ITBE Staff

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, over 500 data breaches have been reported in the United States this year, showing an increase of 27.5 percent over the same period last year. At the same time, electronic payments have started to outnumber cash transactions, and hackers have taken notice – with an increased number of […]

Information governance has long been viewed as essential for global companies that handle large amounts of sensitive data, and it continues to become much more mission critical each day. Yet, information governance can be a confusing market and many executives are left frustrated. Compiled by RSD, this slideshow features 10 of the top organizations and […]

Total health care spending in the U.S. is expected to reach $3.3 trillion by 2015. As the health care industry continues to move toward value-based care models, such as accountable-care organizations (ACOs) and patient-centered medical homes, data-driven technologies are playing an increasingly important role in helping bend that cost curve. According to McKinsey, Big Data […]

In Spring 2014, Dell for Entrepreneurs announced its first-ever class for the Founders 50, an exclusive group of emerging companies that have technology as a critical backbone and are poised for rapid growth. Just recently, it announced the new Founders 50 Fall 2014 cohort, which for the first time includes a global contingent representing five […]

The door to the meeting room opens and it’s the person who called the meeting, running 10 minutes late because the previous meeting ended late and he had to stop by his office and pick up some notes to remind him of what this meeting was about. The folks already in the room are discussing […]

Last year, 2.4 billion people used the cloud for accessing email, social media, games, backup storage and apps. With this figure projected to reach 3.6 billion by 2018, it would appear that cloud computing is here to stay due to our need to store and access ever expanding amounts of data. But the cloud is […]

With this continuously evolving business landscape, companies must understand the need for flexibility in order to be successful and thrive. Systems and technologies need to be in place that not only meet these extreme market conditions, but continue to protect and prepare businesses for the changes that are coming down the road. Having to use […]

Tech employment continues to thrive and outpace job growth in other non-tech-related areas, consistently posting an unemployment rate that’s less than half the national average (3 percent vs. 6.2 percent for Q2 2014). However, given the ever evolving nature of technology, it’s not surprising to find that some tech-related skill sets have done better than […]

Colleges and universities store a trove of sensitive information, including student records, coursework and research. While hackers probably don’t take summer vacations, college networks do see a dramatic rise in attacks during the academic year that runs from September to May. Given this increase in activity and recent data breaches, it is imperative that schools […]

Consumer shopping trends are shifting. Online shopping has seen such explosive growth over the last several years that e-commerce is now outpacing the growth of brick-and-mortar businesses. This has fundamentally changed the way that businesses think about performance, both business and website. In the always-on world of e-commerce, companies pay the price for latency. Amazon […]

Organizations put a lot of effort into keeping data within their networks safe, using any of a number of endpoint protection systems and monitoring tools. Unfortunately, once outside the safety of the corporate firewall, corporate data is exposed to threats both seen and unseen. Today’s workforce is on the move, working from remote locations almost […]

Enterprise cloud computing has matured, moving beyond the “what” and the “how” to the “when.” Even so, security remains a major concern for organizations considering a move to the cloud. Fortunately, security services and tactics have also matured over the past few years, allowing more and more enterprises to migrate to the cloud. A review […]