There’s no question that big data plays a huge role in the lives of millions of people as well as countless businesses. As each year passes, data gets bigger and more storage facilities are built to handle the influx of information and keep it accessible and safe. Just how big has big data become? How big do data centers have …
Will CyberSecurity Still Be a Concern in 2015?
Summary article by Fred Donovan in FierceITSecurity; original published Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood ———- Will 2015 top this year for data breaches? This year has been a record year for data breaches. But what does next year hold for the IT security industry? Security firm Symantec has looked into its crystal ball and came up with 10 …
Higher Value Accounts Are…More Valuable
News flash: accounts with higher levels of IT credentials are more valuable targets than other accounts. Diversify and protect accordingly. Summary article by Fred Donovan in FierceITSecurity. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——– Infographic: Privileged accounts give attackers ‘all access pass’ to corporate networks Cyberattackers are focusing on privileged accounts as their enterprise entry point …
451 Research: 6 Cs of IT in 2015
Yet another list of pithy predictions for 2015. Summary article by Pam Baker in FierceBigData. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing —— 451 Research names ‘6 Cs’ of IT disruption for 2015 You remember 451 Research, yes? They’re a research and advisory firm that focuses on IT innovation and disruption. They keep their eye on the …
451 Research Cloud Price Index
Two key quotes: “The current average cost of running a multi-service cloud application is $2.56 per hour, or around $1,850 per month, which includes bandwidth, storage, databases, compute, support and load balancing….” “…savings of up to 49 percent can be achieved by committing to a minimum usage level, so enterprises should consider alternatives to on-demand….” Article by Jason Verge in …
Top Paid CTOs and How They Got There
A Closer Look at Today’s IT Execs With technology so deeply embedded in business these days, there’s a greater demand for someone to lead the tech side of any growing company. The CTO, or chief technology officer, is the person in charge when it comes to technological and scientific areas within a company. Average earnings for a CTO position come …
Infographic: What’s Hot in Data Science in 2015
Rich, Open, and Integrated. Summary article by Pam Baker in FierceBigData. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——- Infographic: What will be hot or not in data science for 2015 CrowdFlower, a crowdsourcing service with over one billion tasks completed by five million contributors to date, loves lists and infographics. Heck, we all love both. But …
If You’re Going to Do It… Be Safe!
If you’re going to have AWS then you might as well practice safe AWS. Summary article by in FierceITSecurity; original posted on Porticor. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——– Infographic: Top cloud security mistakes made by AWS users Many Amazon Web Services (AWS) users lose control of their data by giving up control of their …
Gartner: Top 10 Cloud Myths
Fall not ye into the career-limiting traps of myth, fear, and excessive optimism. Summary article by Fred Donovan in FierceITSecurity; original posted on Gartner. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——- Gartner says views that public cloud is insecure are wrong Challenging the common perception that the public cloud is insecure, Gartner says that there have been …
Hiring & Promoting Women in IT = Smart
Let’s go peeps, we can do this — together. Summary article by Emily Poe in FierceCIO; original by Sharon Florentine in CIO. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——– Why hiring, promoting more women in IT is good for the bottom line Attracting more women in IT is not just good practice, it is also good for …
