Intranet Tip – Weak Passwords Jeopardize Organizational Security

27th November, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 1 Comment

As the centralized point of access to organizational information, your Intranet portal may also represent a potential security risk. This is especially true if your portal is accessible to employees via the Internet. If your Intranet authentication is tied to your Active Directory or LDAP, be sure to put policies in place that ensure that your employees change their passwords on a periodic basis. In addition, be sure to encourage (or require) employees to use “strong” passwords, that are comprised of a combination of alpha characters, numbers, symbols and mixed cases. Read More

Intranet Tip for 08/04/09 – Identity Management Expectations

4th August, 2009 - Posted By Angela Cullen - No Comments

When selecting an Identity Management Application, don’t expected it to integrate seamlessly with every application in your enterprise. Read More

Single Sign-On or Simpler Sign-On…What Expectation Is Realistic For Identity Management?

28th March, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 2 Comments

Who isn’t interested in accomplishing Single Sign-On? You know, that nirvana of Identity Management where users only ever have to sign on to their local workstation and then have completely unfettered access to applications throughout the enterprise. While this concept may sound great to end-users and executives, it’s an absolute nightmare concept for IT personnel and application administrators. Read More

The Difference Between Mashups And Messes…How Integrated Are Your Portal Applications?

22nd March, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - No Comments

One of the strengths of a good Intranet portal is the ability to integrate the disparate applications that exist within an enterprise. Just because links to the applications are presented in the portal or, in some cases, even natively surfaced in the portal doesn’t make them effectively integrated. Take a look at the following tips and see if they indicate that your portal has mashups or messes. Read More

“Do We Really Need An Intranet Portal?” – How Valuable Is The Technology You Represent?

15th March, 2009 - Posted By Sean R. Nicholson - 3 Comments

How often do we question the technologies that our organization relies on? Are we trapped by legacy systems and users who are unwilling to adopt new solutions? Do these excuses keep us from asking “Why” we need a specific solution, is it useful, and is there a better alternative? This article looks at one such situation and provides some good justification for Intranet Portals. Read More