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Crafting policies is the art of business

Policies are crucial to a successful business. Without them, it's impossible to consistently control and keep track of all the things that happen day to day. It's great to see others as excited about the topic as we are at First Reference. Last week, Scott Lowe outlined on TechRepublic, "10 things to consider when creating policies." And it's not just IT policy he's interested in.

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IT compliance dictionary – yes!

Maybe this will help directors get up to speed on IT. If you want to know the meanings of tech terms like WEP, WPA, kernel,malware, trojan, sniffing, MIME, deployment strategy, server,implementation and just about any other IT term you can think of, then check it out.

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What’s that you say? Bar association releases plain language guide

When a guide to using legal jargon in everyday life offers as its first tip, "Familiarize yourself with Latin," I'm pretty sure there's a problem.

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