ITBE Staff

It’s no secret that many of us find parts of office life annoying, stressful and even counter-productive. A new Wakefield Research Study commissioned by Citrix details some of our top frustrations with modern work life, including: working with a “know-it-all,” attending company events we’d rather miss and a boss that takes credit for our work. […]

End-user demands for access to the World Wide Web and all of the communication vehicles that it affords are at an all-time high. Business demands for those same communication vehicles are also on the rise. The mobility of employees and company data present a growing challenge and keeping up with the exponentially growing cyber crime […]

Just one in three emails within business inboxes hold real, immediate value, according to research released recently by Mimecast, a leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, security and continuity for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365. Only 25 percent of email is considered essential for work purposes with an additional 14 percent categorized as being of […]

Portable devices like jump drives, personal audio players and tablets give users convenient access to business and personal data on the go. As their use increases, however, so do the associated risks. The properties that make these devices portable and enable them to have on-the-fly connection to various networks and hosts also make them vulnerable […]

Mobile devices — thumb drives, smartphones, external hard drives, tablets and laptops — are increasingly exposing protected health information (PHI) in the health care space, with threat risks growing, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Mobile devices pose significant risks for privacy incidents for healthcare organizations, providers and entities responsible for safeguarding protected health […]

Software used to be delivered in an 18-month death march. Software developers worked in silos; executives frantically worried about getting to market before their competitors; project managers were stuck in a special kind of hell where they coerced developers to code faster and cut out features, and begged management for more time and more money. […]

Cloud-Specific Terms and Definitions Do you know the difference between a cloud service broker and a cloud carrier? Find out with the help of this cloud-related glossary. IT workers bandy about a lot of jargon and terminology when they discuss “the cloud.” Do you ever find yourself lost amid the excitement? If you do, or […]

Almost every CIO identifies reducing operational expenditure and increasing the amount spent on IT investments as a top priority. However, many fail to manage properly the operational costs of IT investment in new programs, which can erode investment funding, according to Gartner, Inc. “Organizations that overspend on operational activity have little money left to invest […]

You’re not the only person being interviewed. In fact, your perception of a company is equally as important as their perception of you. Here’s the reality: You can’t work where you don’t feel comfortable. You can’t thrive where you don’t feel at home. And you can’t grow where you don’t feel welcome. Therefore, the culture […]

While bring your own device (BYOD) and similar consumer-driven IT initiatives are becoming more widely accepted, there is no real consensus yet on the best method for supporting BYOD. This is according to a survey of 600 enterprise IT professionals conducted by Matrix42, a leading supplier of workplace management solutions. The survey found that nearly […]

The impact of Gartner’s top 10 strategic technologies will not center only on the business — their capabilities will also increasingly become integral to future generations of management architecture, according to Gartner, Inc. “We are already seeing the adoption of 'big data' within the IT and operations management (ITOM) industry. In particular, software-as-a-service (SaaS) management […]

Increasingly, recruiters represent the bridge between you and placement with a company. Build that bridge, and you may find yourself presented with opportunities you never even considered. Burn that bridge, and … well, we all know what happens when we burn bridges. TheLadders collected the advice of recruiters and those who have worked successfully with […]