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Articles by Michael Cruse

As a Senior Director of Information Technology (IT) for a public pharmaceutical company, Michael writes from the heart of corporate life. He focuses on career development in addition to his passion for the IT industry and management.

By the way, who moderates the moderators?

March 8, 2011 – 11:29 pm |
Freedom to write and comment without control of website operators

It is no secret for people who generate online content that they often have to deal with problems that arise from participants in the comment forum.  From the inevitable spammers to the general antisocial types, …

Some Thoughts on Information Security

January 11, 2011 – 10:30 pm |
Information Security can be taken too far and hurt those who it is designed to protect

The Information Technology and Information Security teams have a challenge balancing user productivity and need for information security.  These computer professionals have a duty and obligation to provide both user functionality and data security.  Unfortunately, …

Recognizing the role of computers

November 21, 2010 – 2:54 pm |

A few weeks ago, my primary computer crashed.  Sad I know, but being an IT professional, it was distressing to say the least.  The problem was severely compounded by occurring during the worst possible time.  …

Kindle moves slowly in the right direction

October 24, 2010 – 8:38 pm |

Amazon.com announced a few days ago that Kindle users would be able to lend books to other Kindle users. I cannot say that I was surprised by this move, as its competitors are farther down the …