ITBE Staff

In the wake of the recent News Corp. scandal that centered around attempts to hack into smartphones, sensitivity over the information that is regularly accessed via these and other mobile computing devices is on the rise. Here are five smartphone security tips from security software vendor Total Defense that most people routinely overlook. Click through […]

While there are more applications than ever moving onto virtual servers that one day will be part of private cloud computing, a new survey from Precise Software, a provider of transaction-processing management software, indicates that the IT organizations driving these projects still have more than a few concerns about the performance of these applications in […]

More than a few IT organizations are hurrying to deploy a cloud computing strategy in response to both internal and external IT pressures. But the folks at Unisys point out that in the rush to deploy a cloud computing system, there are many opportunities to make strategic errors that wind up doing more harm than […]

No offense, thebigcheese@domain.com, but if nobody has told you yet, TheLadders is telling you now: That email address is not making you look particularly professional. Unprofessional email addresses are just one way of sending hiring managers the wrong message. If you want to be taken seriously when you apply for jobs, you need to put […]

Wireless Use Policy Template Wireless technology has created a whole new category of security and administration concerns for IT. This sample policy will help you detail to users what devices are allowed to connect wirelessly to your network and how those endpoints must be secured to protect your data and business. Wireless technologies have been […]

Lumesse was interested in knowing what professionals from around the world really thought about their employers. So in May 2011, they conducted a global workplace survey to find out exactly that. The survey was sourced from almost 4,000 employees in companies across 14 countries worldwide, including the U.S., UK, Germany and China. The survey, called […]

Surviving as a 21st-century supply chain requires operating as a demand-driven value network, according to Gartner, Inc. Orchestrating these value networks means supply chain executives must understand and adopt best practices in selecting, onboarding and managing supply chain outsourcing partners. Therefore, Gartner has identified eight best practices in supply chain outsourcing. "Supply chain executives are […]

According to ICCM Solutions, businesses are failing to set IT service management strategies to deliver clear market distinction and increase profitability. ICCM warns that the crux of the issue is a common failure of the IT service management industry to consider the wider business picture. On the back of its warning, ICCM recently released the […]

‘The Transformational CIO’ Excerpt Technology may be your specialty, but as a CIO your first mission is to understand the needs and goals of the business. After listening to input from across the enterprise, you can begin to map out how tech can support that vision. CIOs lead the technology teams at their companies. But […]

Too many IT organizations are taking a narrow approach to cloud computing that not only threatens to lock them into one particular platform, but also serves to constrain the development of the IT organization itself. Those are just two of the major conclusions of a list of "Seven Deadly Sins of Cloud Computing" that rPath, […]

The folks within Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group recently asked 283 business users that regularly make use of their smartphones what they expected from the convergence of mobile and cloud computing. What’s most surprising about the results is how well business users understand where these two technologies are heading and what they expect to be […]

Sponsored by Kingston Technology, the Ponemon Institute recently released the results of "The State of USB Drive Security." The focus of the research was to better understand how complex business and government organizations manage the security and privacy requirements of data collected and retained on USB drives. According to the Ponemon Institute, the lesson to […]