Kim Wright

How secure is your online identity? Did you know that identity theft is more easily and more frequently perpetrated on the Web than it is in the physical world? The biggest reason this is true is because physical access to documents, face-to-face conversations, and in-country mailing addresses are not required, and attackers can be located […]

The list of top companies for work-life balance is based on employee feedback shared in company reviews on Glassdoor. Each company review survey consists of questions that capture employees’ attitudes about workplace factors, including senior leadership, communication, employee morale, career opportunities, work-life balance, compensation and benefits, recognition and feedback, and fairness and respect. Click through […]

Have you thought about working from home? Turns out you’re not alone. In fact, a large majority (87 percent) of people say schedules that would let them better manage work and personal or family life would be “extremely” or “very” important if they were job hunting, according to the latest study from the Families and […]

The impact of DevOps has grown over time, particularly within today’s competitive and face-paced IT environment. The abundance of programming languages, tools and software services has created near-unlimited options for developers to build and create innovative applications. But to remain agile, the creator is also the implementor. The line between developer roles has become blurry […]

It’s been said that there are only two types of companies left in the world: those who know they’ve been hacked and those who don’t. We have to hope that there’s still a third group: those who have not been hacked. You can be sure those who belong to the third group are those who […]

The rapid proliferation of mobile devices entering the workplace feels like divine intervention to many IT leaders. It’s as if a voice boomed down from the mountain ordering all of the employees you support to procure as many devices as possible and connect them to corporate services en masse. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) was […]

Technology in the network security space has been through many dramatic changes recently. New mobile operating systems, growing use of personal devices, and Software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery make securing the network a growing challenge. Enhancements in the network infrastructure that connect devices within or across the network make all these developments possible. We’re seeing ever faster […]

With the introduction of x86 virtualization and the acceleration of cloud-based computing it is obvious to every techie that data center modernization is wicked cool, accessible to just about everyone, and beneficial to organizations of every size. Unfortunately, “wicked cool” and “beneficial” are terms that usually make CEOs cringe unless they are quantifiable with measurable […]

When it comes to tech employment, there are the varsity players – California, Virginia, Texas, New York and Florida. Those large states employ more than 650,000 tech professionals in computer systems design and related services, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the same category, those states added 15,500 positions this year. But, many […]

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are able to take out an entire site in a matter of minutes. Firewalls and traditional tools like intrusion detection and prevention systems cannot always mitigate the security risks associated with these threats. New techniques and technologies in DDoS attacks can be more aggressive than their DoS predecessors and […]

There is no question that businesses can benefit from moving data to the cloud. The cloud is elastic and efficient. It can improve user productivity and unburden IT staff, saving time and money. It can accommodate anything from simple file sharing to mission-critical data backup. The question is, just how secure is your cloud? And […]

If you can’t prove a return on your training program – real learning that is adopted and applied — then you run the risk of having it cut back or even losing it. You may think that measuring ROI is hard. However, if you follow these fast, hard rules, provided by ESI International, you’ll be […]