One way technology is combining the human element with the strengths of the Internet are "webinars" - which typically involve a meeting room, a PC and a projector, along with someone at the other end making the presentation as if it were a live remote on television, only with some...

So what's going to definitively turn the tide? That old reliable of American capitalism: consumer demand. Mackelprang, the security chief at Digital Insight, feels that security and stability are going to have to be as valued as bells and whistles to the customer, whether it be Joe Consumer buying Windows...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - As holiday celebrations fade, here's a sobering thought for the New Year: While credit unions and their members move more of their financial lives onto the Web, some leading Internet security experts say breaches, worms, viruses and others attacks will only increase. In fact, says John Pescatore...

CU Times Technology Correspondent COLUMBIA, S.C. - A major benefit of the Internet revolution for credit unions is the growing ability to provide a vast array of training across a far-flung operation, and do it consistently and efficiently. Lenore Froehlich knows that, and that's why Motorola Employees Credit Union-West is...

The UPnP problem was discovered by a young California computer whiz, a 21-year-old reformed hacker whose company, eEye Digital Security (www.eeye.com), held off announcing it until Microsoft could prepare a fix. It's that kind of cooperation that makes the whole thing work, Butler points out. "Servers are exposed to the...

Froehlich's approach is what the industry sees happening more and more, using technology to supplement the interaction that's required for many types of learning. A PowerPoint slide delivered over the Internet is just that, a PowerPoint slide, and it can't replace human interaction, but the art of Internet training is...

Tom Ha sees the challenges grow daily. "Staying up to date on firewalls and anti-virus software is critical to a good operation," says the information systems manager at AmeriChoice FCU, a $70 million, 11,000-member organization in Mechanicsburg, Pa. "Money in accounts is really just another form of data, the real,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - When Hewlett-Packard announced the end of the line for the senior citizen of its business-computing line, users likely took notice. After nearly 30 years of service, HP says it will quit selling its workhorse e3000 systems in 2003 and end full support of them in 2006. In...