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February 14, 2008

Reuse is the New Latest Thing

In a recent blog on ZDnet, Heather Clancy asks why more effort isn't going into refurbishing technology equipment.  I have a twofold answer: 1) equipment manufacturers continue to make every clever argument they can to entice us to buy new boxes--no surprise, and 2) lots of IT people don't trust the cold hard numbers that quantify the financial benefits of a longer lifecycle.

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February 04, 2008

Data Security News Has Everything!

Last Friday’s Redemtech Data Security News Edition had everything a data security researcher could want by way of variety, and everything a savvy business person should fear. Seldom have so many diverse elements of data security news come together in such a short span of time. Unfortunately, most of the news was less than positive.

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