Managing mobile apps in large enterprises [Q&A]
More and more businesses are rushing to embrace mobile apps, but in large companies where hundreds of apps need to be rolled out this can present major headaches for administrators.
We spoke to Chris Isbrecht of IBM Security's MaaS360 team to find out about some of the challenges of scaling mobile to large enterprises, as well as how they can be addressed.
The enterprise trends of 2015
Businesses tend to be quite conservative in their approach to technology, so it's always interesting to look at what's been sparking their interest.
Identity and mobility management specialist Okta has released a new report, based on analysis of its customers, looking at the big winners and losers in the enterprise over the past year.
Human behavior is the biggest threat to company security
A new survey of cyber security professionals from information management company Nuix shows that businesses are placing greater emphasis on insider threats.
The report reveals that 71 percent of respondents report that they have an insider threat program or policy, and 14 percent say that they allocate 40 percent or more of their budget to insider threats.
Survey reveals managers and developers split on real time data analysis
According to the results of a new survey, 84 percent of CIOs believe their organization can analyze data in real-time, however, only 42 percent of developers agree with that statement.
This difference of opinion is one of the findings of the study by in-memory data platform specialist VoltDB. Where 91 percent of CIOs, IT managers and developers do agree is that real-time streaming data analysis can have a positive impact on their company's bottom line.
The Internet of Things is becoming part of consumer's daily lives
According to the latest Digital Trends Report from Adobe Digital Index (ADI) the Internet of Things is gaining a foothold in more and more people's lives.
The report is based on 22 billion visits to branded websites and over 20 million social engagements across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other sites. Also included in the report is survey data based on 400 US consumers who own either a smartphone or tablet.
Desktop and mobile habits of employees revealed
Do you know how your employees are accessing content within your business? Enterprise file sharing specialist Egnyte has analyzed all of the unstructured data from its customers, no matter what device, storage, or apps they use, to discover the latest trends.
Having looked at this data over the last 12 months, they uncovered some interesting facts about the diversity of employee interactions with their company content.
New survey reveals global Android usage trends
Mobile marketing company Celltick has mined its user interaction data to produce an Android Usage Trends report revealing insights on how users around the world use their mobile phones.
Among the key findings are that the vast majority of smartphones in Asia (71 percent) and the Middle East and Africa continue to be configured with English. Facebook might be ubiquitous, however, Facebook Messenger is only popular on low-end phones, amongst higher-end handsets, Skype is the most common application installed.
P2P file sharing and its impact on business
When you think of peer-to-peer file sharing you probably bring to mind services like Kazaa and Limewire that were among the early sites allowing users to share media, or of more recent operations like Pirate Bay.
But while it's easy to think of P2P in terms of individuals downloading music or movies, a new report from security rating company BitSight reveals that it’s a problem for businesses too.
Hillstone adds extra security layer for AWS customers
When moving applications to the cloud it's easy to fall into the trap of believing that security can safely be left to the provider.
For Amazon Web Services customers there's now an extra layer of security on offer from Hillstone Networks. Hillstone CloudEdge is deployed as an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) gateway to provide an additional layer of security protection.
New breach detection solution alerts enterprises to insider threats
For enterprises and government departments the biggest threats can often come from within the organization rather than outside it.
Detecting these insider threats can be difficult which is why security company Eastwind Breach Detection is launching a new platform that uses rich data, behavioral analytics, and threat intelligence to pinpoint anomalous behaviors even before they're classified as breaches.
BUFFERZONE launches advanced threat protection for Windows 10
Employee use of email and web browsers is still one of the most common ways that businesses suffer from cyber attacks, which underlines the need for effective protection.
Endpoint security specialist BUFFERZONE is announcing its product's support for Windows 10 to protect organizations upgrading to the latest OS from advanced threats, zero-day attacks, drive-by downloads and phishing scams.
New DaaS platform aims to boost B2B marketing performance
Marketers are always keen to understand customer purchase intentions. But whilst there are many tools aimed at building consumer intelligence can business to business organizations benefit too?
Washington DC based True Influence thinks so and is launching a new data-as-a-service solution called InsightBASE, which monitors and curates online behavioral signals. It aims to allow B2B marketers to engage with prospects even before they directly identify themselves as being in the market.
Removing the IT roadblock to selecting business technology [Q&A]
Choosing software and cloud solutions for business is a difficult task and getting it wrong can have serious consequences. We've all heard horror stories about money being wasted on systems that either don't deliver or are left unused.
So, how can organizations make better decisions on systems purchases? We spoke to Venkat Devraj, CEO of technology selection specialist, SelectHub, to find out.
Backblaze launches low cost cloud storage for IT departments
The advantage of storing data in the cloud is that there are no physical limits, though there is of course a cost.
A new offering from cloud storage provider Backblaze, better known for its consumer backup offerings, aims to offer a service similar to Amazon S3 or Microsoft Azure, allowing the storing of unlimited data in the cloud, but at a lower cost.
New endpoint protection offers government users security for the public cloud
Use of the public cloud is on the increase but in some sectors such as government agencies is being held back by security concerns.
Data protection specialist Druva is announcing that it's launching a new endpoint solution that is Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliant.
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Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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