Dell: 90% of data is never read again

Ed Valio | July 13th, 2010 - 10:53 am
Dell: 90% of data is never read again

From PC Pro: ”According to Dell, 90% of company data is written once and never read again. This arresting claim cropped up in the middle of a presentation from Dell’s Enterprise division, recently given to Jon Honeyball and me. Given our usual style of dealing with such events, the poor devils didn’t stand a chance [...]

Please do not change your password

Ed Valio | April 12th, 2010 - 12:48 pm
Please do not change your password

From The Boston Globe:  ”To continue reading this story, enter your password now. If you do not have a password, please create one. It must contain a minimum of eight characters, including upper- and lower-case letters and one number. This is for your own good.

Nonsense, of course, but it helps illustrate a point: You will [...]

2009 Am Law tech survey

Ed Valio | November 4th, 2009 - 4:00 pm
2009 Am Law tech survey

From Law.com:
”Like a bad Hollywood thriller, law firm technology has a villain that’s all too easy to spot. The economic downturn has — to no one’s surprise — taken a toll on the coffers of law firm IT departments: Fully one-third of the 110 Am Law 200 firms participating in our fourteenth annual survey of [...]