ITBE Staff

It’s certainly no secret that more and more business is being conducted online each day. Consumers expect products and services to be instantly available, comparable and configurable to meet their needs online. The Web provides consumers with the instant results and fulfillment they demand from their shopping experience. But e-commerce is not strictly for B2C […]

Security Information Event Management Landscape Presentation Carefully monitoring and analyzing network event data is a key element in ensuring the security of your data and business. The overwhelming volume of this event data has pushed Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) to the front as a vital technology. This presentation looks at key performance factors and […]

We’re on the cusp of great change in the realm of enterprise storage. While the sheer volume of data that needs to be managed continues to spiral, advances in compression and data deduplication, coupled with increased usage of Flash memory and bigger hard drives, promise to give IT organizations a fighting chance when it comes […]

In 2011, Lieberman Software surveyed more than 300 IT professionals for their insights into password practices and security outcomes. Portions of the survey focused on the numbers of passwords in use, sharing of privileged passwords, organizational security and other areas. The survey revealed that 48 percent of IT security professionals have worked for organizations whose […]

It’s interesting to see how demand changes for the various IT skills in the job market. In an update to a similar slideshow from November 2010, Dice.com offers this insight into the jobs of today. Click through to see some of the most in-demand skills and their growth on the site in the past year. […]

Security Information & Event Management Vendor Shortlist Tool The range of capabilities and market factors that impact your choice of Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) can be overwhelming. Use this spreadsheet-based tool to rank vendor candidates and make a shortlist for RFPs and product demos. This spreadsheet-based tool allows enterprises to profile their Security Information […]

IT Security Training Tool Security covers an incredibly wide range of disciplines, and every enterprise needs to evaluate the specific skills it needs to shore up with employee training programs. This spreadsheet-based tool lets you rank the needs and strength of your team and then outlines a security training program that best meets the company’s […]

Cloud-washing, a practice of renaming or repackaging existing products and dubbing them cloud-ready, has become an art form. Every software package, service and now even hardware is described as cloud-enabled. Seemingly, we are all headed into the clouds never to return. Sounds like heaven, right? Maybe, maybe not. While the atmosphere is everywhere, the cloud […]

This year’s string of hacking crimes has put many people and corporations on guard, as people are wary of losing critical company information or having money stolen from their bank account. However, one myth that needs to be debunked is that all hackers are geniuses. In reality, they are just average folks who are just […]

While virtualization specifically and cloud computing in general are supposed to represent a major advancement in the state of enterprise computing, they do have a potential downside that IT organizations need to be more careful about mitigating. As the number of virtual machines per server steadily increases, the amount of contention for shared storage resources […]

According to Corero Network Security (CNS: LN), a leader in on-premises Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Defense Systems for enterprises, data centers and hosting providers, for all the pain and suffering DDoS attacks have caused, there are a number of best practices that companies can implement to reduce their risk. The most effective defense against […]

Google has officially launched Google Wallet, a free app that facilitates “wireless and wallet-less” purchases via PayPass. This new app is in line with the emerging trend of paying for products and services with smartphones or digital wallets. While these evolutionary electronic payment methods can lighten a consumer’s wallet, they can also open access to […]