Rob Enderle

Reimagining Business and Tech in the Digital Age One of the problems every company has is that tactical problems tend to eat up all of the bandwidth so firms don’t spend time thinking strategically. As a result, even though it can take decades for some trends to emerge, these same companies are surprised and often […]

Health Care Data Breaches: 5 Tips for Protecting Sensitive Information This week, BMC provided an update on its relatively unique Security Operations product/service effort. I spent much of my early technology career in security and BMC’s unique focus resonates with me. What makes this effort unique is that it integrates software, services and security practices […]

Innovative Advice for Execs Looking to Change Their Industry I’ve been following Ombud (I’m on the advisory board) with some interest ever since the service was created with the idea of creating a more up-to-date replacement for the Gartner Group. Over the last year, Ombud has been evolving a lot and it has recently been […]

The Human Factor: 5 Security Blunders People Keep Making One of the funniest events I’ve ever been to was a talk given by a Microsoft executive at the company’s Mountain View facility, years ago. About halfway through the talk, his PC, which was showing the PowerPoint presentation, flashed a notice that in one minute it […]

CIOs: How to Get Your Teams to the Next Level I’m at IBM Connect 2016 this week, and I was fascinated to watch the pre-event images pass across the screen identifying IBM Champions. These aren’t IBM employees but IBM advocates inside IBM customer companies. These are folks who are elected to these positions for extraordinary […]

5 Conversations IT Needs to Have with C-Level Peers Years ago, I watched with interest Bill Gates come to the conclusion that his next big effort wouldn’t be a new technology product. Instead, it would be finding ways to help areas and people, both foreign and domestic, that needed it. His foundation has since been […]

BYOD for the CIO: Maximize Productivity While Maintaining Security Back in the early part of last decade, I was a BlackBerry addict. I couldn’t live without my BlackBerry. It kept me connected when I was away from the office and I got really proficient with its little keyboard. Interestingly enough, the only other product I […]

2016 Security Trends: What’s Next for Data Breaches? This last week, I moderated a panel for Intel’s Business Launch of its new Skylake processor. One of the big components of this launch is dual-factor authentication, using a secure hardware-based method to ensure the user’s identity isn’t compromised and can be assured. On the panel we […]

5 Conversations IT Needs to Have with C-Level Peers When Microsoft began, it was focused like a laser on users and providing a set of tools that made users more productive. But, over time, it started to place enterprise buyers and IT at the heart of its efforts. Google and Apple then stepped into the […]

4 Enterprise Technology Trends to Be Mindful of in 2016 Intel’s financial report is out and it’s really not bad. It largely beat the street and while its PC revenue declined a little, its diversification efforts have been bearing fruit and largely made up for that decline. Intel’s valuation was down slightly on the news […]

CES Announces the Most Innovative Tech Products for 2016 I took a trip to Toronto this week to visit Cisco’s new Toronto Innovation Center. I go to a number of openings throughout the year but what impressed me most about this one was the support of both local and central Canadian government and the fact […]

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 The White House is dispatching a number of top national security officials to Silicon Valley this week to seek help eliminating ISIS. It is unlikely to be successful because of the way the Obama administration has been treating the industry with regard to things like warrantless search, illegal […]