Archive for July, 2012
How Can Businesses Adapt to BYOD and The Consumerisation of IT?
Dell and Intel recently teamed up to conduct a study to determine the organizational impacts that will emerge as a result of the consumerisation of IT, with the hopes of extracting insights that would help organizations succeed, thrive and capitalize on new opportunities. This study was conducted with input from over 8000 workers in 11 [...]
Full StoryCorporate Data Theft Statistics For 2012
When employees work for your company, they accumulate large amounts of proprietary internal business knowledge that would disappear if they ever left the organization. That’s why it’s important to capture this information using automated systems such as Wikis, document management systems, social business apps, etc… ensuring that this internal information can be captured and saved [...]
Full StorySoftware Audits: What you need to know
A software audit takes place at the request of a software vendor, or a trade organisation that represents the software industry such as the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Business Application Software Developers Association (BASDA). In most cases, such audits have been effectively pre-agreed by the business in question as part of the license [...]
Full StoryTechnology helps investment firms make smarter decisions
There’s no doubt about it, one of the most-used buzzwords in business these days is “cloud.” According to a recent report from IDC, worldwide revenue for public cloud IT services is expected to grow from $16 billion in 2009 to $55.5 billion in 2014, and SaaS application revenue alone, which accounts for 49.1% of total [...]
Full StoryIT Managers Must Constantly Keep Up With What Other Departments Are Doing
It’s a bit ironic to think that IT professionals pride themselves on their ability to remain on the cutting edge of new technological developments and future emerging technology trends. And yet, they seem to be completely oblivious about what’s going on within their own organization and the overall strategic direction of the company. Access to [...]
Full StoryCould Cloud Hosting Pose A Threat To The Backup Industry?
There’s no doubt that cloud computing has had a tremendous impact on the IT industry within the past few years. SaaS products are an attractive option for businesses that want cheap, feature-rich software without overhead or licensing costs. IaaS cloud hosting providers have also done a great job of winning over business executives with the [...]
Full StoryDifference Between Private and Public Clouds
Cloud computing is revolutionizing the way we think about information systems. Today, it’s hard to think of any area where cloud computing hasn’t touched our lives. Individuals use cloud-based email and social networking apps to talk to each other. Small businesses use cloud-based SaaS business apps to run their daily business functions. Even large organizations [...]
Full StoryHow Can CIOs, CTOs and IT Directors Better-Align IT Efforts With Marketing Strategy?
In the past, I’ve written about the importance of interpersonal skillswhen it comes to ensuring longevity and success in an IT leadership capacity. Too many IT professionals today seem to silo themselves… believing that their responsibility is strictly a technical one, and that they should strictly be judged on how well they manage and implement [...]
Full StoryHow to Keep Your Websites Safe from Hackers and Rogue Malware
If there’s one other thing that webmasters hate the most besides being pushed down the SERPs ranking, that’s having their websites hacked or penetrated by rogue malware. This is why ensuring the security of your website should be high up in your priority list. All the SEO work would be useless if your website gets [...]
Full StoryPicking The Right Hypervisor
Choosing the right hypervisor can be a difficult task. Before making a decision, it is important to familiarize yourself with the term “hypervisor.” Essentially, a hypervisor is a hardware virtualization program. It allows a user to run multiple operating systems on one computer, which can be extremely beneficial in many situations, especially in an IT [...]
Full StoryTeamWox Online Team Collaboration Software Review
Now that we’re living in the digital age, the operations of every department have been completely computerized. Within any organization, you’re bound to find numerous independent and unrelated business applications. Amongst the most important of these are: Online Chat Interfaces: Online customers have become accustomed to fast or instant service. Gone are the days when [...]
Full StoryComputerized Algorithms Getting Closer to Understanding Metaphors
My wife is a doctor, a poet, and a warrior. Of course, she is neither of those things. But just by reading this, you were able to infer what I meant by those statements. This intuition and ability to “read between the lines” is a core part of human intelligence which has been very difficult [...]
Full StoryThe Fastest Web Browsers Are… Internet Explorer and RockMelt?!?!?!
One of the great things about living in the “big data” age is that it’s never been easier to accumulate and analyze large amounts of information about our everyday activities. And although most of this data is quite mundane, you’ll sometimes come across a few gems that really surprise you. I recently had such an [...]
Full Story9 Video Conferencing Tips and Priorities
Video conferencing technology has changed the way we do business. It’s saved companies thousands of dollars in travel, and it’s opened up new and exciting ways to reach out to potential customers. Although it may seem easier to treat video conferencing like any other meeting or interaction, it’s a mistake to do so. Video conferencing [...]
Full StoryHow To Choose A Cloud Hosting Provider
This is a big announcement for Enterprise Features. One of the greatest sources of organic search engine traffic from this site has to do with keywords relating to cloud computing, and how to pick the right cloud computing provider. It seems that, although there is plenty of information about cloud computing available on the Internet, [...]
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