Here's an interesting finding based on the results of a Cutter survey (conducted last September), which asked 127 end-user organizations of various sizes located worldwide questions designed to measure the adoption and use of enterprise information portals (EIPs) in conjunction with other information technologies and business strategies.

"When you lose a person's future, you lose the person."

Mitigating the risks posed by malicious code requires the proactive implementation of industry best practices. In today's world, combatting malicious software begins at the CxO level with the recognition that there is a critical business need for an information security program and the appropriate high-level staffing for that program [1]. The components of the information security program will vary according to business needs. In this two-part Bulletin, I will examine those components that must be considered.

As managers, we all face that judgment day -- the project has failed and fingers are now pointed at us. What actually happened? The project stats looked fine on paper -- how could it have failed? Should we attempt to recover the project or just let it die?

Copernicus, Galileo, Brahe, Kepler, and Newton. It took these five scientists from five countries a span of more than 150 years to break the commonly held worldview that claimed the sun and all the celestial bodies revolved in circular orbits around the earth at the center. This geocentric (earth-centered) model was formulated by the Greek philosopher Ptolemy around A.D. 140.