Popular Articles Posted Week of April 11th, 2022 (Vol 289, Issue 1)
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Companies turn to tech to ease operational constraints and boost cash flow.
Rates of Inflation, Geopolitical Disruption and Talent Shortages Not Expected to Slow IT Investments
The hazardous waste cleanup giant is deploying AI and RPA in Azure cloud and integrating data with its on-premises Waste Information Network
A healthy relationship between IT leaders and the CEO is essential to business success. Consider this expert advice to keep communication open and honest
What are the intelligent questions to ask a CIO during an interview to ensure they're the right fit for the role? According to many IT leaders and recruiters, these are the top 20.
As the pandemic eases its grip on the global economy and business imperatives, new organizational priorities are fast emerging on the horizon.
Digital transformation should foster a trusted relationship between your organization and your customers. Here's how
Pallavi Katiyar is more interested in the challenge a new role offers than she is in the job title that goes with it.
Embracing change and resilience became the mantra for business continuity as organizations powered through the pandemic
A variety of legal and regulatory developments, along with a substantial potential market, will make digital accessibility a top priority in 2022.
Directing decision-maker-awareness to the right targets is a key skill for CIO success. Investment risks that pit information security vs. information technology prove the point.
Here, we recognize the technology vendors who provide the tools with which our winners create their peerless projects.
To put the impact of cybercrime into perspective, let's examine some important, and startling, numbers: Data breach costs increased from $3.86 million to $4.24 million in 2021.
With a properly functioning cybersecurity mesh architecture, one can guarantee safe, authorized access to data from any access point.
VP of Security Keith Slotter and his team have tapped 600 employees across the organization as part of a Security Champions program. The result is a strengthened security presence and an employee population engaged in security.
Adding an additional authentication layer makes it harder for attackers to get into accounts, but not all authentication factors are equal -- especially when it comes to OTPs.Passwords on their own aren't secure -- this isn't news. Neither is the fact that, to make it harder for attackers to gain access to accounts via passwords, using secondary authentication factors, such as one-time passwords, is important.
More malware is built with evasive mechanisms
Intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) have been with us for some time. Over the decades, the technology has evolved. A big distinction was once made about IPS versus intrusion detection systems (IDSs). These days, both tend to be included within the same product.
In this interview with Help Net Security, Zur Ulianitzky, Head of Security Research at XM CYber, gives insights on new and less talked about cybersecurity risks organizations should look out for, and what should they do keep themselves secure and protected from these threats.
Security may not be a main duty of IT operations engineers, but they still need to have a good grasp of it. Here are five cybersecurity skills today's IT engineer must possess.
Today's edge technology is not just bolstering profits, but also helping reduce risk and improve products, services, and customer experience.
To be effective, cloud security operations need to unify detection, investigation, and response and ensure consistency across the processes.
After years of hype and speculation, could the post-pandemic period see a resurgence in interest in the build-out of edge datacentres and compute environments as enterprises look to dust off projects that Covid-19 forced them to shelve?
Google Cloud and many of the fastest-growing data, analytics, storage, and database providers in the tech industry have formed an initiative to ensure that global businesses have more seamless access and insights into the data required for digital transformation.
You use plenty of SaaS products in every department. These products hold valuable data for your compliance controls and, therefore, are critical to you.
IDC says cloud spending was up 13.5% over the previous year
This is part of Solutions Review's Premium Content Series, a collection of contributed columns written by industry experts in maturing software categories.
Data center outages are expensive. Many organizations actually rush to migrate to the cloud, in part, to obtain the 99.9% or more availability that public cloud providers promise them.
GlusterFS or Gluster File System is a free and open-source distributed file system developed by RedHat.
Open source security frameworks help enterprises stay one step ahead of attackers by facilitating penetration testing and vulnerability assessments on wired and wireless networks.
To prevent Linux exploits, organizations should establish an integrated security approach that extends to the network edge.
Data storage has undergone major changes in the last few years and became a key tool in enterprises' digital transformation strategies. Here are five emerging data storage options.
Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) is a method used to access computer peripheral devices that employs a serial -- one bit at a time -- means of digital data transfer over thin cables.
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The inner workings of the Earth shape the continents and islands we know on the surface - but many of the inner workings of the planet remain a mystery to even the most experienced researchers.
The inner workings of the Earth shape the continents and islands we know on the surface - but many of the inner workings of the planet remain a mystery to even the most experienced researchers.
Backups aren't just limited to hard drives, databases and servers. This Tech Tip describes how organizations should expand their backup strategies.
Last week was World Backup Day. It is on March 31st every year so that you don't lose your data and become an April's Fool the next day.
Zero trust is increasingly being accepted as part of a holistic cyber resilience strategy. Florian Malecki points out the importance of including backup and recovery within zero trust and highlights some issues to consider.
Keeping your software and IT infrastructure up to date is critical in an age where cyberattacks have become commonplace. The best way to do this is via patch management software.
When it comes to infrastructure and production systems, stability is king. And yet change persists, as organizations seek greater security and faster speeds - without sacrificing reliability.
Resiliency is the ability of a server, network, storage system or an entire data center to recover quickly and continue operating even when there has been an equipment failure, power outage or other disruption.
In this blog, I am going to be sharing the resources for you to become a DevOps engineer that will also be helpful in becoming or getting a job as SRE/Cloud Engineer.
Delivering software quickly, reliably and safely is at the heart of technology transformation and organizational performance regardless of industry.
To really understand a job, it's best to hear from those who have held it. Learn about what it means to work in a DevOps role from these practitioners.
5G is the fifth generation mobile network that is the new global wireless standard after 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. The 5G network is designed to connect everyone and everything, including devices, objects, and machines.
5G New Radio, or 5G NR, is a set of standards that replace the LTE network 4G wireless communications standard.
As organizations worldwide adopt machine learning across virtually every industry, the demand for machine learning engineers is on the rise.
To navigate the pandemic, IT leaders have had to rethink team relationships and jury-rig new ways of getting work done. Here's what they think will stick once the pandemic upheaval subsides.
Certain IoT security concerns are hard to forget, such as IoT botnets, but others might not come to mind as easily, including DNS threats and physical device attacks.
IoT, while influential and beneficial, introduces several enterprise security issues. Key risks of IoT include network vulnerabilities and outdated software and firmware.
Varada CEO Eran Vanounou discusses why dynamic indexing may hold the key to the next generation of business-driven data management strategies.
As more distribution companies turn to big data, they are relying more heavily on ERP integration to optimize their strategies.
Sebastian Glock, senior technology evangelist at Cognigy, discusses how conversational AI is driving innovation in the utilities sector
AI technology has transformed the nature of financial markets and led to the growth of algorithmic trading.
Today's enterprises have faced more challenges in the last 2 years than possibly 20 years before that - requiring new leadership, new technology investments, and new innovative processes.
How can women achieve success and thrive in executive leadership positions?
Children's use of virtual reality (VR) seemed to increase during lockdown but was most effective when incorporated with supporting materials that contextualized the VR experience.
The embedded security market size is projected to grow from $6.8 billion in 2022 to $9 billion by 2027; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.9% from 2022 to 2027, according to MarketsandMarkets.
As cloud adoption increases, so too does the need for IT experts with cloud computing skills. Here are 22 key skills to help you on your journey.
PostgreSQL and MySQL are open-source DBs for data analytics for commercial enterprises. A user can use either database management system, but one question remains.