A White Hat’s Penetration Test
This tutorial is more of a “case study”, in which I describe a recent penetration test I performed. Due to the success of the penetration test (in a relatively very short time) I decided to share this experience with you.
Quality Control: E-newsletter Tips From The Pros
I’ve always tested my newsletter before hitting the “send” button. I test it by sending it to myself — sometimes three or four times. I check to make sure the links work, that the line breaks are ok, and that I haven’t misspelled anything.
Looking For Renewed Growth
Sometimes you have to take a step back before you move forward. Being in the high-tech industry, we’ve all experienced this. When the market slowed down, we all had to take a step back and readjust. Now, many of us are ready to move forward into growth mode. As we move into renewed growth, we face a new reality in the high-tech world, and especially in the enterprise software market.
The Dangers of Publishing your Website in Another Language
Publishing your website in another language is like managing a brand new website. It demands people who are expert in writing and editing in that language. The standard of English on the Web, for example, is often poor, even for those whose native language it is. It can be embarrassingly bad for websites publishing English as a foreign language.
If you Can’t Measure it, you Can’t Manage it
Intranets don’t self-organize. Without planned, centralized information architectures and clearly defined published processes, they become unproductive. Intranets often have applications that either don’t work properly, are too difficult to learn, or have no clear business benefit. Applications, like content, must be able to establish a clear return on investment.
Buying & Selling Google PageRank – Too Good to be True?
There seems to be a lot of buzz about websites that are willing to shell out big bucks for links on sites with high Google PageRank (PR). And many webmasters and webmistresses are going crazy to cash in on the big windfall.
Publish What you can Manage
There is a view in some organizations that an intranet is only for staff, so you can publish what you want. Quality content matters as much on an intranet as on a public website. Get your content right to begin with. Keep it right by removing out-of-date content.
Making Knowledge Sharing Work
The intranet is beginning to restructure the organization in more ways than one. Content is now an asset, and the people who manage it need to treat it as such. Managing editors, and their team, understand how technology can facilitate effective publishing, collaboration and self-service focused application development.
Putting Someone in Charge of Your Intranet
Finally, organizations are getting serious about how they manage their intranets. The intranet is now moving out of an evolutionary, experimental phase into a more systematic, managed phase. It is being seen as an asset, a driver of productivity. However, return on investment measurement for the intranet still requires a lot of work.
The Golden Hour
You become what you think about most of the time. And the most important part of each day is what you think about at the beginning of that day.