending too many hours viewing the latest YouTube videos at work, it may be time to check...
2007-09-27 CIO
Think twice before spying on your staff
Bosses have declared war on the personal use of company resources, but this approach destroys trust, an important ingredient for success.
2007-09-22 Entrepreneur.com - Magazine
Dodge the Deluge
Floods of e-mails have workers everywhere running for higher ground.
2007-09-21 Entrepreneur.com
Dodge the Deluge
Technology research firm IDC estimates that 10.1 trillion e-mails will be sent worldwide this year. Now, a growing number of experts offer training courses to teach you and your employees how to better manage all those e-mails.
2007-09-14 FOXNews.com
Lis on Law: GPS Can Get You Fired
" E-mail Lis " Is your boss watching you at work via your office-issued electronic device? Probably. And is that legal? Yep! Last week, New York City School Chancellor Joel Klein fired John Halpin, a construction supervisor who has worked for the Department of Education for 21 years, for repeatedly leaving...
2007-09-10 FOXNews.com
LIS ON LAW: Timecard Cheaters Beware
" E-mail Lis " Click here to read Lis' Daily Column, 'Lis and the Single Girl' Is your boss watching you at work via your office-issued electronic device? Probably.
2007-09-10 TMCnet
The Baltimore Sun On the Job column: Web access has limits at work
(Baltimore Sun, The (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Sep. 10--My friend can't surf shopping and personal e-mail Web sites at work. No surprise, considering many companies have policies governing computer usage, including blocking employee access to commercial and inappropriate Web sites.
2007-09-10 Everything Cleveland
Warn in e-mail when prompt reply is unlikely - Marcia Pledger, Business Etiquette
Reporter Marcia Pledger dishes out advice on office manners. Qhen you're sending e- mails from your Treo or BlackBerry, should you include a line indicating that because you are out and about, you might not be able to reply promptly? Adding a tagline, "Sent from BlackBerry" or "Sent from the road" in your...
2007-08-31 Associated Content
Workplace or Office Gossip Could Land You in Legal Trouble
Click here to print or select File then Print from your browser Re-think Clicking 'Send' Before You E-mail or IM About Co-worker or Boss By Sussy St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pa.
2007-08-20 Everything Cleveland
Slow down, compose and send better e-mails
Reporter Marcia Pledger dishes out advice on office manners. Qcomposed an e-mail and realized that I made a grammar error. Do I send an e-mail acknowledging it with a pithy comment or do I ignore it? Aou didn't say who the re cipient was, so I will assume that it's not someone you know well.
2007-08-17 CIO Magazine
Eight of the Worst Spreadsheet Blunders
Share your thoughts and discuss your challenges with some of the foremost experts and award winning CIOs in the country at the . Of course, to achieve such a goal, organizations need all the help they can get.
2007-08-08 Storage Magazine US
E-discovery and litigation for CIOs
Electronic discovery -- commonly referred to as e-discovery -- can add even more burdens to an already overworked IT staff, given the need to locate and secure specific information that may be used as evidence in a civil or criminal legal case.
2007-08-05 Deseret Morning News
Instant messaging invades the office Faster and more casual than e-mail, it is beginning to gain companies' approval
By Carola Mamberto The Wall Street Journal During the preholiday crush last December, a computer maker asked staffing company Adecco SA for 300 additional factory workers immediately.
2007-08-01 Edd Blog Online
IMs As ESI: When To Save Instant Messages And How To Properly Authenticate Retained IMs
Reading through the many eDiscovery vendor whitepapers on the topic, one would think that instant message ("IM") retention and archiving should be the focus of every good eDiscovery preparedness initiative.
2007-07-23 ITworld.com
Register your e-mail for legal proof
Send your Storage question to David Hill today! | What seems to be the problem? One of the biggest targets for e-discovery is e-mail. When you search your e-mail archive you should be able to retrieve all internal e-mail that was sent and received.
2007-07-23 The Wall Street Journal
Instant Messaging Invades the Office
During the preholiday crush last December, a computer maker asked staffing company Adecco SA for 300 additional factory workers -- immediately. Using an instant-messaging program, Senior Vice President Steve Baruch tapped managers in three states to line up the workers within hours.
2007-07-23 Computer World Canada
No e-mail today - or else
e-mail today -- or else hbx.pn "No e-mail today -- or - Knowledge Centres Personal Systems and Products, Practices and InfrastructureCase Studies and From Canada and InternationallyContent TypesPartner ZonesBlogsSalary CalculatorIT World Canada Technology NewsSlide Show LibraryWhite PapersProduct...
2007-07-23 Career Journal
Companies Beef Up Tech SecurityTo Protect Against Internal Threats
Jane Terry has done more than her fair share of email policing. As president of California manufacturer Ajax Boiler Inc., Terry has on two occasions caught employees breaching network security.
2007-07-05 Sun and Press
Companies struggle with unauthorized Web sites
Loss of control an issue for some firms By Erika D. Smith Gannett News Service Shahram Ahari swears he had no idea he was going to be videotaped when he sat down in December to discuss -- some might say criticize -- his former employer, Eli Lilly and Co.
2007-06-25 Channel 8 Eyewitness News
New Ways to Track Tech Security at Work
By Katherine Wegert Jane Terry has done more than her fair share of email policing. As president of California manufacturer Ajax Boiler Inc., Terry has on two occasions caught employees breaching network security.
2007-06-25 Houston Chronicle
Workers can breach security knowingly or not
NEW YORK - Jane Terry has done more than her fair share of e-mail policing. As president of Santa Ana, Calif.-based manufacturer Ajax Boiler, Terry has on two occasions caught employees breaching network security.
2007-06-24 AllBusiness_blog
Office Issues
Unsend! In a survey conducted for the American Management Association and The ePolicy Institute, 13 percent of respondents said employee e-mail has led to lawsuits against their employers.
2007-06-17 South Coast Today
Employers increase monitoring of workers' e-mails, Web use
NEW YORK Jane Terry has done more than her fair share of e-mail policing. As president of Santa Ana, Calif.-based manufacturer Ajax Boiler Inc., Terry has on two occasions caught employees breaching network security.
2007-06-16 The Daily Reporter
Employers increase monitoring of workers' e-mails, Internet use
NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) - Jane Terry has done more than her fair share of e-mail policing. As president of Santa Ana, Calif.-based manufacturer Ajax Boiler Inc.
2007-06-15 The Miami Herald
Inside job: E-mail abuse
As internal network breaches become more widespread, employers have increased monitoring of workers' e-mails and Web use.
2007-06-15 Technology In Government
No e-mail today -- or else
Back Related Content The executive director of the ePolicy Institute suggests a weekly ban on messaging, while another consultant calls the technology 'the silent corporate cancer.
2007-06-14 AP via Business Week
Monitoring of workers e-mail jumps
Jane Terry has done more than her fair share of e-mail policing. As president of Santa Ana, Calif.-based manufacturer Ajax Boiler Inc., Terry has on two occasions caught employees breaching network security.
2007-06-14 AP via MSN Money
Monitoring of Workers E-Mail Jumps
NEW YORK (AP) - Jane Terry has done more than her fair share of e-mail policing. As president of Santa Ana, Calif.-based manufacturer Ajax Boiler Inc., Terry has on two occasions caught employees breaching network security.
2007-06-12 Marion Chronicle Tribune
Employees air complaints online
Shahram Ahari swears he had no idea he was going to be videotaped when he sat down in December to discuss -- some might say criticize -- his former employer, Eli Lilly and Co.
2007-06-11 Indianapolis Star
Lilly, other firms assess impact of renegade videos on Internet
Shahram Ahari swears he had no idea he was going to be videotaped when he sat down in December to discuss -- some might say criticize -- his former employer, Eli Lilly and Co.
2007-06-11 Marion Chronicle Tribune
AM UPDATE: Employees air complaints online
Shahram Ahari swears he had no idea he was going to be videotaped when he sat down in December to discuss -- some might say criticize -- his former employer, Eli Lilly and Co.
2007-06-11 Indianapolis Star
Unauthorized
Shahram Ahari swears he had no idea he was going to be videotaped when he sat down in December to discuss -- some might say criticize -- his former employer, Eli Lilly and Co.
2007-06-07 NewsBlaze
How to Keep Your E-Mail Inbox Uncluttered & Under Control
Expert Offers 50 E-Mail Management Tips in New Book and Podcast Originally conceived as a time-saving, productivity-enhancing tool, e-mail has matured into a time-wasting, productivity-draining smoking gun that can burden individuals and businesses alike.
2007-05-31 Star Ledger
Amid the glut of e-mail, firms try teaching brevity
Do you ever sit down to check your e-mail for a minute and, the next thing you know, two hours have passed? You've got company. American professionals spend more than 40 percent of their workday on e-mail and information storage and consider a third of that time wasted, according to research by Cohesive...
2007-05-31 MIS Asia
Storage: All that mail
Email archiving is becoming common in the workplace. Not only are businesses finding it useful, but political offices probably wish they had adopted it sooner.
2007-05-30 PC Mag
Wilfing the Day Away
Total posts: 1 By Heather Eng Though you may not be familiar with the word "wilfing," if you work in an office or just use the Internet you're probably a wilfer.
2007-05-29 Lawrence Journal-World
Firms launch phishing trips
Firms launch phishing trips Fake e-mails help boost security By Amy Joyce - The Washington Post May 29, 2007 Advertisement James MacDougall, head of computer security for state agencies in South Carolina, has been phishing state employees.
2007-05-23 KLFY
Keep Your Job Search Secret with These Tips
For Job Seekers Post Your Resume! Improve your chances of getting found, getting the interview and getting the job. Five Reasons to Apply Online Six Tips to Optimize Your Monster Resume Five Ways to Make Your Monster Resume Stand Out Develop a Powerful Resume with Monster's Resume Builder Boost Your Job...
2007-05-19 Washington Post
It's the Boss Fooling You -- for Safety's Sake
Save & Share Article What's This? DiggGoogle del.icio.usYahoo! RedditFacebook It shows what lengths companies will go to to keep their computer systems free of hackers, bugs and viruses.
2007-05-14 Lansing State Journal
You can avoid e-mail blunders at work
[ From Lansing State Journal ] Source: CareerBuilder.com Did you know American workers receive an average of 134 e-mails daily? E-mail volume in the U.
2007-04-25 CIO Magazine
Lesson in Corporate IM Use
The episode underscores the fact that instant message conversations can be just as damaging as e-mail, says Shawna Swanson, a partner with San Francisco-based law firm Fenwick & Wests Employment Practices group.
2007-04-25 Lansing State Journal
10 sure-fire ways to get fired
[ From Lansing State Journal ] Finding a career that is right for you can be a long and time-consuming task. Once you've found a good career fit, you certainly want to make sure your time at the company is long and successful.
2007-04-18 IT World Canada
Big Brother bites back against uncontrolled workplace online activity
COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE American firms have stepped up surveillance on employee e-mail traffic, Web-surfing and blogging activities on company networks as workers' online conduct take a hefty toll on U.
2007-04-14 Washington Post
Deleting Emails Doesn't Mean They Disappear
This might not seem obvious when you're struggling to locate the e-mail somebody sent you last week, but it's not easy to make an e-mail message vanish for good.
2007-04-13 Washington Post
Fast Forward: 'Delete' Doesn't Mean 'Disappear'
This might not seem obvious when you're struggling to locate the e-mail somebody sent you last week, but it's not easy to make an e-mail message vanish for good.
2007-04-13 Colorado Business Journal
Don't discover that you haven't e-archived too late
Don't discover that you haven't e-archived too late AmyGillentine April 13, 2007 When Philip Morris was sued, the judge considered the inadvertent deletion of e-mail as if it were purposeful destruction of evidence.
2007-04-08 Risk Management Magazine
Managing Risk From Within: Monitoring Employees the Right Way
No one thinks twice about having employees punch time clocks to document their work time. Eyebrows are not raised over procedures for checking out and returning expensive equipment when an employee heads out for an assignment offsite.
2007-04-06 MSNBC Newsweek
Return to Sender
A new book cautions against overrelying on e-mail.By By Daniel McGinnNewsweekApril 16, 2007 issue - David Shipley and Will Schwalbe are old friends who meet for lunch in Manhattan every so often.
2007-04-04 Law.com
EDD Rules: Fact or Scary Fiction?
Wherever you turn these days, there seems to be a new CLE seminar being offered or white paper being written on the "sweeping changes" to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as they relate to the discovery of electronically stored information.
2007-03-26 CNN
Cyber career killers
(CareerBuilder.com) -- Technology is supposed to be good for your career, right? After all, with Blackberrys and other devices, you can stay on top of work developments around the clock.
2007-03-23 BizReport.com
FREE ePolicy Guidebook
–Reduce the risks of uncontrolled email and web usage The ePolicy Institute and MessageLabs combine to bring you this best practice guide to implementing, updating and enforcing your email and web acceptable usage policy.
2007-03-21 Ithaca Journal
Good e-mail etiquette key in the workplace
Donna is a talented manager, able to juggle numerous tasks with aplomb. She manages her time well, often to the amazement of her supervisors and colleagues.
2007-03-21 Career Journal
How You Handle Your Inbox Can Say a Lot About You
You are your inbox. Take a clear-eyed look at how you answer or file each email. Notice what you choose to keep or delete. Consider your anxiety when your inbox is jammed with unanswered messages.
2007-03-19 CNN Money
The Complete Layman's Guide to Cyber Safety
(MONEY Magazine) ID theft, pretexting, security holes in browsers, targeted Web advertising, the kids' MySpace profiles, the company's monitoring software, phishing, spyware, Wi-Fi break-ins.
2007-03-16 Information Today
Instant Messaging: Managing the Risks and Rewards
An estimated 21 million businesspeople worldwide use IM & If you think about it at all, you probably think of instant messaging (IMing) as something teenagers do to chat up friends online, whether across the street or across the world.
2007-03-15 All Around Philly
March Madness: It's time for a pool party
March Madness: It's time for a pool party Some of those teams were unknown to the general public before today, when the first round of Division I men's basketball games kick off 'March Madness.
2007-03-15 Baltimore Sun
Firms watching game watchers
Patrick Osborne typically monitors the computer network at the American Association of Airport Executives, where he works to make sure traffic is running smoothly and servers aren't causing bottlenecks.
2007-03-13 Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
Office talk
How technology helps and hinders the workplace. By Marissa Frayer , Staff writer Posted: 03.13.07 - 02:04 PM WEB EXCLUSIVE WEB ENHANCED PRINT EDITION Ping.
2007-03-10 Security Management
AVIATION
The American Bankers Association's Accredited Standards Committee X9, the standards-setting body for the financial industry, has issued new guidelines for the use of biometrics.
2007-03-09 ABC News
Working Wounded:
What Are the Rules for Blogging About Your Job? By BOB ROSNER March 9, 2007 - - Dear WW: I've got some complaints about my company and I'm thinking about starting a blog.
2007-03-04 The New York Times
Career Couch The Risk Is All Yours in Office E-Mail
Q. Your company recently announced a new policy to monitor all outgoing e-mail, including personal correspondence. How concerned should you be? Skip to next paragraph Podcast Weekend Business Reporters and editors from The Times s Sunday Business section offer perspective on the week in business and beyond.
2007-02-26 The Champlain Channel
10 Things Your Blogger Won't Tell You
If you believe the hype, blogs those online journals where people write about everything from politics and sports to their personal lives will soon be the only thing most people read.
2007-02-22 Smart Money
What Your Blogger Won't Tell You
1. 'Hardly anybody reads me.' If you believe the hype, blogs - those online journals where people write about everything from politics and sports to their personal lives - will soon be the only thing most people read.
2007-02-22 PRWeb
How to Tame the Email Monster: Logicalis and ePolicy Expert, Nancy Flynn to Detail Innovative Approaches to Managing Corporate Email
Download this press release as an Adobe PDF document. Logicalis is co-sponsoring, with EMC, a complimentary web seminar on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 2:00 PM ET that will teach IT managers how to confront and control their email monsters.
2007-02-16 Press-Telegram
Job Killer - Heads Up, Surfing the Web at Work
Surfing at Work? Watch out. Times are changing. Surfing the internet at work is different today than it was back in the mid-1990 s. Busted for Surfing - Navigating the Murky Waters of Employees Web Use? Here s Help.
2007-02-16 Velocity
www.Paranoia.com
It seems harmless.Your best friend forwards you a funny e-mail with a picture of some drunken naked dude, and you pass it on to a few pals at work. Or your PC at home is fried, so you go into work early and send off your rsum from a work computer.
2007-02-09 SC Magazine
Five predictions for instant messaging security in 2007
Organizations will face a number of factors in 2007 that will force them to address their instant messaging (IM) security and compliance practices, predicted messaging security firm Akonix last week.
2007-02-08 Patriot-News
Do e-mails have you spinning your wheels?
Do you ever sit down to check your e-mail 'for a minute,' and the next thing you know, two hours have passed? You've got company. American professionals spend more than 40 percent of the workday on e-mail and informa- tion storage, and consider a third of the time wasted, according to research by Cohesive...
2007-02-02 Journal of Accountancy
Top Line
Top Line S QUOTED "I have enough money to last me for the rest of my life. Unless I buy something." -Jackie Mason IN THE SPOTLIGHT Student Threepeat Jeanette Maier-Lytle and her team of talented young CPAs-to-be from the University of Southern Indiana set a new record in achievement by winning the state CPA..
2007-02-02 Time Magazine Blogs
Corporate Blogging: Proceed With Caution
My blog got me in trouble the other day. I had just published a posting referring to a company event. It turns out the event is hush-hush. I had no idea.
2007-01-28 Computer Reseller News
N.Y. Scanners Spark Union Cries Of 'Geoslavery'
NEW YORK - Every morning Dennis Colson, a surveyor at New York City's Department of Design and Construction, begins his work day by placing his hand on a scanner to log his time and attendance at the office.
2007-01-28 Deseret Morning News
Swedes trust IKEA more than church
Compiled by John MacIntyre Percentage of employees who use instant messaging (IM) at work, according to a survey conducted by the American Management Association and ePolicy Institute: 35 Percentage of those employees who have used IM to send or receive content such as jokes, gossip, rumors and disparaging...
2007-01-27 CNET News.com
Biometric scanners spark union cries of 'geoslavery'
Every morning Dennis Colson, a surveyor at New York City's Department of Design and Construction, begins his work day by placing his hand on a scanner to log his time and attendance at the office.
2007-01-27 KNAU
N.Y. scanners spark union cries of "geoslavery"
A man has his fingerprints scanned for a biometrics enrolment card (2007-01-26) By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Every morning Dennis Colson, a surveyor at New York City's Department of Design and Construction, begins his work day by placing his hand on a scanner to log his time and attendance at the.
2007-01-27 News Max
Bio Scans Spark Privacy Fears
Every morning Dennis Colson, a surveyor at New York City's Department of Design and Construction, begins his work day by placing his hand on a scanner to log his time and attendance at the office.
2006-12-22 Search SMB
Blog rules, part 2: Best practices to keep you in business
Blog rules, part 2: Best practices to keep you in business rules, part 2: Best practices to keep you in business : rules, part 2: Best practices to keep you in business Nancy Flynn, Contributor 12.
2006-12-20 Messaging News
What Every Employer Needs to Know About eRisks and ePolicies
What Every Employer Needs to Know About eRisks and ePolicies Excerpt from The ePolicy Handbook by Nancy Flynn Risks are as prevalent in the modern electronic office as eMail is indispensable.
2006-12-20 Search SMB
Blog rules, part 1: Best practices to keep you in business
Blog rules, part 1: Best practices to keep you in business rules, part 1: Best practices to keep you in business : rules, part 1: Best practices to keep you in business Nancy Flynn, Contributor 12.
2006-12-14 CGIDir
ScanSafe Makes Top Web Security Predictions for 2007 - Web Threats Eclipsing Other ...
ScanSafe Makes Top Web Security Predictions for 2007 - Web Threats Eclipsing Other Attacks December 13, 2006; 09:41 AMScanSafe, the leading global provider of Web Security-as-a-Service, today released its top eight web security predictions for 2007.
2006-12-07 Yahoo PR Newswire
The Complete Layman's Guide to Cyber Safety: Privacy at work
There are few bright lines dividing your private life from work these days. Who hasn't done something like this? While on a business trip, you use a company laptop to log on and pay bills, including one to your therapist.
2006-12-06 CollegeJournal
Netiquette tips
Guidelines for SendingEmail in the Workplace By MARSHALL LOEBFrom MarketWatch The cautionary tales of workplace email gaffes are endless: former Congressman Mark Foley's indiscretions via instant messages and email are just the latest (and most egregious).
2006-12-05 Career Journal
Netiquette: The Niceties Of Workplace Email Use
The cautionary tales of workplace email gaffes are endless: former Congressman Mark Foley's indiscretions via instant messages and email are just the latest (and most egregious).
2006-12-04 Career Journal
Netiquette: The NicetiesOf Workplace Email Use
The cautionary tales of workplace email gaffes are endless: former Congressman Mark Foley's indiscretions via instant messages and email are just the latest (and most egregious).
2006-12-04 KLTV 7
Everything You Need To Know About Office Spying
Last week, new federal rules went into effect that require U.S. companies to keep track of all the e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees.
2006-12-03 Biz Journals
Hire Boston: HR spies infiltrate companies in search of employees
Hire Boston HR spies infiltrate companies in search of employees Boston Business Journal - December 1, 2006by Jennifer LeClaire Special to the Journal There's a new spin on corporate espionage: HR spies.
2006-12-03 Times Argus
Netiquette: The niceties of workplace e-mail use
NEW YORK - The cautionary tales of workplace e-mail gaffes are endless: former Congressman Mark Foley's indiscretions via instant messages and e-mail are just the latest (and most egregious).
2006-12-03 ABC News
You Are Being Watched
Everything You Need to Know About Office Spying Tory Johnson Answers Some of the Most Common Questions About Spying in the Office Dec. 3, 2006 - - Last week, new federal rules went into effect that require U.
2006-12-03 ABC News
You are Being Watched
Everything You Need to Know About Office Spying Tory Johnson Answers Some of the Most Common Questions About Spying in the Office Dec. 3, 2006 - - Last week, new federal rules went into effect that require U.
2006-12-03 Belleville.com
Remember to beware of what e-mail you write in workplace
NEW YORK - The cautionary tales of workplace e-mail gaffes are endless: former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley's indiscretions via instant messages and e-mail are just the latest (and most egregious).
2006-12-01 Entrepreneur.com
View all tech tips
With all the hustle and bustle of running a business, you may have fallen out of touch with what's hot in technology and which of the latest and greatest gadgets can help you in your business.
2006-12-01 Entrepreneur.com
What's next for business tech?
With all the hustle and bustle of running a business, you may have fallen out of touch with what's hot in technology and which of the latest and greatest gadgets can help you in your business.
2006-12-01 Gainesville Sun
Netiquette: The niceties of e-mail use in the workplace
NEW YORK The cautionary tales of workplace e-mail gaffes are endless: former Florida congressman Mark Foley's indiscretions via instant messages and e-mail are just the latest (and most egregious).
2006-11-29 MarketWatch
Beyond embarrassing
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The cautionary tales of workplace e-mail gaffes are endless: former Congressman Mark Foley's indiscretions via instant messages and e-mail are just the latest (and most egregious).
2006-11-28 MarketWatch
Keeping your office e-mail well-mannered
Netiquette: The niceties of workplace e-mail useBy Marshall Loeb, MarketWatchLast Update: 12:01 AM ET Nov 29, 2006NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The cautionary tales of workplace e-mail gaffes are endless: former Congressman Mark Foley's indiscretions via instant messages and e-mail are just the latest (and most..