ITBE Staff

According to a recent survey conducted by the Help Desk Institute (HDI), 86 percent of IT departments said they felt pressure to show value to the business. With that kind of pressure, IT needs to think bigger about their direct impact on the business. Meaning IT must get out of the weeds – no more […]

As the number of users, cloud services and connected devices grows, businesses must link physical and digital worlds to stay ahead of competitors, and one way to do that is through a process referred to as digital transformation, the application of corporate IT resources to both an organization’s employees and its external customer base. This […]

Network security isn’t just about devices or hardware. While it’s easy to think that one tool will solve your security burden, the reality is that cyber criminals are determined to get into your network, steal data or disrupt performance. By constantly evolving their methods, hackers often find new vulnerabilities to exploit. For that reason, the […]

The Internet has evolved significantly since HTTP 1.1 was introduced 17 years ago. During this evolution, we’ve seen many enhancements to improve a user’s online experience, such as the development of rich content. However, delivering these improvements came at one particular cost: performance. These evolving performance challenges were something that HTTP 1.1 was not designed […]

IT security is often in danger of being one of those things that only the IT department cares about — often seen by the C-suite as simply a cost to the business that doesn’t add to revenue streams. With regard to internal security, for example, more than half of IT professionals believe that their senior […]

Hidden Strengths: Unleashing the Crucial Leadership Skills You Already Have In this excerpt, the Sindells address the risks of focusing only on your weaknesses, overrelying on your strengths, and the rewards of focusing on your hidden strengths. What Are Hidden Strengths? Many books that help leaders discover their strengths often stop there. The Sindells, authors […]

Regardless of the time of year, it’s important for business owners to keep an eye on their production operations and ensure the different components of the business are running smoothly and issue-free. Losing sight of the ins and outs of these operations can put a business in danger of damaging its reputation, which can be […]

Do a quick tour of any HR or recruiting website, and you’ll see at least one mention of the “gig economy.” Recent research shows a growing number of Americans – almost a third – consider themselves independent contractors or freelancers. And the vast majority of those workers became free agents by choice, not because of […]

The jury is no longer out about the cloud. What was once regarded as a misunderstood buzzword about our increased reliance on the Internet, is now a critical puzzle piece for any successful and innovative 2015 enterprise business strategy. According to a recent survey, software-as-a-service adoption in organizations has more than quintupled, moving from just […]

A modern approach to security needs to start with one assumption – you have been breached. While consensus has been gaining on the breach assumption for some time, changes to security architecture have been slow. Security still operates in the traditional role of the defender, highly focused on protecting an impossible number of endpoints. Changing […]

You’ve probably used a product or service powered by a graph database within the last few hours. From social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to real-time recommendations on eBay, graphs impact our lives every day. Whether you’re identifying a potential dating match or mapping the suspicious behaviors of a fraud ring, the uses and […]

Before any company moves to the cloud, an inevitable question is asked: Will our data be secure? A 2014 IBM study found that while 85 percent of chief information security officers (CISOs) believe their company’s move to the cloud is imminent, more than 40 percent also believe a significant security breach will happen at a […]