modern devices

Continuig the series about some undispensible things that have crept into our world, this is the second part. In the first part we saw how Instant messaging is virtually ruling our lives. In this part lets have a look down at how webmail and Portable storage devices make sour life easy as well a "controbvversila" one at the same time.

2. Web mail
Of the respondents to the Yankee Group survey, 50% said they use consumer e-mail applications for business purposes. The problem with consumer e-mail services such as those from Google, Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo is that the users themselves don't realize how insecure their e-mail exchanges are because messages are transported over the Web and stored on the ISP's server as well as the e-mail provider's server. Without that awareness, many use no discretion about sending sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, passwords, confidential business data or trade secrets.

High-tech consumer products and services of all kinds are making their way into the workplace. They include everything from smart phones, voice-over-IP systems and flash memory sticks to virtual online worlds. And as people grow more accustomed to having their own personal technology at their beck and call -- and in fact can't imagine functioning without it -- the line between what they use for work and what they use for recreation is blurring. Unfortunately, this trend poses problems for IT organizations. For one thing, the use of these technologies increases the risk of security breaches.