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How To Tame the Social Network At Work

snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Dan Tynan provides an in-depth report on how IT can tame social networking at work without shutting the organization off to the kinds of business opportunities today's social networks present. 'They're a productivity sink and a bandwidth suck. They're a vector for malware and a gift for corporate spies. They're a data spill just waiting to happen. And like it or not, they're already inside your enterprise,' Tynan writes. 'Most companies are in denial about how much their employees are using social nets, as well as what they can do to stop it.' Worse, many are still balking at the fact that having a presence on social networks is rapidly becoming a requirement for doing business. Strict commonsense policies, next-generation firewalls, data leak prevention software — all can decrease your company's exposure to the risks inherent in social networking while still enabling your company to solve problems, burnish its public image, recruit top talent, and generate ideas through social networks."

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  1. Ha! Try and stop me! by Nursie · · Score: 4, Funny

    I browse facebook via an encrypted tunnel to a private server!

    So it probably just looks like I'm funnelling in and out company secrets or something...

  2. do what at work now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... as I sit at work reading about how to tame social networks at work ...

  3. Resistance is Futile by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    "They're a vector for malware and a gift for corporate spies. They're a DATA spill just waiting to happen. And like it or not, they're already inside your enterprise"

    Wait, are we talking about social networking here? or the Borg invasion from 'Star Trek: First Contact?'

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
  4. Re:what firewall? by gblackwo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unemployment? That usually does the trick.

  5. Re:what firewall? by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That depends on what kind of Droid he has. Like if he has an R2 unit, that thing'll just plug right into the wall socket and edit the Employee Database so he is still on a paycheck!