Effective Acceptable Use Policies

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Managing Compliance Standards September 08, 2011 Creating and Managing Effective Acceptable Use Policies AUPs have become far more important than simply ensuring a user isn't spending their whole working day surfing the Web, exchanging jokes and pictures or chatting with their friends or family. The reliance upon IT and the nature of the data that passes through it are often fundamental to the successful and smooth running of a business or organization. Any compromise or failure of the system has the potential to be catastrophic and can result in anything ranging from the merely irritating or mildly embarrassing to criminal prosecution and a prison sentence for corporate officers. Read more > Application Clusters — High Availability Discover how to provide high levels of system availability and scalability, ensuring continuous data access and system flexibility. Download now > Blogs Mike Vizard IT Unmasked 'Book 'em, IBM' Ann All Governance and Risk Kodak IP Could Trigger Another Patent Bidding War Lora Bentley Governance and Risk Google to Forfeit $500 Million for Illegal Canadian Pharma Ads Get SOA Lifecycle Governance Right   Achieve unlimited agility and organizational flexibility with these strategies and practices for governing SOA. Download now > Nine Instant Messaging Best Practices Could it be the “instant” in instant messaging that makes this form of online chat so appealing? It isn't used in every office, but it is becoming more common as a business communication tool. One of the reasons its popularity is growing is because it allows you to send and receive messages so quickly. But before sending your next IM, Robert Half Technology suggests that you follow these etiquette rules. Why IT Projects Fail Project failure is an issue that seems to dog IT like no other. Be it government or private sector business, project failure has an enormous impact, costing billions of dollars every year. Too often, folks ignore the signs of imminent failure until there's nothing left to do but put a project out of its misery. With that in mind, we've compiled this list of early warning signs to help you recognize and address the problems before catastrophic failure occurs. Seven Tips to Improve the Longevity of Your Laptop After hearing about the hassle a friend went through to send her laptop for servicing no less than five times over two years, Paul Mah developed a list of tips to help prolong the life of your laptop. Latest White Papers Security & the Cloud: Augment or Abdicate? SOS: A Look at SOA in the Identity Management Space Simplifying Enterprise Modernization: Easier Than You Think New Approaches to Optimized Data Center Power Distribution Featured White Papers Six Best Practices for ERP Implementation Success This technical brief provides an overview of mobile integration solutions for comparing mobile integration solutions and finding the one that meets your communications needs. •  Exchange 2010: A Recommended Approach to Auditing •  How to Manage Risk in Outsourced Apps •  Open Source & the ESB: Growth in Application Integration for All "... the vendor community has been tweaking VDI technology for some time but just can't seem to hit the sweet spot that captures the imagination of the enterprise community." Excerpt from Arthur Cole Infrastructure Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise