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An Explanation of Connect Badges
LeslieMiller | 24 Aug 2012 | 4 comments

In recent weeks you may have noticed a few new colorful badges adorning various user contributions on the site.  Below is a brief explanation of the various badges and their meaning.

Admin

 - Admins are responsible for the general running on the site. They may move posts to the correct forums, help identify potential abuses on the site, and generally assist users.

Symantec Employee

 - Pretty self explanatory.

Trusted Advisor

 - The “Trusted Advisor” designation is given to an elite group of Symantec Connect community members who voluntarily share their expertise and experience with the Symantec Connect Community. Trusted Advisors are identified in the community with a special badge and are the front line of support for community users. Trusted Advisors are not...

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HIMSS 2012!
Margaret Turano | 03 Jan 2012 | 0 comments
Data Explosion * Risk and Compliance * Cloud * Mobility * Making it all work together

These topics are all front of mind in our increasingly complex IT landscape. Symantec offers the solutions to protect your most valuable asset. Your data and your patients’ data.

Evolving infrastructure, increasing complexity, and the challenging threat landscape are forcing Health IT to evolve from a systems-centric to an information-centric model of service delivery. Hospitals are under massive pressure to protect their information, all the while needing to increase the scope of infrastructure their employees can use to access this data. With this shift, providers will be managing information and applications, across ever changing environments such as virtual, mobile devices and cloud-based applications...

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The perfect date 11:11:00 - 11/11/11
riva11 | 11 Nov 2011 | 5 comments

I'd like to celebrate the perfect date ( 11:11:11 - 11/11/11 on my time zone ) on Symantec Connect  !

Nothing special for IT point of view but only to say thank you to Symantec and 249,228 community members for this invaluable service and the opportunity to share information with everyone.

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Buy a New iPad 2, Laptop, or 42-inch HDTV: What Would You Do with 5,000 Connect Reward Points?
LeslieMiller | 05 Jan 2012 | 93 comments

Answer a few basic questions and receive 25 Connect Reward Points! Plus, be entered to win 5,000 points.

As part of our continuing efforts to improve your experience with Symantec Connect, we’re asking for your help in collecting a bit more information as it relates to your Connect profile. This will allow us to create a more personalized Connect experience, understand what parts of Connect are most valuable and relevant to you, and how we can better serve you now, and in the future.

1. Access your profile.

2. Click the "Edit Company Profile" tab.

3. Answer the 5 questions.

...

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We Want Your Opinion!
ohzone | 19 Aug 2011 | 0 comments

As a member of the Connect Community, we value your opinion about what happens on the site. We'd like you to tell us what you think about a site enhancement we are contemplating. Are you interested in a personalized Connect homepage, where you can choose what content and options you view? Please take a few minutes and take this short survey. There is a comment box available on the survey for you to share any addition thoughts you have about this enhancement.

Click here to take survey

Thanks!
The Connect Team

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Implementing the "Recent Activity" sort this evening
Kevin M. | 17 Jun 2011 | 18 comments

Hi all,

I wanted to thank you for this feedback (adding a new "Recent Activity" sort order to forum lists) and let you know we're going to roll this new sort option out to the production server this evening.

Cautionary note: To make this work, we're having to re-index the site (which takes several hours). During that time, the sort order will, indeed, be out of whack.

We hope to have the indexing completed at the latest by Sunday afternoon and at the earliest by Saturday morning (PST).

Thanks again for your support.
Kevin

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Symantec would like your opinion in a Paid User Study – Please reply by June 24
Kimberley | 17 Jun 2011 | 1 comment

Symantec will be conducting a research study in June to gather feedback from Connect users who have also shopped in our online Business stores. The purpose of the research is to collect important, time-sensitive feedback, and by participating, you’ll allow Symantec to better meet your needs. 

Study method:

The research will be conducted via phone. Specifically, participants will provide their feedback via a 45-minute phone discussion. During the call, the moderator will share materials through a webcast for study participants to evaluate. Everyone who participates in the study will be paid for their time.

How to participate:

Symantec has commissioned Mozaic Group, an independent research firm, to conduct the interviews.

If you are interested in participating, please reply-to connect_study@mozaic-group.com  with your name and contact information...

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The Reality of Cloud Security
CTO Mark Bregman | 01 Apr 2011 | 1 comment

I read Simon Crosby’s post on mashable.com (http://mashable.com/2011/03/29/cloud-computing-security/) with great interest.  Simon always has interesting things to say but I don’t always agree with him.  In this case I agree that moving to the cloud can enhance the protection of one’s data but it is by no means a forgone conclusion. 

Putting data in the cloud requires putting one’s trust in the cloud provider.  Sophisticated cloud providers who focus on protecting their customers’ assets can indeed provide better security than most enterprises can provide themselves.  On the other hand, moving to the cloud can create governance problems.  Many companies find that they use multiple cloud providers, each with their own policies and procedures.   How is a CIO,  CISO or even a small business owner supposed to keep control in...

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Connect Updates (17 Mar 2011)
Kevin M. | 21 Mar 2011 | 0 comments
  • Refactored the forum list pages to look and act more like list pages on traditional forums.
  • Added a filter to the global event calendar (/connect/calendar) so users can choose to view all events or only those events that are associated with user groups.
  • Added the ability to post polls to group pages.
  • Resolved an issue where public posts tagged for a group were being saved as private posts.
  • Added an iCalendar meeting file to event confirmation and reminder emails. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar
  • Added a link to group landing pages that allow group admins to add members to their groups.
  • Fixed an issue with the "votes" submenu on the profile page pointing to an invalid link.
  • Removed "No replies" sort option from Known Issues list page.
  • Changed "Profile" menu item to read "My Profile", "Inbox" menu item...
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Microsoft Office 2007 and using scroll function on Mouse
mmathews | 18 Mar 2011 | 0 comments

Ok this is not really related to Symantec but could become an issue with the new console should an exception not be allowed automatically.  I did some research and I found that with Office 2007 there has to be an exception made for the mouse in the scroll properties.  Go to control panel -> Mouse properties -> scroll tab -> click exception button.  Browse to the executable file and select the file in the program you are having issues with, for example:  excel.exe.  C:Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office 12/excel.exe.  It took me a little bit to search for the fix, so I wanted to post it in case any other users may be having issues.

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