The following are seven important things to remember if your organization is required to comply with the US CAN-SPAM Act. The CAN-SPAM Act sets the rules and establishes requirements for commercial email messages while; it sets out tough penalties for violations - non-compliance can cost your organization thousands of dollars! FTC has put together a handy video outlining seven simple things to remember about complying with the CAN-SPAM Act. FTC works for the consumer to prevent deceitful and unfair business practices in the marketplace. The provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act are outlined below: 1. No false or misleading header information 2. No deceptive subject lines 3. Identify that the message is an ad 4. Give your address – include an email, PO box, etc. 5. Tell recipients/people how to opt out or unsubscribe 6. Promptly honor opt out requests –within 10 business days, you can't share their email address 7. Even if you hire someone to do your email marketing, you are responsible for complying with the law To see the video and get more info go to: http://business.ftc.gov/blog/2011/07/candid-spamera
Active Directory is critical to your organization and assessing configuration changes is a recommended best practice to safeguard this valuable asset. NetWrix has released an updated freeware version of their Active Directory Change Reporter product with significantly improved Active Directory change tracking and advanced reporting technologies. The tool simply keeps tabs on what's going on inside your Active Directory, tracks changes to users, groups, OUs, and all other types of AD objects, sending daily summary reports with full lists of specific changes. NetWrix Corporation is a highly specialized provider of solutions for IT infrastructure change auditing. To download the freeware go to: http://www.netwrix.com/active_directory_change_reporting_freeware.html
Calxeda Inc. has developed a super-efficient server that leverages the ultra-low power technology of the ARM processor architecture. Calxeda servers will consume a fraction of the power and space of today's servers. Calxeda aims to be the first company to take basic ARM technology and adapt it for the demands of the powerful computers that run in data centers and this will surely take green technology to the next level. To read more about Calxeda technology go to: http://www.calxeda.com/technology/architecture
According to a former French finance minister and present CEO of Atos tech firm, email is polluting the working environment and invading the personal lives of all. In order to stop this trend, Atos CEO has put in place a 'zero email' policy. The company employees use instant message and a Facebook-style interface instead when communicating internally and use emails only to communicate with customers and partners! Thierry Breton Atos CEO stated that he did not sent an email for three years and his company will be evaluating a number of new tools to replace internal email including collaborative and social media tools. Although, Thierry's concerns are very valid and true, and there exists much better tools to communicate and share information effectively, I am not sure how practical it is to eradicate email completely from the internal communication channels? To read the full news item go here: http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=946724522&ids=3ATcjAVejoReiMNcPwUej0UdjAIej0UdzwMdPkVb3gPdj4Td3AQeiMPejkRcz8Qd3AIcz8Rd38TdzgV&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-0&ut=2E5ULAUFKpuB01
A very reasonably view of the future technology is presented by Microsoft's Office Labs where the overall concept integrates information flow, gadgets and everyday surrounding objects seamlessly together. Glass walls turn into huge displays and tables into tablets! Plausible sci-fi as some of the technology shown in these videos already exists; some has reached the level of prototypes while, some still need to be developed. Microsoft released their first video of the Productivity Future Vision back in 2009 and predicted technology for the next 5 to 10 years. The 2011 video is a continuation of Microsoft's future vision presented in 2009! Watch the Productivity Future Vision (2011) video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cNdhOKwi0 Watch the Productivity Future Vision (2009) video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5X2PxtvMsU