ITBE Staff

These days, staying connected is not just a nice perk – it’s expected. It’s no surprise, then, that the global market for connected devices allowing users Internet access is set to surpass six billion units this year – up 6 percent from 2013. With new systematic advancements, businesses – across sectors spanning consumer electronics, retail […]

2013 was a significant year for the IT security industry, due in large part to massive attacks on companies like Target, Michaels and Yahoo. Prior to these near brand-crushing incidents, terms like “hacker,” and “data breach” had yet to make their appearance within mainstream media. Security experts predict that more and more organizations will fall […]

Job Description: Senior Software Engineer/Big Data The ideal candidate will have previous Big Data experience using Hadoop/Storm and machine learning to solve large-scale problems. . If you are an exceptional developer with an aptitude for new technologies who loves to push the boundaries to solve real business problems, then we would like to talk with […]

Where in the U.S. will you find the most satisfied employees? And what makes them so satisfied in their jobs? For job seekers looking to relocate or launch their career, Glassdoor has released its second annual “Employment Satisfaction Report Card by City (2014),” offering a comparison by city of overall employee satisfaction, number of employers hiring, […]

Everywhere you look, you see it. In a movie theater, a restaurant, on a sidewalk, in a car, people everywhere tapping away on their smartphones, totally engrossed in the gadget. Seriously, how many times have you seen someone walk into a mailbox, another person or a light pole, walk across the street without lifting their […]

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), vital to the U.S. economy, are vulnerable when it comes to cybersecurity. Small business owners often make the mistake of thinking that their data will have little value to hackers. Yet, financial accounts and employee, customer or partner information are all appealing to cyber criminals, and if SMBs are unprepared, […]

Ingenious. Innovative. Intuitive. Complex. These are a few of the words one might use to describe today’s technology landscape. No doubt the last decade – and the last year – has ushered in some of the most advanced and awe-inducing technological feats – from apps, to robots, to delivery drones. Visionary men and women around […]

Complete awareness of agency network activity is not only critical to maintaining compliance with important government mandates; it is also a key security component in today’s complex IT environment. According to a recent Dell Software survey, half of senior federal IT professionals surveyed indicated that they are reactive to network vulnerabilities and, as a result, […]

The speed of mobile feedback from customers is increasing as mobile marketing adoption spreads, according to Medallia‘s recent release of its annual Customer Benchmark Research Study. The report shows that organizations that engage their frontline, embed the voice of the customer (VOC) into their business, capture customer feedback from across channels, and invest in customer […]

Protection Options for Virtualized Infrastructures in IaaS Cloud The purpose of this paper is to analyze IaaS protection options from the viewpoint of security functionality and the architecture that governs their deployment. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is one of the three main cloud service types where the cloud consumer consumes a great variety of […]

Unlike traditional servers, cloud servers are pretty susceptible to outside attack if the right preparations are not made. Many enterprises don’t realize or understand that security responsibilities are shared with their cloud service provider. Cloud providers are typically responsible for securing the underlying infrastructure, while the buyer is responsible for securing the specific workloads that […]

If you talk to anyone with a smartphone or a laptop, you’ll inevitably hear them gripe about the “slow software” or the “spinning wheel.” But do they complain about the processor or other chips in the device? Not likely. Software is usually the scapegoat, due in part to how it is developed as compared to […]