March 18, 2014
The present IT landscape is a fertile ground for a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) culture. The Internet and the Cloud both prepared the way for consumerization, mobility, the explosive growth of mobile devices, and high speed business. While the press often focuses on the challenges of BYOD programs, news messengers sparingly bring up the opportunities in a BYOD environment. Inte[…]
March 4, 2014
What role does IT play in today's increasingly digital world? That is a question that serious CIOs need to consider and answer within their organizations. Legacy IT No Longer Works There is an increasing gap between the traditional role of IT and the reality of today's increasingly digital world. That gap happens because many IT departments are stuck in the old model of being t[…]
February 14, 2014
Often, when an enterprise initially embraces the cloud, they start off small. However, as they recognize the benefits of a cloud environment and get more comfortable using it, they go up the chain. The starting point for most of the businesses is infrastructure as a service(IaaS). But IaaS isn't all the cloud has to offer; to understand what possibilities really exist, it's imp[…]
February 6, 2014
A recent survey done by 2nd Watch found that more than 90 percent of business units in companies surveyed were using cloud services to conduct business. Some use it a lot; some use it less, but all are using it. Ideally, they are getting their cloud services through the IT department. This allows the company to ensure availability, reliability, and security for the entire compa[…]
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January 15, 2014
Copyright 123RF Stock Photos Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the newest addition to the C-level of executives in most businesses, as more understand the need for high-level technology decision making. However, a recent study suggests that, at many organizations, there's a significant disconnect between how CIOs view their performance and how other C-level execs rate them. Ac[…]
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January 6, 2014
Copyright 123RF Stock Photos "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...." Charles Dickens wrote these words in 1859, but they could just as easily have been written to describe the state of IT security today. These are the best of times because technology has never been so advanced and IT professionals have n[…]
December 16, 2013
Copyright 123RF Stock Photos Despite the fact that it's been around a long time, cloud computing has only recently begun to gain acceptance in the business community. Organizations have come to understand that cloud-based computing is convenient and cost-effective and that it reduces administrative, energy, and infrastructure costs as well as permitting telecommuting. Yet, in s[…]
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December 2, 2013
Copyright 123RF Stock Photos Legacy systems arose as a result of past mergers, restructuring, or strategic investment decisions. As businesses grow and expand, the inflexibility of these systems is holding their adaptation to new technologies like mobility and the cloud. While obsolete and costly to manage, they are expensive to replace and often involve extensive processes, le[…]
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