Security: Confirming what plenty of you already know, a study conducted at the Infosecurity Exhibition in London determines that IT staffers are snoops — not to mention one of the biggest insider threats to their own companies. And I quote one participant, “why does it surprise you that so many of us snoop around your files, wouldn’t you if you had secret access to anything you can get your hands on!”Storage: The latest version of NFSv4, the Linux/Unix file system, is still a long way from the mainstream, it’s true. “Let me make it clear that this impasse is not for lack of merit, because NFSv4 has a lot to like,” Mario Apicella espouses in Betting on the future of parallel NFS. “NFSv4.1 has the potential to become a standards-based convergence point for all those different solutions, blending even clustered solutions (Lustre, NetApp, Isilon, BlueArc) into a parallel behavior.” From the Test Center: The Web 2.0 era, and its associated technologies of course, bring a new way for companies to listen to their customers. As such, Jive Software has injected Clearspace X with new features for such public-facing communities. “Usability is especially paramount with public applications and Clearspace X nails this part,” Mike Heck explains. It doesn’t change Heck’s mind about the leaders in the pure enterprise wiki realm, but, “the way Clearspace X packages essential features, which work with minimal customization, gives it a leg up in this area.” Read the full product review. Columnist’s corner: The argument that application developers need to adopt more streamlined manufacturing techniques is a provocative one, David Margulius maintains in Lean, mean coding machines. He’s referring to a report published by McKinsey stating that traditional methods such as Capability Maturity Model, function point metrics and CASE tools fail where lean techniques would thrive. “Does this mean I’d recommend dropping a couple mil on a McKinsey lean study for your company?” Well, start with the $16 ticket for Eliyahu Goldratt’s book “92-3316469?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180483171&sr=1-1″>The Goal.” “If that fails, you may have to call in the suits.” Security