Kim Wright

Like most IT security risks, one of the greatest concerns of enterprises today can be hard to spot – at first. The small, rectangular outline in an employee’s shirt pocket. The nearly flat case slipped into a worker’s bag beside his laptop. The increasing amount of business being conducted on touchscreens. These are recognizable signs […]

There is one big difference between a losing athletic team and a losing development team: Nobody remembers the last place athletes, but everybody remembers when a software team’s app fails spectacularly, and makes headlines around the world. This slideshow contrasts the characteristics of a losing athletic and losing development team, adapted from ‘The Geek Games’ […]

According to a recent Quest Software survey, organizations now rank restoring critical applications alongside recovering lost data as their top data protection concern. Problematically, ensuring the recoverability of critical applications creates a host of challenges for IT departments. Even worse, the challenges of application recovery cannot be addressed with the same techniques traditionally used to […]

The first reason most IT professionals say they are interested in a private cloud solution rather than a public cloud solution is security. Ironically, diligent security is often the last item on the checklist for many organizations when building a private cloud solution. To help IT professionals secure their private cloud installations, Logicalis, an international […]

According to a recent Incyte Group report, nearly half of all businesses in the United States currently have or are in the process of developing and/or investigating recurring revenue offerings. Unlike traditional business models, which are built around one-time transactions or upfront fees, recurring revenue offerings focus on smaller, ongoing, subscription-based transactions. As more companies […]

A nexus of converging forces — social, mobile, cloud and information — is building upon and transforming user behavior while creating new business opportunities, according to Gartner, Inc. Although these forces are innovative and disruptive on their own, together they are revolutionizing business and society, disrupting old business models and creating new leaders. As such, […]

Google Apps provides a less expensive, Web-based alternative to traditional proprietary software. In addition to the standard Gmail, Calendar and Doc features, there are a wide variety of integrated apps available that add functionality to Google Apps. These integrated apps also include single sign-on capability, thereby limiting the number of passwords users must remember. This […]

IT professionals know they have to plan today to be ready for the technological demands that will come their way tomorrow. Infrastructure changes and adaptations don’t just happen overnight. As a result, there has been significant buzz in the industry lately about what the “workplace of tomorrow” will look like from an IT perspective. According […]

Whether you are on the go, in your office or at home, new technology gadgets can introduce great time-saving advantages into your day, as well as make life easier. Check out some of these great finds, including  unlimited external storage devices for iOS devices, laptops and desktops; Bluetooth-enabled speaker, earbuds and keyboard, a versatile 2-in-1 […]

Google Apps provides a less expensive, Web-based alternative to traditional proprietary software. In addition to the standard Gmail, Calendar and Doc features, there are a wide variety of integrated mobile apps available that add functionality to Google Apps. These integrated apps also include single sign-on capability, thereby limiting the number of passwords users must remember.  […]