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Thursday, January 08, 2004

telework shifts IT's security focus from perimeter to end systems

What's in Store for 2004 (XML Journal, Jan 2004) includes this quote from Bob Blakley, the Chief Scientist of Security and Privacy for IBM Tivoli Software.

"As pervasive computing and wireless networking penetrate the business IT market, partly as a consequence of an increase in telecommuting and remote working, the notion of a perimeter will become increasingly obsolete as a basis for IT and security architectures. Trusted end systems (both servers and, increasingly, clients) will supplant perimeter security solutions as this trend accelerates; this will drive demand for trusted-device standards such as TCG. The increased demand for these standards will result in their expedited convergence, the process for which has already begun."

10:02:40 AM

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Seattle's snow option #3: telework from your local coffee shop

Information superhighway is alternate route in snow by Seattle Times Staff January 07, 2004 tells a familiar story about telecommuting during weather events. What's new? It appears in that in the Seattle area at least, a popular alternative to either going in to the office or staying snowed in at home is to head out to the local coffee shop and telework via their free WiFi broadband connection.
9:54:02 AM

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