RFPs GOOD. Fixed Bids BAD.

RFPs GOOD. Fixed Bids BAD.

It occurs to me that my signature rant these days is not clearly posted on my own blog. Let’s fix.

How I Spent My 2015 Technology Initiative Grants Conference

How I Spent My 2015 Technology Initiative Grants Conference

I’m back from our (Legal Services Corporation) 15th annual technology conference, which ran from January 14th through the 16th  in.

Career Reflections: My Biggest Data Fail

Career Reflections: My Biggest Data Fail

This article was published on the NTEN Blog in February of 2014.  It originally appeared in the eBook “Collected Voices:.

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The RFP

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The RFP

This article was originally posted on the NTEN Blog in January of 2014. Requests for Proposals (RFPs) seem like they.

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.

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,.

Dealing with Domains – Part 2

Dealing with Domains – Part 2

Last week, we talked about domain registrar services and what to look for. In today's followup, we'll focus on how to transfer a domain and the accompanying security concerns, then talk a bit about registrars vis a vis hosting services.

Dealing With Domains – Part 1

Dealing With Domains – Part 1

Domain Name Management: not a very sexy topic. This will be a rare post for me that won't mention popular search engines, the latest "superphone", content management or rumored tablets. But I hope I can provide a good glossary on a geeky subject that anyone with a web site sporting their organization's name has to deal with.

Pop Quiz: PCI Compliance

Pop Quiz: PCI Compliance

The credit card industry is doing the right thing by consumers and enforcing proper security measures regarding the handling of credit card information. You might have heard about this - a number of the popular vendors of donor databases are recommending upgrades based on their compliance with these regulations. The "Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard", commonly known as PCIDSS, is a set of guidelines for securely handling credit card information. The standard has been around for about four years, but early enforcement efforts focused on companies with a high volume of credit card transactions. Now that they're all in compliance, they've set their sites on smaller businesses and nonprofits. So, what does this mean?

Why SharePoint Scares Me

Why SharePoint Scares Me

For the past four years or so, at two different organizations, I've been evaluating Microsoft's Sharepoint 2007 as a Portal/Intranet/Business Process Management solution. It's a hard thing to ignore, for numerous reasons: