Ideas V a framework for e-business Success

At its core, e-business is a simple proposition. Businesses interact with customers through various channels such as retail stores, phone, print, television, instant messaging and ATMs. Leveraging interactive channels like the Web can drive down costs, expand markets and create new revenue opportunities. For businesses that have mastered the interactive channel, there is plenty of good news.

Dealing with Information Overload

Regardless of the type of career or title that you have, you are dealing with information overload. It has been a plight that you have dealt with for a few years now and here are some skills to help get-a-grip on all of the "stuff" coming your way:

Technology & Your Business: A Beneficial Relationship

As a home-based business owner, you probably don't have a high-priced IT manager on staff to fill you in on which technologies could help boost your efficiency and success. You may also lack the confidence to incorporate new technology into your home office, particularly if that technology is unfamiliar.

Saving Our Bacon: Snort Security Holes and Strategies for Safe Network Monitoring

In April, a CERT advisory announced the discovery of two separate buffer-overflow vulnerabilities in Snort, a popular security-monitoring tool used for detecting suspicious network activities. This development was disturbing and ironic: system administrators install and run programs like Snort to improve security, and don't often consider the possibility that the tools themselves might be attacked and exploited to create entirely new security holes. It's therefore…