New IT Developments: New Internet Threats
Viruses, hacker attacks and other cyber threats are now a part of daily life. Malware spreading throughout the Internet, hackers stealing confidential data and mailboxes flooded with spam are the price we pay for computing convenience. Any unprotected computer or network is vulnerable.
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All computers need internet security
Home users can lose valuable personal data with one click to the wrong website. Children trading games also exchange viruses unknowingly. You receive an email requesting an update to your payment details, and a hacker gains access to your bank account. A backdoor is installed on your machine, and your PC becomes a zombie, spewing out spam.
Address the risks
It's not just home users who suffer. For businesses of all sizes, the risks are manifold. Crucial data distorted by viruses, financial data misappropriated by cyber criminals, and mountains of spam reducing ROI on human and technological resources. An effective risk management strategy is essential for business success.
New technologies - new anti-malware solutions
As cyber threats have evolved, so has software to deflect such threats. Sophisticated antispyware and antivirus solutions capable of detecting the most complex new viruses are now available. New personal firewall programs designed to identify the stealthiest hacker attacks can hide your computer on the Internet. And the latest anti-spam products filter out up to 99% of unsolicited mail, protecting computers from malicious code and saving time and resources.
Forewarned is forearmed
In addition to providing a wide range of cutting-edge antivirus solutions, the team at Kaspersky Lab believe that information is an essential element of safe computing. The Virus News section of the website offers information about all current cyber threats, ranging from basic definitions to thorough analysis and the Kaspersky Virus Encyclopedia, a comprehensive library of virus descriptions.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
simplify, Simplify, SIMPLIFY ..1 ..2 ..3
Trevor writes:
From this post - MAD 7. It Only Takes 'HALF-A-DOZEN' Things! (extract below) - I am reminded that it is all to easy to fall into the trap of adding unnecessary complexity to ideas, projects, strategies, et al, that should be as simple as ...1 ..2 ..3
I am resolving to simplify every idea, project, strategy I have into a 'simple as ..1 ..2 ..3' graphic presentation.
Regards
Trevor Nel - 011 - 705-2790 - www.innercircleforum.com
trevor@innercircleforum.com
From this post - MAD 7. It Only Takes 'HALF-A-DOZEN' Things! (extract below) - I am reminded that it is all to easy to fall into the trap of adding unnecessary complexity to ideas, projects, strategies, et al, that should be as simple as ...1 ..2 ..3
Too many people look to make the simple things in life too complex to understand.
Yes, most often it takes only a few things... 1, 2, or 3 things... just a 'half-a-dozen' things to ensure success in most projects.
I am resolving to simplify every idea, project, strategy I have into a 'simple as ..1 ..2 ..3' graphic presentation.
Regards
Trevor Nel - 011 - 705-2790 - www.innercircleforum.com
trevor@innercircleforum.com
Friday, March 2, 2007
Jack Rahme's CORPORATE IT Background
Thank you Trevor. My past is quite a chequered one, yet one that has given me many opportunities and vast experience.
I basically landed up in FNB by a complete mistake. I was going for final interviews for a position at another financial institution, when I suddenly got a call that my agency had a job for me at FNB and I was accepted without even an Interview.
I started my 1st day in FNB for a company called First Factors, which basically bought book debts from companies to assist them with cash flow. I worked and learned all about the Invoicing and Credit Control world and picked up some marketing and financial experience also. Additionally I was able to contribute in building a Take on system (A system that could capture, batch and produce Invoices, audit trails and age analysis reports) which cut down weeks of work per project and added all the additional reporting functionality.
After 4 years of growing through the ranks, I was made aware of a new opportunity with a new dynamic team called the ATM Network, just 3 floors up from where I was working in Bank City.
At ATM Network, became the Business Intelligence Analyst ( fancy title don't u think ;) )I created a system to work out the figures to see if an ATM would be feasible or not in particular areas. I was also lucky enough to be involved in the building one of the top ATM Real time Monitoring systems. I was there for 4 years.
Once again, keeping my eyes and my ears open, I heard about another opportunity with a Business Unit on the same floor as I worked. The company was called n-Solutions and they were in charge of the FNB Internet and Intranet sites. I became the systems administrator for this environment and was part of the growth from a 12 staff member compliment and being a small business unit, growing to 35 at one stage. I found this environment most rewarding and realised I excelled in this arena of expertise. I was also able to complete My Microsoft Certifications from Windows NT to Windows 2003.
With financial institutions and the brilliant decisions and ideas corporates tend to come up with (NOT), they decided to Merge 4 big business units in FNB, namely n-Solutions, ATM Network, The Centralised Call Centre and Branch Automation and relocate all of them to Randburg (Which suited me by the way).
During this process I was split and ended working with the call centre as well as still looking after the web environment. Over time and with the growth of the call centre, this became a harder task. Additionally once they realised this convergence of technologies was not working, everyone started to split and go in different directions. The web team decided to return to Bank city and the Call centre (known as the FNB Contact Centre) remained in Randburg, and I was stuck with a decision to be made. Not wanting to move back to Bank city, I decided to go the call centre route.
I managed to work my way through Time management wasters, Oxygen thieves, temporary solutions and money abusers (also known as middle management) to eventually become management. I was then able to project manage the Desktop and Server environments and support teams. I was given simple tasks like co-ordinating support calls to be split over 3 Technical staff members who had to support just over 1300 staff members located in 2 different buildings. Additionally we had to manage our Server environment of 40 odd servers across 3 resources, including myself.
To add to my challenges, I was then blessed with a beautiful daughter, which made me call it a day at FNB. I no longer wanted to work 2am shifts babysitting staff when I could be at home with Makayla and Audrey.
In coming up with this decision, I realised that my side line business of support and hardware sales could become a full time option and that I would then be able to add the additional services such as Website and Email hosting and Internet Access. I also realised the nice gap there was in the small to medium enterprises, and with my background in IT and service excellence, I could personalise and customize solutions for SME's. And the rest as they say, was history...
I basically landed up in FNB by a complete mistake. I was going for final interviews for a position at another financial institution, when I suddenly got a call that my agency had a job for me at FNB and I was accepted without even an Interview.
I started my 1st day in FNB for a company called First Factors, which basically bought book debts from companies to assist them with cash flow. I worked and learned all about the Invoicing and Credit Control world and picked up some marketing and financial experience also. Additionally I was able to contribute in building a Take on system (A system that could capture, batch and produce Invoices, audit trails and age analysis reports) which cut down weeks of work per project and added all the additional reporting functionality.
After 4 years of growing through the ranks, I was made aware of a new opportunity with a new dynamic team called the ATM Network, just 3 floors up from where I was working in Bank City.
At ATM Network, became the Business Intelligence Analyst ( fancy title don't u think ;) )I created a system to work out the figures to see if an ATM would be feasible or not in particular areas. I was also lucky enough to be involved in the building one of the top ATM Real time Monitoring systems. I was there for 4 years.
Once again, keeping my eyes and my ears open, I heard about another opportunity with a Business Unit on the same floor as I worked. The company was called n-Solutions and they were in charge of the FNB Internet and Intranet sites. I became the systems administrator for this environment and was part of the growth from a 12 staff member compliment and being a small business unit, growing to 35 at one stage. I found this environment most rewarding and realised I excelled in this arena of expertise. I was also able to complete My Microsoft Certifications from Windows NT to Windows 2003.
With financial institutions and the brilliant decisions and ideas corporates tend to come up with (NOT), they decided to Merge 4 big business units in FNB, namely n-Solutions, ATM Network, The Centralised Call Centre and Branch Automation and relocate all of them to Randburg (Which suited me by the way).
During this process I was split and ended working with the call centre as well as still looking after the web environment. Over time and with the growth of the call centre, this became a harder task. Additionally once they realised this convergence of technologies was not working, everyone started to split and go in different directions. The web team decided to return to Bank city and the Call centre (known as the FNB Contact Centre) remained in Randburg, and I was stuck with a decision to be made. Not wanting to move back to Bank city, I decided to go the call centre route.
I managed to work my way through Time management wasters, Oxygen thieves, temporary solutions and money abusers (also known as middle management) to eventually become management. I was then able to project manage the Desktop and Server environments and support teams. I was given simple tasks like co-ordinating support calls to be split over 3 Technical staff members who had to support just over 1300 staff members located in 2 different buildings. Additionally we had to manage our Server environment of 40 odd servers across 3 resources, including myself.
To add to my challenges, I was then blessed with a beautiful daughter, which made me call it a day at FNB. I no longer wanted to work 2am shifts babysitting staff when I could be at home with Makayla and Audrey.
In coming up with this decision, I realised that my side line business of support and hardware sales could become a full time option and that I would then be able to add the additional services such as Website and Email hosting and Internet Access. I also realised the nice gap there was in the small to medium enterprises, and with my background in IT and service excellence, I could personalise and customize solutions for SME's. And the rest as they say, was history...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
About The RAHME Family
Trevor writes:
I have watched Jack & Audrey (the 'Boss') Rahme grow in stature and reputation through their incredible service to our INNER Circle Business Forum network.
Jack is extremely humble in his self promotion, yet is extremely accomplished in his corporate IT background... which I hope he will share with you in his next post.
My expectation for this blog JV relationship is to explore mutually-beneficial business opportunities with Jack and discuss their potential for YOU to do likewise. Enjoy!
Regards
Trevor Nel - 011 - 705-2790 - www.innercircleforum.com
trevor@innercircleforum.com
I have watched Jack & Audrey (the 'Boss') Rahme grow in stature and reputation through their incredible service to our INNER Circle Business Forum network.
Jack is extremely humble in his self promotion, yet is extremely accomplished in his corporate IT background... which I hope he will share with you in his next post.
My expectation for this blog JV relationship is to explore mutually-beneficial business opportunities with Jack and discuss their potential for YOU to do likewise. Enjoy!
Regards
Trevor Nel - 011 - 705-2790 - www.innercircleforum.com
trevor@innercircleforum.com
About Our IT Business
Jack writes:
Halcyons Haven consists of a group of passionate people who believe in making a difference in the IT arena by doing standard IT practices differently yet better.
We believe in using our strengths to take the hassle out of your IT functions to enable you to concentrate on your respective strengths within your business.
It is our pleasure to customize solutions for Small to Medium and Medium Enterprises to ensure the correct solutions are put in place First Time, and that they are implemented timeously as well as cost effectively.
We align ourselves with companies who share the same view on service excellence and work as outsourced Technical Consultants as well as provide companies with their own external IT Department.
Halcyons Haven consists of a group of passionate people who believe in making a difference in the IT arena by doing standard IT practices differently yet better.
We believe in using our strengths to take the hassle out of your IT functions to enable you to concentrate on your respective strengths within your business.
It is our pleasure to customize solutions for Small to Medium and Medium Enterprises to ensure the correct solutions are put in place First Time, and that they are implemented timeously as well as cost effectively.
We align ourselves with companies who share the same view on service excellence and work as outsourced Technical Consultants as well as provide companies with their own external IT Department.
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