Talking Databases For A Change

Talking Databases For A Change

NTEN's new issue of Change is out and I got a chance to sound off to Idealware's Chris Bernard about the dream of "one database to rule them all" -- doing all of your organization's Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) in a single system. My interview is on page 22, but the whole issue is a dream for NPO's struggling with wrangling information.

Is It Time To Worry About Cybercrime?

Is It Time To Worry About Cybercrime?

This article was originally posted on the Idealware Blog in September of 2011. For the past decade, the bulk of unlawful.

NTEN Award

NTEN Award

Doesn't it figure that this would arrive after this morning's post?

NTC Wrap-up

NTC Wrap-up

NTEN hosted a record breaking 2000 people looking to be more effective in their use of technology to support good causes in D.C. last week. I wasn't one of them. So, why the wrap-up? Because the NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference) is such a big event in my life that, even if I skip it, it doesn't necessarily skip me. :)

Virtualization: The Revolution in Server Management and Why You Should Adopt It

Virtualization: The Revolution in Server Management and Why You Should Adopt It

This article was co-written by Matt Eshleman of Community IT Innovators and first published on the NTEN Blog in June.

Do Nonprofits Spam?

Do Nonprofits Spam?

This article was first published on the Idealware Blog in March of 2011. NPTech maven Deborah Elizabeth Finn started a.

Accidental Technology

Accidental Technology

This article was originally published on the Idealware Blog in February of 2011. There’s been a ton of talk over.

Delicious Memories

Delicious Memories

This article was originally published on the Idealware Blog in December of 2010. Like many of my NPTECH peers, I.

The SysAdmin Trap

The SysAdmin Trap

In mid-2008, Terry Childs, the (then) System Administrator for the City of San Francisco, was called into a meeting with the COO (his boss); the CIO of the SF Police Department; a Human Resources representative; and, unbeknownst to Terry, by phone, a few of the engineers he managed. He was ordered to share the system passwords for the network. He made them up. Subsequently challenged with this fact, he refused to reveal the passwords, ending up in a city jail cell.

The Softer Side Of Security

The Softer Side Of Security

This article was first published on the NTEN Blog in April of 2010. As the technical staff at our nonprofits,.