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Where insights are transformed into actions at the intersection of collaboration, information management, security, and business strategy.

Identity Squatting

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This morning I heard that a friend has had their name and likeness “borrowed” by someone for a twitter account and that someone is posting items as “the fake – insert my friends name here -”. The faker has not only used my friends full name but they have also posted a photo of my friend in the profile. The thing is that the only way readers know that the tweeter is “the fake” is by opening the account profile and reading the description that says they are a fake. In other words, in the twitter stream… Continue reading: Identity Squatting

March 28th, 2009 | Category: fakes, Identity, Social Software, Twitter | Leave a comment

The Fog of Cloud Computing

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I spent a good part of the last hour following links to stories about security and privacy lapses in Google Docs. I started out with a TechCrunch article detailing additional security loopholes that a security expert had recently uncovered including:

  • Embedded images in protected documents that never go away and that get saved to an open server
  • The new diagram feature of Google Docs saves all previous versions of the diagram and makes them available to anyone who can read the doc, even if you’ve set the diagram to view only mode
  • Sometimes users still can access documents after their permissions have been revoked

These are pretty serious issues for customers who use Google Docs in a true collaborative… Continue reading: The Fog of Cloud Computing

March 27th, 2009 | Category: Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Collaboration, Google, Google Docs | Leave a comment

Traction Software, Inc. | Blog1014: Explaining Twitter – One of Three Places for People

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An excellent social networking snapshot from Traction Software co-founder Greg Lloyd – read the full post for more insights, if you’re pondering social software dynamics

For me, the most interesting use of Twitter is as host of the world’s largest stream of personal broadcast channels: you can find, follow or reply to people adept at the 160 character tweet. For example, I enjoy David Pogue (pogue) and Steven Fry (stephenfry) for their ability to mix notes, quips and links. I also follow a sampling of folk interested in hypertext, social software and technology – at least those who don’t just repeat what I scan in more detail from their… Continue reading: Traction Software, Inc. | Blog1014: Explaining Twitter – One of Three Places for People

March 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Social Software | Leave a comment

Welcome!

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The Collaborative Strategy Guild™ comprises independent analysts and thought leaders. For more about our individual work, please click on the links to our individual websites below.

We’re a collective of seasoned professionals, each with decades of experience in our discipline. We have extensive backgrounds working with the largest end-user enterprises and top-tier vendor solution providers. We “get” collaboration. We “get” information management. And we “get” security and risk. We’ve been go-to experts for Fortune 500 organizations and top technology media such as the Wall Street Journal and New York Times for years. Now we’re… Continue reading: Welcome!

March 23rd, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Bringing Cloud Computing Security Down to Earth

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from an upcoming article series by Char Sample,

 
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