Enterprise IT News and Events 284.3
John J. McLaughlin
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Even as the CISO role is becoming more business-focused, in many organizations the notion of security as purely a cost center persists. Here's how savvy CISOs can turn that around [CSO Online, November 18th, 2021]
The Gartner Hype Cycle is a visual representation of the maturity and adoption of emerging technologies [IT Business Edge, November 19th, 2021]
Since IT organizations typically lead in the move to Agile, what do CIOs think about this methodology? And where are they in the adoption? A recent CIOChat event addressed this topic. [eWeek, November 17th, 2021]
What is a CISO as a service (CISOaaS)? [SearchSecurity, November 18th, 2021]
The CIO is critical for ensuring strong cybersecurity within the organization. Learn why the CIO's role inherently makes that difficult, and how to overcome obstacles. [SearchCIO, November 20th, 2021]
ServiceNow's Yoav Boaz defines evolutionary vs. revolutionary approaches to business modeling and proposes a step-by-step digital transformation roadmap for businesses to follow [SearchCIO, November 16th, 2021]
To enable the $9 billion industrial gas provider to deliver new 'mega projects,' CIO Brian Galovich has put self-service at the center of the target architecture, moved infrastructure to the cloud, digitized key business processes, and updated the IT operating model [CIO, November 17th, 2021]
The termination gap can cause all kinds of trouble [Security Boulevard, November 18th, 2021]
The repercussions and liability of cybercrime continuously threaten organizations [Security Boulevard, November 20th, 2021]
In a recent blog post, we shared some insightful highlights from a panel discussion we had the opportunity to moderate at the SANS Institute Insider Risk Solutions Forum in September [Security Boulevard, November 16th, 2021]
"Treating cybersecurity as a business function was a recurring theme throughout Gartner's Security and Risk Management Summit this week. Security leaders focusing on innovation, forward-looking strategy, and the role of security in supporting digital transformation efforts will be viewed as critical business partners supporting business value creation, said Tina Nunno, distinguished research vice president and Gartner Fellow..." [threatpost, November 18th, 2021]
Security leaders can be treated as partners supporting the business and share accountability by establishing relationships with business stakeholders [DARKReading, November 19th, 2021]
Analysts Explore How Security Leaders Can Increase Their Executive Impact at the Gartner Security & Risk Management [Gartner, November 16th, 2021]
Infosec expert Tarah Wheeler said increasing international conflicts are posing new compliance and regulatory standards, but adapting the changes may be difficult for enterprises [SearchSecurity, November 19th, 2021]
Every organization, regardless of size or industry, needs a data loss prevention (DLP) plan. [IT Business Edge, November 19th, 2021]
IT and regulatory compliance is necessary to ensure your organization meets the standards for data privacy and security that apply to your industry, location, and business functions [Security Boulevard, November 15th, 2021]
Some cybersecurity horror stories are not your typical horror stories: there's no danger from a chainsaw-wielding maniac hiding behind a server rack, the Candyman won't appear if you say his name three times while staring at your 4K monitor, and it's not like a vampire or werewolf can bite into a firewall. [HelpNet Security, November 15th, 2021]
SASE has emerged as an effective way to address the shifting enterprise network perimeter by merging network and security services in one [CIO, November 15th, 2021]
Despite being around since the 1980s, security, or data, breaches have become increasingly more common at an alarming rate. [Business 2 Community, November 17th, 2021]
Nemertes Research CTO John Burke warns that a server's lifecycle may be shorter than you think and offers a four-stage approach to maintain on-premises servers at peak efficiency [SearchConvergedInfrastructure, November 16th, 2021]
The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is a non-profit international organization whose sole purpose is to be the independent technology and marketing voice of the Fibre Channel industry [Storage Newsletter, November 17th, 2021]
New Ultrastar DC HC560 and WD Gold HDDs feature Western Digital's OptiNAND technology [techradar.pro, November 16th, 2021]
Consider the fine print of encrypting data at rest. For example, access control permissions can make or break a storage encryption plan. [SearchStorage, November 16th, 2021]
Today's business environments are highly data-intensive, leveraging analytics and insights to drive innovation and decision-making [Business 2 Community, November 16th, 2021]
There are many benefits but also many considerations in including cloud storage as part of a scalability strategy, from analysis of needs to testing your providers. [SearchStorage, November 15th, 2021]
Cloud migrations are inevitable for some enterprises as they navigate a move off premises or between clouds. Evaluate some of the latest migration trends and the pros and cons that come with each [SearchCloudComputing, November 18th, 2021]
Ready to move your on-premises apps to the cloud? From rehosting vs. redesigning to testing and monitoring, follow these key steps for a successful cloud migration [SearchCloudComputing, November 18th, 2021]
In the last few years, the role of CISO has evolved into that of a strategic stakeholder [Security Boulevard, November 18th, 2021]
Mixing cloud security and maintenance practices with legacy enterprise approaches usually ends up shortchanging cloud hygiene. Here are some ways to remedy that. [DARKReading, November 16th, 2021]
One challenge in scaling edge is that it's nearly everywhere, compared to the more centralized cloud, according to Mishali [SearchEnterpriseAI, November 16th, 2021]
Enterprises across every industry are increasingly recognizing the power of machine learning. It can turn any organization's data into valuable insights-insights that have the potential to revolutionize every aspect of the business. [Business 2 Community, November 17th, 2021]
Artificial intelligence (AI) has turned into a highly pervasive technology, and it has been incorporated in a wide array of industries across the globe [IT Business Edge, November 19th, 2021]
CIOs shouldn't wait for an ethical AI framework to be mandatory. Whether buying the technology or building it, they need processes in place to embed ethics into their AI systems [InformationWeek, November 15th, 2021]
Leaders must assess the business value, sophistication and track record of AI products before committing to an AI solution [CIODIVE, November 18th, 2021]
Business is bullish on AI, but it takes a well-developed understanding to deliver visible business benefits [ZDNet, November 16th, 2021]
We are very familiar with concepts such as 'smart home', 'smart city'. In order not to fall behind, we embark on a small prototype before the larger rollout. [Security Boulevard, November 19th, 2021]
The Internet of Things (IoT) offers companies sensor-based technology at the end-user level and low-latency connectivity - making it possible to create products with smarter data, improved automation, and optimized experiences [Datamation, November 19th, 2021]
A quick trip to the local supermarket, big box store, or comparable brick-and-mortar establishment will reveal how pervasive the Internet of Things (IoT) has become in retail [Datamation, November 20th, 2021]
As we connect more devices to the Internet of Things (IoT), the extracted data grows daily, but the information alone has no value without integrated IoT software [Datamation, November 20th, 2021]
As many companies find new ways to extract data from their networks of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices to improve process monitoring, customer interactions, and efficiency, they become more dependent on cloud environments [Datamation, November 20th, 2021]
The Internet of Things (IoT) edge computing market is tightly correlated with the IoT market in general, but despite a common misconception that edge and IoT are synonymous, these terms are mutually exclusive [Datamation, November 20th, 2021]
For the first time in three years of quarterly data updates, average cash premium pay for 555 tech certifications increased, with 117 (21 percent) changing in market value [Foote Partners, November 15th, 2021]
Do employers shoot themselves in the foot when they require college degrees, especially for jobs that don't seem to warrant them? [Ask The Headhunter, November 15th, 2021]
If you are eyeing up a career in IT, now has never been a more critical time to have several essential cloud computing skills on your CV. [jaxenter, November 15th, 2021]
Backup and recovery software performs a well understood role in IT. However, the requirements for backup and recovery tools, as well as their actual implementation and performance can vary widely [IT Central Station, November 17th, 2021]
Today, we are delighted to announce the finalists of the DevOps Dozen Awards 2021, celebrating the greatest innovators and their achievements in the DevOps space [DevOps.com, November 17th, 2021]
Automation's reach extends beyond any single business function or technology. Let's dig into 11 statistics (and then some) that reflect the outsized influence of automation [The Enterprisers Project, November 15th, 2021]
IEEE says the most important technologies in 2022 will be AI/machine learning, cloud computing and 5G wireless. [Virtualization & Cloud Review , November 18th, 2021]
Tired of Windows? Sick of paying big money for Macs? Want a better, more secure desktop? Give Linux a try. [ZDNet, November 17th, 2021]
If your company has embraced DevOps, then you understand the importance of continuous delivery as part of the software development feedback loop. [CIOinsight, November 15th, 2021]
Hear what developers have to say about today's coding realities and what they want in order to advance their own careers [The Enterprisers Project, November 17th, 2021]
Last week we shared some traits our clients wanted to see their leaders exhibit and one of them was the ability to be humble. Did this strike a chord with you? [PeopleTek News, November 15th, 2021]
Security of the software supply chain has gained significant attention over the past year [siliconANGLE, November 20th, 2021]
There's a concept around finite and infinite games. A finite game is played to win whereas an infinite game is played for the purpose of continuing [Security Boulevard, November 17th, 2021]
Data centers contain risks such as height, environmental and electrical hazards. Keep your staff safe by assessing the level of risk and creating a comprehensive safety plan [SearchDataCenter, November 19th, 2021]
Latest data from IT market watcher Synergy Research Group highlights how the number and size of hyperscale datacentres around the world is on the up [ComputerWeekly, November 17th, 2021]
Server performance monitoring is the process of overseeing system resources, such as CPU usage, memory consumption, storage capacity, I/O performance, network uptime, and more [ServerWatch, November 16th, 2021]
A ResearchAndMarkets report evaluates the technologies, companies, and solutions for leveraging big data tools and advanced analytics for IoT data processing [HelpNet Security, November 19th, 2021]
Imagine you're reading a murder mystery. The plot's thickening, the game's afoot, you're pages away from knowing who's done it and you've reduced your fingernails to a stub... [datanami, November 18th, 2021]
New report finds gaps in K-12 cloud security. Here's how automation can help your district [Security Boulevard, November 18th, 2021]
Online learning experts from Georgia Tech offer advice on how to overcome common hybrid and HyFlex instruction challenges [EdTech, November 17th, 2021]
Having an intentional multivendor cloud strategy is critical for security, cost control and adoption success [EdTech, November 17th, 2021]
Wireless screen sharing meets the need for easy classroom collaboration and simple technology solutions [eSchool News, November 19th, 2021]
This is an update release for the OHPC 2.x branch targeting support for RHEL8 variants and OpenSUSE Leap 15 [HPC Wire, November 17th, 2021]
The MLCommons industry group today detailed an upgraded version of MLPerf HPC, its benchmark suite for measuring how fast a supercomputer can train artificial intelligence models [siliconANGLE, November 17th, 2021]
Let's just cut right to the chase scene. The latest Top500 ranking of supercomputers, announced today at the SC21 supercomputing conference being held in St Louis, needed the excitement of an actual 1 exaflops sustained performance machine running the High Performance Linpack benchmark at 64-bit precision [The Next Platform, November 15th, 2021]
No exascale for you - at least, not within the High-Performance Linpack (HPL) territory of the latest Top500 list, issued today from the 33rd annual Supercomputing Conference (SC21), held in-person in St. Louis, Mo., and virtually, from Nov. 14-19 [HPC Wire, November 15th, 2021]
High-performance computing enables organizations to use parallel processing to run advanced programs such as AI and data analytics [SearchDataCenter, November 15th, 2021]
Raise your hand if you thought the post-pandemic labor market would lean so heavily towards job seekers [Business 2 Community, November 19th, 2021]
Employees weighed in on ways to reduce burnout, in a recent survey from Eagle Hill. The top suggestions all included a break in number or type of hours worked or workload: 84% percent said increased flexibility, 83% said a four-day workweek and 82% said a reduced workload. [CIODIVE, November 18th, 2021]
As organizations grapple with office reopenings, deciding which way to turn - the old in-office routine or the new hybrid workplace model - could mean the difference between employee attrition or improved productivity and business success [Computerworld, November 15th, 2021]
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Businesses across all industries use customer relationship management (CRM) software to effectively manage their marketing efforts and customer base, but not every business needs the same features or capabilities for their CRM platform. [CIOINSIGHT, November 19th, 2021]
Having a robust, user-friendly CRM platform in your 'arsenal' of sales and marketing tools is a huge advantage in today's competitive marketplace [Business 2 Community, November 19th, 2021]
Customer relationship management (CRM) is an umbrella term used to describe various techniques designed to help businesses collect and manage information related to their customers and their buying habits [CIOinsight, November 18th, 2021]
Complying with the EU's GDPR data privacy mandates remains challenging. These best practices -- such as hiring a data protection officer and classifying data -- can help [SearchSecurity, November 17th, 2021]
Banks must report major cybersecurity incidents to federal officials within 36 hours under a rule that U.S. financial regulators finalized on Thursday [CYBERSCOOP, November 19th, 2021]
Data security and privacy are today a prime focus for most organizations globally [Security Boulevard, November 15th, 2021]
IDC's 'MarketScape: Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure 2021 Vendor Assessment' looks at the capabilities and evaluates the core features offered by 12 SD-WAN infrastructure vendors. [Networkworld, November 18th, 2021]
Major trends in network hardware highlight enterprise interest in vendor-agnostic options and open models. But legacy designs could stand in the way of adoption [SearchNetworking, November 18th, 2021]
New Premier Members join including Apptio and Nordcloud to cap a year of rapidly growing interest in FinOps tooling and best practices [AiTHORITY, November 19th, 2021]
There has been a lot of discussion recently about whether business continuity as a profession needs to take a more strategic role in organizations. Luke Bird FBCI CRISC gives his view of the current situation and the development that is needed within the profession. [Continuity Central, November 17th, 2021]
Content experience management is on top of the mind of every marketing team, yet only a handful are actually able to meet the benchmarks [AiTHORITY, November 18th, 2021]
It can't be understated: Being a marketing leader of a startup can be crazy and chaotic. Out of the million tech startups formed every year, only 60% make it to series A, 20% make it to series B, and only 200 go IPO [Business 2 Community, November 18th, 2021]
Only 40% feel their audience building and targeting capability is strong; 54% of C-suite respondents recognize manual data wrangling as a significant challenge [AiTHORITY, November 15th, 2021]
Running a business is a wild ride. I really didn't know what I was signing up for 10-ish years ago when I decided to try this online business thing. [Business 2 Community, November 18th, 2021]
B2B marketing metrics are critical components to the success of your organization [Business 2 Community, November 16th, 2021]
Love it or hate it, virtual presenting is here for the long haul and YOU need to be good at it. [Business 2 Community, November 16th, 2021]
Get more customers over the line, with less fuss [ITProPortal, November 17th, 2021]
Wired and wireless local area network (LAN) infrastructure technologies are among the oldest and most established in the networking industry [Fortinet News, November 18th, 2021]
According to FortiGuard Labs, 2022 is shaping up to be a banner year for cybercriminals, with ransomware on the rise and an unprecedented number of attackers lining up to find a victim [Fortinet News, November 16th, 2021]
As networks become more complex and distributed, seeing and responding to threats has become increasingly difficult [Fortinet News, November 16th, 2021]
Today, we are pleased to announce that Fortinet has become the first vendor to offer customers a converged next-generation firewall and secure SD-WAN solution that can be deployed and run natively inside Azure Virtual WAN. [Fortinet News, November 17th, 2021]
Another year, another cyber Monday-and another opportunity for cybercriminals. [Fortinet News, November 17th, 2021]
From Formula 1 and the Premier League to This is Us and The Masked Singer, Americans are spending an estimated 20+ hours per week watching and streaming their favorite shows-and it's giving advertisers a massive opportunity [Oracle News, November 17th, 2021]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has again demonstrated strong growth, introducing hundreds of services and features over the past year. [Oracle News, November 17th, 2021]
Interactive experiences help visitors understand their role in building a clean energy future [Oracle News, November 18th, 2021]
Migrates voice AI platform from other cloud providers to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) for higher performance, built-in security, and lower cost [Oracle News, November 18th, 2021]
Midwest fan favorite embraces Oracle Simphony to streamline operations, reduce wait times, and speed customer transactions by 15% during peak hours [Oracle News, November 17th, 2021]
Every race weekend, Red Bull Racing Honda strives to be the best team on the track [Citrix News, November 18th, 2021]
Whether handling customer queries or just providing an ear to listen, call center agents often go the extra mile to ensure that the client/customer is satisfied. [Citrix News, November 16th, 2021]
As the journey towards digital transformation continues, IT will leverage innovative technologies to transform the user experience and fuel competitive advantage [Citrix News, November 18th, 2021]
Citrix customers traditionally had to publish a virtual browser on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops or rely on a local browser with minimal authentication security to enable secure access to internal web and SaaS apps [Citrix News, November 16th, 2021]
The Dell Technologies Rattler supercomputer is a TOP500 system deployed in a modular data center in the company parking lot. [Dell News, November 18th, 2021]
With the holiday giving season approaching, we are supporting access to technology for those who need it most to open doors to opportunities for the future, for everyone. [Dell News, November 18th, 2021]
With the proliferation of global 5G availability, a new era of telecommunications is being brought into existence. Communication Service Providers (CSPs) have a once in a decade opportunity to go beyond connectivity and deliver a host of new services to enterprises across every industry [Dell News, November 18th, 2021]
Join us in our Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab, the door is open and we're ready to play whenever you are. [Dell News, November 16th, 2021]
Maintaining security for Linux systems can be a complex task, especially as your number of servers and applications increases [Red Hat News, November 18th, 2021]
Massive amounts of data are racing towards us at an unheard of velocity. But processing this data quickly, at a centralized location, is no longer possible for most organizations. [Red Hat News, November 17th, 2021]
The Red Hat Shares newsletter helps IT leaders navigate the complicated world of IT―the open source way. [Red Hat News, November 17th, 2021]
The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye. [Red Hat News, November 19th, 2021]
VMware Carbon Black Cloud and VMware Tanzu now available in AWS Marketplace [VMWare News, November 18th, 2021]
Kyndryl and VMware announced an expansion of the companies' strategic partnership focused on app modernization and multi-cloud services [VMWare News, November 19th, 2021]
VMware announced the company has been invited to be a member of the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), one of the world's leading environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmarks, for the second consecutive year. [VMWare News, November 19th, 2021]
The Fortune/IBM Watson Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals winners demonstrate opportunities to potentially save thousands of additional lives and billions of dollars in costs [IBM News, November 16th, 2021]
New processor furthers IBM's industry-leading roadmaps for advancing the performance of its quantum systems [IBM News, November 16th, 2021]
Korea set to become the fourth country to have a co-located IBM Quantum System One IBM News, November 16th, 2021]
With its deep software-defined storage (SDS) expertise, DataCore will accelerate MayaData product development; helping cloud-first teams simplify deployment of container workloads that meet enterprise requirements [Datacore News, November 18th, 2021]
MayaData and its OpenEBS, an open source container storage software, are now part of DataCore Software's portfolio following a joint venture between the companies last year [Data Center Dynamics, November 19th, 2021]
AWS Expands Access To Free Cloud Skills Training On Its Mission To Educate 29 Million People By 2025
New AWS digital learning experience, technical courses on Amazon.com, expanded access to AWS re/Start, and Amazon's first dedicated in-person cloud learning center will put cloud skills training into the hands of millions of people [AWS News, November 18th, 2021]
Leading experience management software provider selects AWS as its preferred cloud provider to support accelerated innovation, scale globally, and deliver actionable stakeholder insights faster [AWS News, November 15th, 2021]
This past year, COVID-19 showed us that small businesses are resilient and an essential part of our economy. They provide opportunities for entrepreneurs, foster local economies, and support neighborhoods and communities [Lenovo News, November 17th, 2021]
Efforts to increase diversity in a corporation are not new, and the payoff of creating a diverse and inclusive workforce has been shown time and time again [Lenovo News, November 16th, 2021]
Record revenue of $7.10 billion, up 50 percent from a year earlier [NVIDIA News, November 17th, 2021]
New Excellence AI Lab to Solve Science Challenges at Scale With Help of High Performance Computing and AI [NVIDIA News, November 15th, 2021]
Anima Anandkumar, NVIDIA's director of machine learning research, highlights a new physics-informed machine learning operator that offers a 100,000x speedup over traditional weather prediction models.
[NVIDIA News, November 16th, 2021]
SAP SE announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in 'The Forrester Wave: Learning Management Systems and Experience Platforms, Q4 2021' report.
[SAP News, November 18th, 2021]
SAP SE announced new products and services that empower citizen and professional developers alike to accelerate digital transformation [SAP News, November 16th, 2021]
Strong identity authentication is more important than ever before as organizations face an expanding threat landscape and unprecedented level of attacks. [Recorded News, November 17th, 2021]
This report provides a high-level overview of cyber threats affecting veteran charity organizations in 2021 to include analysis of sample malicious domains, who is affected, and what individuals can do to protect themselves and others from falling for these types of scams [Recorded News, November 16th, 2021]
Overall performance: $12.9 billion in revenue, up 8% year over year, with broad-based strength across the business; GAAP EPS $0.70, up 37% year over year, and Non-GAAP EPS $0.82, up 8% year over year [Cisco News, November 17th, 2021]
DISH and Cisco announce a go-to-market partnership to deliver next-level 5G enterprise services. Cisco News, November 16th, 2021]
France's national HPC centers gain significantly powerful supercomputer using advanced high performance computing and AI solutions to make breakthrough discoveries in medicine, energy, and materials science [HPE News, November 15th, 2021]
Are decentralized clouds the answer to the widening digital divide? Xavier explores a new model that gives everyone equal access to data [HPE News, November 15th, 2021]
DDN Earns Editors' Choice in HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards under the 'Best HPC Storage Product Category' for 11th Consecutive Year [DDN News, November 18th, 2021]
Delivering Efficient Large-Scale Clusters from Portfolio of Over 30 GPU Systems and Off the Shelf Liquid Cooled Solutions Supporting Up to 350 Watt CPUs and 500 Watt GPUs [Supermicro News, November 15th, 2021]
Survey commissioned from Forrester reveals that centralizing secrets and using consistent tools is the key to securing DevOps innovation [Centrify News, November 16th, 2021]
From ransomware pile-ons to increasingly commoditized supply chain TTPs, weaponized firmware exploits and targeted attacks on hybrid workers - the threat landscape is set to evolve at a worrying pace in the year ahead. [HP News, November 18th, 2021]
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