Budget planning is a key component in the recipe for success. No matter how long you have been in the tech business, you need to map out your spending and resources to make sure all areas stay on track for maximum annual profits. What can you do to get a strong start in the New Year? Tip 1: Look at …
Advice from AWS on Securing the Cloud
AWS isn’t for everyone (too true!) but they’ve serviced enough customers to have valid observations about common fears and mistakes. Regardless of cloud service provider, customers often (mis)assume that the provider owns responsibility for security. But as the AWS CISO makes clear: “It’s a shared responsibility. We [AWS] are responsible for the bottom layer. We are responsible from the floor …
A Chat with Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby
Kudos to Cisco for promoting women to top jobs within the company. Article by David Weldon in FierceCIO. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood ——- Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby reflects on top tech trends for 2014 /15 The holiday season is traditionally a time to reflect on the year just past and look ahead to what the New …
Infographic: Small Business IT Security
Just as ignorance is no excuse for not obeying the law, so too is the notion that inadequate in-house expertise is no excuse for not protecting your business’ information assets. AIS Data Centers can help. Summary by Fred Donovan in FierceITSecurity; original published in ZDNet. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood ——– Infographic: Small businesses are in the …
IT Grads About to “Get Lucky” in 2015
Timing is everything. Skills matter too. And preparedness. And attention to detail. And work ethic. And honesty. And so much more. Summary article by David Weldon in FierceCIO. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood ——– IT Class of 2015 told: Brace for the very best year in a decade Between declining job offers and rising student loan debt, …
Infographic: Heartbleed, Shellshock, POODLE
A picture is worth a thousand hacks. Summary by Fred Donovan in FierceITSecurity. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood ——— Infographic: Heartbleed, Shellshock and POODLE top the list of major web vulnerabilities The top three major web vulnerabilities uncovered this year were Heartbleed, Shellshock and POODLE, judges Web security firm Incapsula. “What makes these mega vulnerabilities special is …
Will IT Security Suffer Due to Lack of Candidates?
Don’t let the difficulty of finding a qualified candidate for full-time employment delay your IT security readiness. Consider the alternatives, if even only short-term. AIS Data Centers can help. Summary article by David Weldon in FierceCIO. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood ——– Will cloud, security hires break the bank in 2015? Big data and data analytics have been grabbing much …
Infographic: Cloud Security Risks, Realities
Excessive fear and exuberant optimism abound when it comes to the cloud. Who you gonna call? Summary by Fred Donovan in FierceITSecurity. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood ——— Infographic: 3/4 of firms rate their cloud security as fair or poor Despite the efficiency improvements and costs savings that cloud computing promises, enterprises continue to drag their feet because …
10 Big Data Predictions
Article by Pam Baker in FierceBigData. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood ——— Ten 2015 big data predictions It’s that time of year again when we all look ahead in hopes of successfully predicting what’s coming in the New Year. Here’s a roundup of the 10 most recent big data predictions. Will they come true or not? We’ll …
Data Center Traffic = big bIG BIG!
Up, up, and away! Article by Jason Verge in The WHIR. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood ——– Cisco: Data Center Traffic Will Triple by 2018 Cisco has published the 2014 installment of its annual Global Cloud Index. The index projects data center traffic to nearly triple on the back of cloud growth in the next five years …
