ITBE Staff

Human resource functions in organizations are currently going through a transitional phase. Moving beyond the service provider role, HR is now focusing on delivering an integrated effect by searching and building talent, addressing organizational road blocks with administration and resources, engaging employees with innovative ideas, and gauging the drive of growth and success in an […]

Salary negotiation can be one of the most distressing parts of an interview. On the one hand, you don’t want to lowball yourself and leave money on the table. On the other hand, you don’t want to price yourself right out of consideration, especially if it’s a job you really want. It’s important that you […]

Today’s IT leaders are not the same as yesterday’s. As more economic activity continues to take place digitally, IT departments are faced with more challenges every day. Not only are CIOs and IT decision makers being tasked to take on a multitude of ambitious strategies to transform the digital enterprise, but they are also expected […]

It’s a headache that nearly every network admin has dealt with: A critical server is down, the helpdesk phone is ringing off the hook, and you’re doing everything in your power to contain the pandemonium and fix the issue. Each time something like this takes place, you think to yourself, “Next time, it’ll be different. […]

In response to workers’ increasing demands for anytime, anywhere access to company data and applications, today’s CIOs and CTOs are turning to integrated IT infrastructure systems – converged and hyper-converged infrastructure solutions – to support a data center transition to cloud computing models built on the principles of the software-defined data center (SDDC). SDDC architecture […]

When was the last time you held an honest-to-goodness map in your hands, squinting at the minuscule print as you tried to pinpoint the curves in the road? You’ve probably ditched that glove box navigation companion for a GPS system some time ago, automating your route in the process. However, you didn’t ditch the need […]

“Zero-day” is a term used to describe the culprit behind many of the security breaches we hear about almost daily  in the news. But what exactly does it mean? Zero-day — the first or “zeroth” day — refers to the point in time a security hole in code is revealed to hackers or cybersecurity professionals […]

There is a lot of hype around the Internet of Things (IoT), but make no mistake, the IoT is here to stay and will have a transformative effect on businesses of all kinds. According to a 2015 report from McKinsey, over the next decade the economic impact of the Internet of Things will be as […]

With more activity happening in the cloud and employees more frequently working remotely or from a mobile device, IT pros are constantly challenged to keep data secure. The volume and frequency of data breaches is evidence enough of the risks facing today’s businesses. For instance, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reports that the number […]

The pursuit of data-driven decision making has put tracking, logging and monitoring at the forefront of the minds of product, sales and marketing teams. Engineers are generally familiar with gathering and tracking data to maintain and optimize infrastructure and application performance. However, with the power of data, other business groups are clamoring for the latest […]

No industry has ever computerized its operations with the goal of reducing productivity and efficiency; that would be absurd. Yet we see countless articles and complaints from health care professionals about the fact that certain systems, especially electronic health records (EHRs), have made physicians less productive, less efficient, and potentially less effective. If computers performed similarly […]

Clearly there have been concerns within enterprises about how their cloud infrastructure should be integrated and managed. SUSE sponsored a study that found more than 81 percent of senior IT professionals are planning to move or are already moving to OpenStack private cloud. Those who have yet to move have expressed concerns about implementation, vendor lock-in […]