ITBE Staff

With an increasing number of users using laptops on an exclusive basis, Paul Mah thought it may be time to revisit the topic of getting the best experience from your laptop. He’s put together a number of quick tips and configurations highlighted in this slideshow.   Click through for 10 tips to help you get […]

Take Stock of Existing Data Inventory Tool Before you get your data under control, you must first clearly understand where your company’s vital information lives and how it currently is managed. This Excel-based tool will help you evaluate your data inventory and give you recommendations on how to improve it. One of the first steps […]

There’s obviously a lot of interest these days in all things related to cloud computing. But it turns out that one of the biggest inhibitors to cloud computing, according to a recent survey of 521 IT people conducted by BitNami, Cloud.com and Zenoss, may turn out to be a lack of training. While cloud computing […]

At the end of last year, BlackBerry OS accounted for 34.3 percent of mobile Internet users in the U.S., beating out iOS' 33 percent and Android's 23.8 percent. These figures show that it would behoove developers to keep their focus on BlackBerry. And that seems to be the case, with over 20,000 BlackBerry apps available […]

Smartphones, tablets and other mobile computing devices are becoming our go-to devices when it comes to getting things done, especially outside of the traditional office setting. They're just too convenient, and the increasing power packed into these gadgets means that some of them are worthy (or nearly worthy) of supplanting the laptops and desktops they […]

Whether you’re on the go for work or play, you don’t have to leave your favorite tech gadgets behind.  Check out this list of hot new gadgets you may want to consider adding to your collection. Click through for 10 hot new tech gadgets. The Soulra XL solar-powered sound system allows you to bring your […]

The term data deduplication increasingly refers to the technique of data reduction by breaking streams of data down into very granular components, such as blocks or bytes, and then storing only the first instance of the item on the destination media, and then adding all other occurrences to an index. Because it works at a […]

Risk Factors for Tech Categories in the Cloud Presentation Virtually every application category has made the jump to “the cloud.” But this transition is not without complication and risk. This PowerPoint presentation rates 17 tech categories on key factors such as security, reliability and hidden cost. The cloud is often pitched as a plug-and-play solution […]

Attackers are no longer targeting Web and email servers. Today, they are attacking enterprises from the inside out, by first compromising end-user systems and then leveraging them to gain access to confidential data. As such, it is imperative that organizations have an understanding of what is happening on the Web. As a cloud-based security vendor, […]

If you think Anthony Weiner's problems are just isolated online difficulties that don't happen to regular folks, you should think again. In a recent Retrevo Gadgetology study that looked at how people use the gadgets in their lives, over half the respondents under 25 years old said they regret posting something online. When Retrevo looked […]

Research carried out by G Data Security Labs indicates that unclosed security holes in browser plug-ins are very much in fashion with bands of cyber criminals. This distribution concept means that current security holes are far from being the only ones exploited by the perpetrators, as evidenced in the current malware analysis for the month […]

With Google and Facebook lending their heft to promote World IPv6 Day this week, it’s not all that surprising to see network equipment vendors jumping on the bandwagon. After all, they are hoping that IT organizations will upgrade their network infrastructure to add IPv6 support sooner than later. But a new survey of 2,400 IT people […]