ITBE Staff

IT admins may have taken the Fourth off to enjoy some fireworks, but they’ll be very busy this week patching their systems. It’s not a pretty Patch Tuesday this month with seven bulletins, six of which are critical. That brings our total of critical bulletins for the year to 22, which is fairly high, considering […]

Hospitals are extremely complex and dynamic organizations. Doctors, clinicians, staff, patients and equipment are constantly on the move; hospitals must comply with a range of strict regulations and there are periods of high stress and life-and-death decisions. At the same time, there’s constant pressure on hospital administrators to lower costs while continuing to improve the […]

Managing the Security of Mobile Devices in the Enterprise This publication provides recommendations for selecting, implementing, and using centralized management technologies, and provides recommendations for securing mobile devices throughout their life cycles. Mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, typically need to support multiple security objectives: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. To achieve these objectives, […]

The absolutes of job search are puzzling; as in most things in life, there are few black and white rules. While you want to follow some rules of thumb, you also should climb outside of your (or others’) boxes from time to time to really take charge of your career versus following the pack. The […]

Most organizations are still in the early stages of Big Data adoption, and few have thought beyond the technology angle of how Big Data will profoundly impact their processes and their information architecture. Whether Big Data projects are past the pilot stage and being deployed in production, or still on the horizon, they require strategic […]

When it comes to managing content, successful organizations are looking for much more than a digital filing cabinet. They’re looking for solutions that get the right content — whether structured or unstructured, paper or electronic, audio or video, photograph or email — into the right hands at the right time. To do that, they need […]

The explosion of new services combining cloud and network services is being delivered by a mix of “new service providers” emerging from the ranks of established telecommunications firms like AT&T, data center infrastructure providers like Equinix and unexpected firms like Google and the NYSE. Recent moves by business giants HP, Oracle and IBM demonstrate that […]

This excerpt from Chapter 2, “Why Do You Need a Good Story When You Have a Good Business?” explores why engaging stories are important to business success and why deploying your business story may be the most important thing you do. When it comes to sharing the memorable stories that will keep customers and attract […]

Guide to Website Security Basic guidelines that can be applied to websites to reduce the attack surface or mitigate the effects of a compromise. Every community organization, corporation, business, or government agency relies on an outward-facing website to provide information about themselves, announce an event, or sell a product or service. Consequently, public facing websites […]

As the number of active users on social media channels spikes, brands are taking to Facebook, Twitter, Vine and the blogosphere to connect with their targeted publics. Having a presence on these various social networks has been proven to drive more awareness and generate more leads for many brands. This cannot be accomplished by simply […]

There is an intense debate in the industry and the marketplace about the pros and cons of outsourcing mobility projects versus keeping them in-house. Some of the factors that drive this debate include: Is the mobility project related to the company’s core business? Is it a revenue generation model (profit center) or a non-core IT […]

Just as much as you need to control your dog, your temper, your appetite or anything else that doesn’t behave exactly the way you want it to, you need to control your email inbox, too. Carlos Pardo, CEO of CapApex, an enterprise software consulting company, discusses four warning signs of an out-of-control inbox and 10 […]