ITBE Staff

The transition from paper-based to electronic medical records continues to create challenges for the health care industry. While the implementation of new technologies is designed to improve efficiency and enhance patient care, it also has the potential to introduce risk. IT departments must ensure that these new systems meet security and regulatory compliance requirements to […]

Blue Jeans Network recently introduced The State of the Modern Meeting, its inaugural report benchmarking trends in collaboration and demonstrating how technology is reshaping meetings. The report reveals that people are joining meetings from anywhere and everywhere and that women are leading the charge. In an era of global teams and remote workers, the loss […]

The following list of 10 trends, identified by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, MRW, writing for Glassdoor.com, is designed to help you separate the wheat from the chaff, identifying those activities or rules of thumb you should consider for a successful job search. If you are in an active job hunt, or you are simply testing the waters […]

Cloud-based services have seeped into our everyday lives, both at home and in the office. Yet there are still some misconceptions that make business executives and IT managers nervous about implementing cloud-based services in their organizations. In an age in which businesses are under increasing pressure to derive greater value with fewer resources, cloud-based services […]

Science claims that all of us are related by genealogy, regardless of the language we speak, the color of our skin, or where we are in the world. Interestingly, interrelationships beyond one’s ancestry are also very much true when one traces their relationship with another person they don’t know or haven’t met their entire life. Social networking […]

For what seems like decades now, business intelligence (BI) has been proclaimed as the “next big technology” for enterprises. However, due to a variety of factors that include the high degree of specialization needed to use many BI tools and the cost of these solutions, it has yet to reach the high adoption levels that […]

In many ways, Apple is a victim of its own success. The mass market and consumers of Apple products look forward to every WWDC. In the past, Apple has released products at the conference that have changed our lives, such as the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Therefore, when WWDC rolled around at the beginning of […]

Recently, Microsoft provided new information about the upcoming release of Windows 8.1, which includes updates to the security features. They are definitely steps in the right direction. Paul Henry, security and forensic analyst at Lumension, takes a closer look at some of these new features and what they mean for your organization. Click through for […]

Organizations should create a privacy program that keeps personal data at arm’s length, but under control, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner predicts that by 2019, 90 percent of organizations will have personal data on IT systems that they don’t own or control. Enterprises have traditionally been the target of security threats, and until recently, those […]

The most recent numbers on smartphone market share suggest that Apple has gained back some ground it might have lost to the Samsung and Android camps, according Retrevo.com. With all the jousting between Android and iOS, Retrevo wondered if consumers were considering jumping over to the other camp for their next smartphone. In the most […]

TEKsystems®, a leading provider of IT staffing solutions, IT talent management expertise and IT services, recently announced results of a survey that highlights IT professionals’ views toward current levels of career pride and job stress. The survey highlights that despite the high demands of their job, the vast majority of IT professionals are satisfied with their career choice. The […]

During the RSA Conference 2013 and Infosecurity Europe 2013 conferences, Proofpoint surveyed a total of 620 professionals with C-level, IT, security and risk/compliance titles (505 of these at the RSA Conference, 115 at Infosecurity Europe) that visited Proofpoint’s conference booth. Using a Web-based survey, respondents were asked about a variety of concerns around spear phishing, […]