ITBE Staff

Are companies taking IT major incidents seriously enough? Dimensional Research surveyed more than 400 IT and business professionals to get an idea. Executives seem to accept that major incidents are the new normal, but they still aren’t hiring staff or investing in preventative technologies necessary to prevent and manage critical events that disrupt their respective […]

As the finance function becomes increasingly dependent on automation and analytics, finance and IT are more connected than ever before. But these connections don’t come without challenges. According to a recent study of finance professionals, many in finance are unable to streamline processes and achieve success as a result of the failing tools at their […]

There are already well over two billion smartphone users around the world and that number just keeps growing. Smartphones, tablets, wearables, environmental sensors, AI and other emerging mobile technologies are fueling the biggest tech revolution since the creation of the PC and Internet. All of which are dramatically reshaping our world. Chances are, 2016 will […]

Delivery of IT projects nowadays seems to require both long hours and the kind of will power only true heroes possess. This is especially true of projects that exist in the digital space. Thus, questions arise – what has changed, and what is needed to get things back on track so we don’t need to […]

Much of today’s security news is about the latest hacks by cyber criminals, and how they exploited some obscure software vulnerability to break into systems and wreak havoc. But often a breach will start with something more mundane. Ever since people started sending emails and using the Internet, they have been making the same careless […]

The IT environment is rapidly changing: New technology stacks emerge every year that serve billions of people worldwide and naturally have been targeted by malware writers. How can you quickly and effectively distinguish a network intrusion attempt from an expected and authorized event? As it turns out, Apache Hadoop is one emerging technology that improves […]

The CIO has traditionally led the charge when it comes to purchasing and adopting new technologies, but this is rapidly changing as cloud‐based specialty applications — such as lead generation, marketing automation and CRM — are gaining momentum with marketing and sales teams. The modern CMO actively looks for and makes decisions about new technologies. […]

After high-profile data breaches at Anthem and Premera and a continual string of breaches at several smaller health care organizations, cybersecurity experts around the globe are dubbing 2015 the year of the health care data breach. Why are all of these breaches happening? Simply put, the sensitive nature of personal health information makes this data […]

Public cloud adoption has grown significantly over the past few years, with spending on public cloud services expected to exceed $127 billion in 2018, up from $56.6 billion in 2014, according to industry analyst group IDC. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is still the most popular public cloud in the world, pulling in more than 35 […]

For 2015, Danny Windham, CEO at Digium, predicted that it would be the year of mobility, integration of communications and user experience. In reviewing last year’s predictions, versus what actually happened, some were dead on while others were slower to develop. Many of the same trends of 2015 are shaping up to be continued influencers […]

When it comes to the security of state and local government networks, recent data all points in one direction: vulnerability. At a time when network security is more in the spotlight than ever, state and local governments are expected to keep data private and secure, but the threat of network exposure is more prominent than […]

Your company’s data — client information, payment information, personal files, bank account details — is always at risk of falling into the wrong hands. And every day, security threats seem to come from a new place. In this slideshow, we have collected some of the best advice that leading security experts have shared with IT […]