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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/060710-one-third-of-search-engine.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_strategies_2010-06-08

This article was forwarded to everyone in our company by our COO. It is a warning about search engine results and the staggeringly huge amount of “poisoned links” that can be contained within the list. I thought it was important and wanted to share it with everyone.

It is amazing the amount of effort that people will put into trying to steal your information. If only they could take all of that energy and put it to good use and good deeds.

Recently, Gartner held its annual Symposium and has released articles and videos on their discussions.  One of these articles, which I found very interesting, was their top 10 technologies and trends for 2010.   This article discusses some of the hot topics in business’ today – Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Saving Money, Going Green, and a few others.

If you are interested in discussing any of these topics, please give us a call.  IndependenceIT is able to help you implement many of these trends very quickly.  Our solution has been created for small to mid-size companies.  Your organization now has a resource to stay on top of the new IT trends – just like the big boys! 

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1210613

About Garner – Gartner, Inc. is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company

Should I add my own email address to the trusted senders list within my Postini?
 
Our answer is NO.  
 
A majority of spammers will “spoof” your own email address. This trick will make their spam messages appear as if it was sent by you; thus by-passing any spam-filtering engines.   We have received many calls from end-users asking why they are receiving so much spam directly into their inbox and why is it not getting block by our Anti-Spam service?  Only to find out, they trusted their own email address.
 
You may ask, “what if I forward an email to myself; won’t it be at risk of being blocked as spam?” No, when you are utilizing independence IT’s email infrastructure and send or forward an email to yourself, the email goes directly into your inbox and it is not scanned by the anti-spam management system. If you remove yourself from the safe senders list, you should see a dramatic drop in the amount of spam in your inbox. If you find that you are still receiving spam directly into your inbox, you should take the next step by adding your own email address to the blocked sender’s list.  In most instances, you should not receive an external incoming email from your own email address.
 
If you have any questions on this matter, please contact IndependenceIT’s Customer Support at 610.366.0090 ext. 1.  We will be glad to discuss this information in greater detail.
 
Thank you and have a spam free day!