Expert Opinions

19 Mar, 2010
Most attention goes to keeping hackers out. But once they're in, how do they extract data? Research shows it's often simple.

12 Mar, 2010
How do you know who to trust? In the real world, it's tough.

09 Mar, 2010
For years we’ve been told that IPv4—the present Internet protocol standard—would be running out soon, and when IPv6 takes over, there will be enough IP addresses to go around for every sand particle on the earth’s surface. That sounds wonderful, but nobody seems to truly understand that IPv4 addresses are running out.

09 Mar, 2010
When Apple released its iPhone in 2007, the device didn’t support Adobe’s Flash—a multimedia platform commonly used for adding animation and interactivity to Web pages. and Apple’s recent iPad ignores Flash in favor of HTML5, which is designed to reduce the need for technologies such as Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, Apache Pivot, and Sun JavaFX.

08 Mar, 2010
Portfolio management is poised to go "retro."

05 Mar, 2010
The EU has asked Google to make changes to how it gathers and retains images for Street View maps to address privacy concerns.

26 Feb, 2010
Clearly, REST (Representational State Transfer) is winning the web service protocol debate. What was once a grass-roots movement has proliferated inside the enterprise and out.

24 Feb, 2010
Data-buffering driver/utility FlashFire can be a godsend for owners of computers with slow SSDs.

22 Feb, 2010
Project Portfolio Management is gaining respect for effecting successful project outcomes, creating a discipline of informed, confident decision-making and better stewardship over scarce resources.

19 Feb, 2010
Pervasive social networking may herald the future's most critical insider threat: cyber-chattiness.