Some clients are addicted to IM. Consultant Ken Hardin shares his tricks for deciphering the implied sense of urgency that each communication platform carries inside a client organization.

Chip Camden reminds consultants to consider their personal safety when meeting with a prospect for the first time, and identifies potential risks of first contact when it happens online or by phone.

There's little practical benefit the Internet of Things without an ability to track, manage, and glean useful information from the massive amount of data a world of interconnected devices will generate.

When you're stuck offline for a while, you can still get things done. Here are 10 suggestions for keeping busy until you can get back online.

The Australian government has canned the idea of a mandatory internet filtering scheme.

With current emphasis on the "internet of things" we have the software and hardware, yet very little around how all these devices will communicate, and who will manage, aggregate, and distribute the data.

For all the moderately obscure appearances of the ARPAnet in fiction, none is perhaps as unlikely as the sitcom that presented the first TV depiction of any version of the Internet.

Attempts to shut us up in walled gardens and curb our online freedoms are impossible to implement and police. The nature of the internet sees to it that they are doomed to fail.

Deb Shinder gathers the information you need to make the right deploy decision when applying Microsoft's October 2012 patches in your organization.

Even if you are a victim of computer crime, you don't want to end up in court for taking the law into your own hands against hackers.

Nick Hardiman takes a look at the threat landscape of our increasing dependence on the cloud as repository for our data and personal information.

Ian Hardenburgh looks ahead to how the release of Office 2013 could affect the plans of those enterprises looking to move to on-demand application models.

Singapore's government is offering businesses incentives to adopt cloud computing. Learn how two service providers are responding to the country's rapid adoption of cloud.

Many bemoan giving up our online privacy, but few provide explanations of why we accept it. Learn what Michael Kassner found out from one who offers answers and a solution.

iPad users don't have to be left out from your organization's SharePoint sites. Will Kelly highlights some of the top SharePoint apps for the iPad.