ITBE Staff

If you’re ever wondering what your CEO is thinking, here’s a tip: It’s probably about your customers. In a global survey of more than 1,500 CEOs, nearly 90 percent listed “getting closer to customers” as part of their five-year strategy. It was the most popular answer by a wide margin.  CEOs are serious about customer engagement. They want their companies to be customer-obsessed, knowing what customers want […]

Starting salaries for technology professionals in the U.S. are on the rise from 2012 to 2013, according to new research conducted by Mondo, a leading technology resources provider. “The intense demand for highly-skilled technology professionals is resulting in significant increases in the salaries for those professionals with expertise in the areas of mobile, Big Data, […]

It’s a record month for Microsoft this month, according to Paul Henry, security and forensic analyst at Lumension. With just five bulletins, June marks the lowest number of bulletins we’ve seen from Microsoft to date this year, making it a light month for IT admins. It’s also the halfway point for the year, which is […]

IT managers believe that fragmentation of corporate data across their IT infrastructure and an emerging “Shadow IT” network of user devices or consumer cloud services outside their control are putting their organizations at risk and driving up costs. New research from Freeform Dynamics shows over 80 percent of respondents believe effective business decision making is […]

Jacks-of-all-trades, masters-of-none, beware: Companies increasingly require specialized talent, and professionals with niche skills in fast-growing fields are often receiving multiple job offers. A just-released downloadable white paper from Robert Half, “The Specialist Economy: How Businesses and Professionals Can Prepare for the Trend Toward Specialization,” highlights the increasing demand for workers in professions requiring both a college education and specialization in […]

Private cloud is the most popular cloud deployment model, according to a survey of IT professionals and executives who are involved in the cloud computing purchase process. The survey was conducted by Palmer Research and QuinStreet Enterprise, the publisher of well-known IT media brands that include IT Business Edge, eWeek, Datamation and CIO Insight. The […]

Adobe and YouTube’s recent announcements about their plans for recurring revenue initiatives mark a watershed moment reflecting a sweeping change in how software and services are sold and consumed in the Internet age. The trend toward businesses moving to subscription commerce is more than a fad; a growing portion of U.S. businesses — 47 percent […]

CMOs across the country are turning to Big Data and business analytics in an unprecedented drive to improve the outcomes of their marketing efforts and lower costs. ICC, a nationally recognized enterprise technology leader that provides business-critical application development, digital and Big Data analytic solutions to its Fortune 1000 national and global clients, has identified […]

Lurking inside many corporate data centers across America are legacy storage devices just waiting to expire during a critical task. Some of these older storage devices may be insufficient to handle today’s increased data storage and access requirements, let alone the requirements of tomorrow. The challenges are particularly acute as data analytics become increasingly important […]

There’s no getting around the fact that software is a crucial part of business today – whether it be for the usual suspects, e.g., high-tech companies or for more traditional, “brick and mortar” companies, such as those focused on automotive and manufacturing, which are increasingly reliant on software for their day-to-day operations. More lines of […]

While Apple hasn’t yet enabled any fully functional antivirus apps for the iPhone, according to Jeff Goldman, writing for eSecurity Planet, there are several essential steps every iPhone user should take to make their device as secure as possible. (First and foremost, it’s crucial to set the device to auto-lock after a specified period of […]

Most people fear that colorful resumes will risk rejection. The fact is, more people lose opportunities to other candidates because they cave into that fear. Because of their unease, many people flail when it comes to building persuasive resumes. Resumes are marketing documents. And marketing requires creativity along with a willingness to get uncomfortable. This slideshow features […]