ITBE Staff

By 2017, 132 billion business emails will be sent and received per day, and by the time you finish reading this, 20 billion more business emails will be written. Email has been our go-to mode of communication for some time now. And, while it’s great for conversation, email often gets used in parts of the […]

What comes to mind when you think of IT security? Most likely, you think about the tools and policies that are used to help protect critical business information – tools and policies that allow or deny access to such data based on user roles. But what if security tools could do more? What if they […]

IT leaders often spend time evaluating new technologies with the goal of implementing a more efficient computing environment. At the same time, they are also looking for opportunities for savings. One area that traditionally has been neglected is the potential cost savings associated with printers and copiers. Managed properly, these network devices can often present […]

The electronic signature market has been around for more than 20 years, but it has seen significant expansion and adoption in the past decade. Highly regulated industries like financial services, insurance, government and health care have led the charge when it has come to implementing this technology because of its ability to enable digital business […]

Even smart companies can make data and information security mistakes. Over the past few years, the mistake-prone have included the largest banks, entertainment companies and health care providers. Even law firms are now vulnerable. And it’s not always lack of resources that leads to vulnerability, although for some that’s an issue – it’s often about […]

You’ve come to terms with the truth of the world; eventually, you’re going to suffer a security breach. Maybe it won’t happen this month, or this year, but as the great sage Tyler Durden so incisively observed, getting breached doesn’t determine whether or not you have a good security program in place — but how you […]

Project Scope Management This excerpt from chapter 10 focuses on creating a requirements management plan and requirements traceability matrix. 1.2 KB | 3 files |  PDF Incomplete or missed requirements, omissions, ambiguous product features, lack of user involvement, unrealistic customer expectations, and the proverbial scope creep can result in cost overruns, missed deadlines, poor product […]

Much of today’s euphoria over Big Data and analytics is well-deserved. The availability of large volumes of rich, high-quality source data is opening new avenues to better understand customers, markets and operations. As these emerging technologies continue to race ahead, there is an unprecedented opportunity to harvest those data streams and generate incredible new insights. […]

Organizations need to know which systems their information is stored on as well as the relationship of one system to another; that ability to understand the profile of systems is central in helping today’s businesses assess and act on their compliance, litigation readiness, and retention/disposition needs, making timely decisions about information management, including policy, data […]

Cyber criminals and scammers view tax season as a prime opportunity. There are many ways that you can fall victim to their attacks and scams. The IRS has issued numerous consumer warnings about the fraudulent use of the IRS name or logo by scammers that are trying to trick consumers into providing their personal information (identity theft) […]

While the job market has been improving over the past few years, pay rates have remained stagnant, at best, for most workers. That trend seems to be easing as we move into 2015, with many expecting salaries to increase across all job markets. While changing jobs and/or companies is often the best way to secure […]

Click through for findings from a survey of CIOs, conducted by Harvey Nash USA.