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http://www.icca.org An evolving community of non-biased, independent thinking, computer consulting professionals supporting each other, our local business economies and the United States free-market democracy. en http://www.icca.org/content/rise-digital-photocopiers <p>Hello everyone</p> <p>Usually in our day to day computing activities not everyone gives copiers a second thought, especially when it comes to data security. However I came upon this interesting article from Trend Micro and wanted to share with everyone.</p> <p>Digital photocopiers don’t just copy anymore. They scan, fax, print and email documents too. This means that they have their own electronic storage. And this is where the problems start.</p> <p>Few people realize that these hard drives can keep a copy of everything that passes through the device. Much of this information is sensitive, personal or confidential organizational data. This makes photocopiers digital goldmines for cybercriminals.</p> <p>Undercover investigation</p> <p>In a recent news investigation by CBS, software developer Jon Juntunen demonstrated how easy it was for people to buy used photocopiers and extract the information saved on them, including extremely sensitive and confidential files. If they steal a photocopier or retrieve it after it has been thrown out, criminals can sell this information for a profit or use it against an organization or individual.</p> <p>This is not the first time that the security of copying machines has raised concerns. Previously, TrendLabs researchers identified a proof-of-concept code using copiers as a vector through which to launch malicious attacks. In 2006, they found code that exploits vulnerabilities in Xerox WorkCentre. These weaknesses allowed attackers to execute arbitrary software, to forge digital certificates, and even to initiate denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against target systems.</p> <p>Making criminals more efficient</p> <p>Technology may make our lives more efficient but it may also give cybercriminals a more efficient way to steal personal data. Data breaches and new technology go hand in hand.</p> <p> New technology is not always perfect and may have flaws that can be exploited. Therefore, when considering the use of new technologies or devices, users and businesses must also consider how to secure themselves against threats.<br /> Protect your business</p> <p>Security measures to keep new technologies and devices safe from digital threats are now available. Companies should take suitable precautions. In particular, they should ensure proper handling and disposal of use photocopiers to prevent data breaches and protect users.</p> http://www.icca.org/content/rise-digital-photocopiers#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 00:01:59 +0000 PTC2010 36 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/consultant-training-learn-experience-others <p>One thing that makes the job of being a consultant so difficult is that there is no "entry level" consultant position. From your very first project you get dropped into the flames with a loosely-fitting helmet, a leaky water bucket, and a "good luck to ya" attitude, and sometimes they leave out the good luck. The fact is, as a consultant you are there to put out a fire or to make some kind of magic happen that no one else can produce. In that kind of environment, there is little room for incompetence or inexperience.</p> <p>So how can students survive in all this? Surely the only thing worse than not knowing what you are doing is looking like you don't know what you are doing. And let me tell you, as student consultants we have giant bullseyes on our foreheads. Many times the expectation is that we are too inexperienced, and so we have an uphill battle right from the start.</p> <p>Now that I've sufficiently depressed you, turn that frown upside down kiddo. Let me tell you that there are ways to combat these issues.</p> <p>The first step is also the easiest and is probably the one most of you have covered already. It is to know where to look for the answers if you don't have them already. Most likely you already have websites or books you use as reference materials when it comes to looking up programming related issues. This is key. I'm a big fan of CodeGuru and Experts Exchange as they tend to have a lot of really good information, but I'm also a big fan of Google. If I'm having a really pressing issue, I quickly lose alliance to any one particular site. The point is that you are probably already pretty good at finding what you need out there in the mass of information. You have already learned how to learn. I'm not a big fan of post-graduate degrees, but I can respect that taking that much school gives you a really good idea how to learn. The same goes for consulting. If you don't already have this skill, learn how to find out what you need to know. Now I'm making the assumption that your consulting work is programming-related and you aren't being pulled in as a business process improvement consultant or anything like that. Those kinds of projects don't typically go to students, no matter how many midichlorians they possess. If any of you have examples of work you've done in this realm, I would love to hear it though! And if you are doing this kind of work, your research will be much harder. This kind of research will be more dependent on learning the organization, so talk to as many folks in the company as you can- no matter what their level too. You never know what the intern or the support center specialist may know.</p> <p>One of the greatest bits of advice I've ever received for succeeding as an entrepreneur is to "know your strengths and compensate for your weaknesses". This is definitely true for consulting and is an excellent way to rub that bullseye off. All of us have our own "element"- an environment that we thrive in and in which our talent shines. Unfortunately we also all have the opposite. Take me, for example. I have never been very good at phone conversations. I believe so much of a conversation is visual and un-spoken, and when I talk to someone on the phone I always feel like I'm losing 75% of the communication, especially since I consider myself a visual learner. Combine that with less than perfect hearing from years of "Smells like Teen Spirit" at 120 decibels, a short attention span, and a phone that never seems to know what it wants ("can you hear me now?"), and you have a recipe for disaster. I suppose I could turn down the alternative music, take Ritalin, and change my phone plan, but what's the point? I'd be fighting an uphill battle and denying who I am. It's much easier for me to know that this is a weakness of mine and compensate for it. As a result, I tend to stress email communication with clients and colleagues. Not only will I be able to communicate with them in a way that's more comfortable for me, but I also have a written record of their requirements! If any issue is too in depth for email, I will gladly make the trip out to see them for an in-person meeting. Anything to avoid that blasted phone.</p> <p>The last bit of advice is by far the most important: use the experience of others to guide you. There just is no substitute for someone who has already crawled through those trenches, put out that fire, whacked that mole, and other various cliches. You can learn a lot from those with experience in the information technology consulting field. So where do you find anyone who will listen to you? Join a professional or trade organization, and most importantly, stay active in it! Don't expect to be all take and no give. These are people who can truly help you, but they need your participation to truly trust you and to want to help you. I highly recommend the Independent Computer Consultants Association. Main takeaway: whatever organization you choose, get involved in it. You won't regret it.</p> <p>So while there is no entry level consultant position, there are definite ways we can get training "on the job". Just use your resources, work in a way that highlights your strengths, and leverage the experience of other consultants and you'll do fine.</p> http://www.icca.org/content/consultant-training-learn-experience-others#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:56:45 +0000 uwcorp 33 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/innovation-cornerstone-entrepreneurship <p>Hi there folks, my name is Kevin Fessenden and I am one of the founders of ConsultantTree. I feel it's necessary to give you a little bit of background on me and my professional life. As of this writing I am 27 years old. I live in Milford Ohio which is just east of Cincinnati where I recently bought my first house with earnings entirely from my consultancy business. I'm unmarried, loving life, and loving my career and where it's headed.</p> <p>I started up my first business, UnitedWare LLC when I was 19 years old- I was a student at Miami University in Ohio and Anish Mistry, my business partner attended Ohio State. It was definitely difficult starting up a business at that age, and many many doors slammed in our faces early on. I believe to this day that our main problem was that we were trying to avoid the one thing that made us different. We were trying too hard to be like the "professionals"- the 20+ year industry experience consultants that wore suits and carried around laptop bags in the airport..frankly, they were intimidating and we wanted to be them somethin' fierce. The problem is that we weren't them. And we were never going to be. But that's what made us different, that's what made us stand out in the crowd. We were trying to dissolve the one element in our makeup that would give us the most attention.</p> <p>Once we learned to embrace this fact, everything changed for us. We wrote up articles talking about how we were students starting up a business and newspapers picked up the story, we used marketing methods that college students would use, we told everyone and anyone that we were young and cheap.....and we quickly realized that there was a market for us. Not only that, a big one. And in case you're wondering, it turns out being "cheap" in the consultancy world still pays a whole lot better than many, many entry-level industry jobs. We were happy to be "cheap", especially when the expectation is $100-200/hour.</p> <p>But the key here is we had to innovate. At the heart of every business is some sort of innovation. What is innovation? Let's consult dictionary.com: "The act of introducing something new". Well this wasn't too hard for us, we ourselves were an innovation. We were something new that folks had not seen before. And that is why we were able to succeed. The takeaway here is embrace what makes you different. There's a lot of noise in the business world and companies want to know in 10 words or less what sets you apart from the other guys. Keep in mind that consultancies are essentially in the business of selling people. If you are a person that is intelligent, friendly, high-energy, motivated, hard-working, etc. then you will be able to sell yourself no matter how old you are and no matter how much experience you have, I truly believe that. Technology is changing rapidly and at some point we are all novices- but great people skills cannot be taught. They can be developed over time and even that only goes so far.</p> <p>Now I'm skewing my commentary to consultancy companies since that is the area I started in but this same principle goes for companies developing software products or some other service. Actually in this realm innovation becomes even more of a key. Even more noise here and it's even harder to prove that you are noteworthy. I recommend starting in a small consumer niche and building from there if you are going this route.</p> <p>The key here is to make innovation a frame of mind, a way of living. A good way to do that is to surround yourself with innovation and to constantly be looking for the need in everyday life. Carry around a pad of paper and pen (something small enough to fit in your pocket so you can keep up with it) and be jotting down notes of things that annoy you. Listen to the Killer Innovations podcast by Phil McKinney. He is an innovative genius at HP and a really insightful guy who can help you build your creative brain muscle.</p> <p>As students in this era we are surrounded by innovation- the cell phones in our pockets, the flat screens we watch, the appliances we take for granted- all come from someone who thought "outside the box" (although I hate that expression, it fits). The transfer of information is so free and open these days that it's easier than ever to find out what annoys people and what would be a cool way to solve it. This environment is an innovator's dream. In addition, as students you have access to a campus full of your peers...never in your life again will you have free access to such a wide variety of folks in your same buying demographic. Use that advantage. Create a campus survey pitching a product or service idea. Toss around ideas with the guy who sits next to you in Stats....whatever, it takes. Just use your resources, and other people are among the best.</p> <p>So that's a little bit on innovation and it's importance. I will probably discuss this concept more in future postings, but that's all I have for now. I'm watching the Colts get creamed by Chicago and it's cracking me up. Guess I can't laugh too hard though- my Bengals had a most disappointing debut against the Ravens today. Tough times to be a sports fan in Cincinnati!</p> <p>Keep innovating!</p> http://www.icca.org/content/innovation-cornerstone-entrepreneurship#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:44:58 +0000 uwcorp 32 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/hating-secure-shell-hacker-attacks <p>Hackers are constantly hitting my servers and I am not alone. How are you coping with<br /> <a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/03/06/2138221/Coping-With-1-Million-SSH-Authentication-Failures" target="_new">1 Million SSH Authentication Failures?</a>.</p> http://www.icca.org/content/hating-secure-shell-hacker-attacks#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:17:08 +0000 greg 31 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/why-paying-code-doesnt-mean-you-own-it <p>As Contract Software Engineer, I am always interested in the legal issues around ownership of the code I have developed. Here is an interesting article I found on linked to on <a href="http://www.slasdot.com/" target="_new">SlashDot</a> about <a>Why Paying For Code Doesn't Mean You Own It</a>.</p> http://www.icca.org/content/why-paying-code-doesnt-mean-you-own-it#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:14:22 +0000 greg 30 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/what-kind-computer-mouse-are-you-using-right-now <div class="poll"> <div class="text">Wireless optical mouse</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Wired optical mouse</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Laptop touchpad</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Laptop joystick</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Touchpad</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Whatever came with my computer</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="total"> Total votes: 0 </div> </div> http://www.icca.org/content/what-kind-computer-mouse-are-you-using-right-now#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:38:34 +0000 greg 21 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/what-kind-computer-keyboard-are-you-using-right-now <div class="poll"> <div class="text">Whatever that came with the computer.</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Ergonomic keyboard</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Laptop keyboard</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">On-screen keyboard</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Smartphone keyboard</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">IBM Model M keyboard</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">IBM Selectric</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="total"> Total votes: 0 </div> </div> http://www.icca.org/content/what-kind-computer-keyboard-are-you-using-right-now#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:03:09 +0000 greg 20 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/how-many-instant-messaging-accounts-do-you-own <div class="poll"> <div class="text">One</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Two</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Less than Five</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Less than Ten</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">More than Ten</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="total"> Total votes: 0 </div> </div> http://www.icca.org/content/how-many-instant-messaging-accounts-do-you-own#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:56:46 +0000 greg 19 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/how-many-email-address-do-you-own <div class="poll"> <div class="text">One</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Two</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Less than Five</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Less than Ten</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">More than Ten</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div 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votes) </div> <div class="total"> Total votes: 0 </div> </div> http://www.icca.org/content/how-many-domains-do-you-own#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:54:33 +0000 greg 17 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/what-type-internet-connection-do-you-have-right-now <div class="poll"> <div class="text">Cable</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">DSL</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Wifi</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Optical</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">T-1</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Modem</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Whatever my neighbor has?</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="total"> Total votes: 0 </div> </div> http://www.icca.org/content/what-type-internet-connection-do-you-have-right-now#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:53:12 +0000 greg 16 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/how-big-you-computer-monitor <div class="poll"> <div class="text">Less than 15 inches</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">17 inches</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">19 inches</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">23 inches</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">More than 23 inces</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">A Projector on the entire wall</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="total"> Total votes: 0 </div> </div> http://www.icca.org/content/how-big-you-computer-monitor#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:50:47 +0000 greg 15 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/how-many-computers-you-own <div class="poll"> <div class="text">One</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div 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http://www.icca.org/content/what-was-your-first-computer-operating-system <div class="poll"> <div class="text">Windows</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Macintosh</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">UNIX</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Mainframe</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">DOS / CPM</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="total"> Total votes: 0 </div> </div> http://www.icca.org/content/what-was-your-first-computer-operating-system#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:46:32 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class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="text">Mainframe</div> <div class="bar"> <div style="width: 0%;" class="foreground"></div> </div> <div class="percent"> 0% (0 votes) </div> <div class="total"> Total votes: 0 </div> </div> http://www.icca.org/content/what-kind-computer-are-you-using-right-now#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:42:03 +0000 greg 11 at http://www.icca.org http://www.icca.org/content/home <h1>We're Back...</h1> <p> <b>ICCA.org</b> is the Independent Computer Consultant Association, now in its second generation, reincarnated as a new association of the same technical professional entrepreneurs that have kept it going since 1977. </p> <p> <b>ICCA.org</b> is an <em>evolving community of entrepreneurial, non-biased, computer consulting professionals</em> supporting each other, our local business economies and the United States free-market democracy. We are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer" target="_new">computer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consultant" target="_new">consultants</a> doing business as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_contractor" target="_new">independent contractors</a> in the USA. </p> <p> <b>ICCA.org</b> offers something for everyone...</p> <ul> <li> Need help in a Project, get expert advice now from Project Managers, Software Engineers, Database Architects, Quality Assurance Experts, Data Center System Operations and IT Support Professionals using the <em>ICCA.org</em> Virtual Network of Professional Independent Computer Consultants. </li> <li> Professionally Network and Market your Expertise as an Computer Consultants . </li> <li> Start-Up advice for new Computer Consultants from those that have done it before. </li> <li> Keep up-to-date on News Articles and Blogs about how the US Government affects the US Consulting Economy through new H1B Visa and Business Tax legislation. </li><li> Find Local Event, Local User Groups, Continuing Education and Professional Certification opportunities. </li> <li> <strong>ICCA.org</strong> offers Businesses the place to find the best Computer Consultants the US$ can buy. </li> <li> And, for the Consultant Brokers and Technical Recruiters with that hard-to-fill engineering position, look no farther than posting on <strong>ICCA.org</strong> a contract-job opportunities or request-for-quotes (RFQ). </li> </ul> <p> <strong>ICCA.org</strong> is the place to come for the <em>Correct Advice</em> at the right time; no sales pitches, no double talk, and no spam!!! </p> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:56:56 +0000 greg 1 at http://www.icca.org