Don’t let the naysayers get you down. Prudence is smart, pessimism is self-fulfilling. Opinion piece by David Weldon of FierceCIO. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——– Overcoming a crisis of confidence In the course of any given week I read a lot of headlines and articles about the IT industry and workforce. And I have …
6 Surveys Reveal Downtime Causes, Costs
As any kid knows, staying up is good — especially if it involves a fun movie and dessert. As any IT professional knows, going down is bad — very bad, especially if revenue generation is affected. Below is a summary of recent surveys that reveal some of our collective fears and opportunities. There’s no time like the present to improve …
Infographic: IPv6 Migration, IPv4 Depletion
A finite, non-renewable resource in high demand will eventually be depleted. IPv4 addresses are in this category. Predictions are that December of 2014 is when ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers, the entity that manages the distribution of Internet number resources, including IPv4 and IPv6 address space and AS numbers) will have no more IPv4 addresses to allocate. Good news: …
Comcast to Chomp Time Warner
In case you hadn’t already heard the news… Article by David Hamilton in The WHIR. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— Comcast’s Plans to Buy Time Warner Cable Problematic for Internet Users, Web Hosts Comcast has agreed to buy competitor Time Warner Cable in a deal that would give the combined company vast control over …
Hospital CIOs Balance Data Security with Accessibility
Goldilocks wanted it her way: Not too hot, not too cold — just right. A hospital CIO wants it her way too: Not too strict, not too permissive — just right. Finding that balance is a whole lot harder when there is more than just one tongue to satisfy. By Andrew Litt, M.D., in ComputerWorld. Emphasis in red added by …
Costs Down. Flexibility Up. Reliability…?
The uber-available, “dial-tone guaranteed” landline phone network will soon be a relic of the past. It’s MUCH less expensive to run a VoIP network. And so too will we say goodbye to the implicit (high) service availability guarantees long associated with ILEC services. Thus begins a new era when customers start thinking about availability and quality of service rather than …
Gartner: CIOs Feel Inadequate re: Job Demands
One’s trash is another’s treasure. That’s my take on the Gartner research below. Change brings opportunity — in spite of it pushing us well outside our comfort zone. Summary article by David Weldon in FierceCIO, original by Toby Wolpe in ZDNet. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——- Many CIOs feel inadequate, fearful of job demands …
IT Security Teams: Changing Stripes
For large firms with the resources to deploy a team of people focused on IT security, the members of said team are a changin’. No longer is security experience a strict requirement; indeed diversity of experience is valued — as long as an extremely high degree of specialization is part of the package. While such luxuries are rare for any …
CISOs Make Bank — Especially If CEO Is Boss
What matter most is to whom a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) reports — the CEO or “anyone other than the CEO”. Who the boss is can make up to a 36% difference. Certifications don’t really move the needle (only up to 8.7%), but advanced degrees do (up to 35%). Thankfully, the infosec gender gap in pay (5.5%) is well …
BYOD Success Predictor
BYOD: Bring Your Own Device. One of the many great new buzzwords in the past year or so. Will it fly? Will it fail? It all depends on how it is treated: “Hold on loosely, but don’t let go; if you cling too tightly, you’re going to lose control” — .38 Special By Fred Donovan in FierceMobileIT. Emphasis in red …
