Cloud application adoption increases 71 percent in 2015
The adoption of cloud applications is soaring, up by 71 percent in the last year according to the results of a new survey.
The latest Cloud Adoption Report from data protection specialist Bitglass shows that while cloud adoption has doubled year-over-year in unregulated industries, it has nearly tripled in regulated industries like financial services and healthcare.
The traditional password won't exist in 10 years
Security professionals are increasingly moving beyond passwords towards alternative authentication methods according to a new survey.
The study by Wakefield Research for two-factor authentication specialist SecureAuth reveals that businesses across the US are increasing their security budgets and that 91 percent of cyber security professionals agree that the traditional password won't exist in ten years.
Addressing new challenges in enterprise mobile management [Q&A]
Although many enterprises are keen to deploy mobile apps for their workforce and to support BYOD and extended working, they've often been held back by traditional app distribution options. Historically this has required IT organizations to bring devices under management -- for corporate owner, corporate liable, and BYOD devices -- which can put a brake on enterprise mobile app deployments.
To find out how new approaches can allow data to be secured at the app level, we spoke to Mark Lorion, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at mobile app management and security company, Apperian.
Will 2016 be the year of Windows 10 in the enterprise? [Q&A]
Businesses are notoriously reluctant to make the leap to a new operating system. But by the start of 2016 Windows 10 will have been around for six months, so can we expect next year to be the start of its taking off in the enterprise?
We spoke to Deepak Kumar, Founder and CTO of configuration management specialist Adaptiva to get his views on the march of Windows 10 and more.
The challenges of endpoint management in a hybrid environment [Q&A]
As the IT world is changing it's not uncommon for companies to be using a mix of cloud and on-premise solutions. These hybrid environments offer a best of both worlds option but do present problems when it comes to managing resources.
To find out how managers can address these challenges and what tools they can use to help, we spoke to Dana Epp, CTO of IT management specialist Kaseya.
UK software engineer salaries lag behind those in the US
London has long been a global tech hub, but a new study indicates that salaries for software engineers in the UK capital are lagging behind those of major tech centers in the US.
The study of salary data from tech marketplace Hired shows that, compared to San Francisco and New York, UK companies actually offer the lowest average salaries for software engineers.
Humans reclaim the web from the bots
For the first time in five years, humans were the ones responsible for the majority (51.5 percent) of all online traffic, up from just 38.5 percent in 2013.
This is according to the latest Imperva Incapsula Bot Traffic Report which shows that good bot traffic decreased, from 31 percent in 2013 to 19.5 percent in 2015, while bad bot traffic remained static, at around 30 percent.
Retail data breaches threaten customer loyalty
A high percentage of Americans would change their shopping habits if their favorite retailer was hit by a data breach according to a new study.
Data security specialist Vormetric commissioned the survey over 1000 US adults from Wakefield Research which found that for 85 percent of respondents the significant personal consequences that can result from a breach would cause them to find a new place to shop.
Bringing business intelligence to big data
Extracting useful information from business data used to mean waiting for the IT department to run reports. Increasingly though there's demand for users to be able to extract information themselves.
The latest company to join this trend is Israel-based Anodot which is aiming to disrupt the static nature of today's BI using patented machine learning algorithms for big data.
All businesses share the same cloud security concerns
All organizations have the same key concerns regarding the security of their data in the cloud, according to a new report.
The study by security-as-a-service specialist CloudLock reveals that every organization shares five primary cloud cyber security concerns, regardless of industry. These are: account compromise, cloud malware, excessive data exposure, over-exposed personally identifiable information (PII) and payment card industry (PCI) data, and collaboration.
Apple hardware gains popularity in the enterprise
Apple devices are becoming an integral part of today's enterprise environment, with nearly all enterprise IT professionals saying that their internal teams provide support for Mac, iPhone and iPad devices.
This is among the findings of a survey amongst IT professionals by Apple device management company JAMF Software. It shows that 96 percent of teams support Macs, 84 percent iPhones and 81 percent iPads.
SMBs lack the resources to protect themselves from cyber attacks
Only 37 percent of SMBs believe that their organizations are fully equipped to handle IT security according to a new survey.
The study by security company Webroot reveals that in most small to medium businesses, IT teams are expected to handle all cyber security management and concerns. IT employees at almost one in three companies (32 percent) juggle security along with their other IT responsibilities, which leaves them limited time to cope with security tasks.
ThoughtSpot gives companies a self-learning search capability
Enterprises have lots of data that could be used to improve their operations and profitability, but it can often prove hard to access. By contrast, users are accustomed to being able to instantly find information on search engines like Google with minimal effort.
Business intelligence company ThoughtSpot aims to bridge this gap with the launch of ThoughtSpot 3, a major update to its search-driven analytics platform.
New application delivers predictive personalization for Oracle users
Marketing organizations are always keen to understand more about their customers so they can accurately target their efforts.
Machine intelligence-based marketing platform Boomtrain is launching a new application on the Oracle Marketing AppCloud offering predictive personalization to help businesses form better relationships with their customers.
Retailers aren't doing enough to protect their data in the holiday season
Retailers believe they're doing a good job of protecting their sensitive data, but may in fact be ignoring major security holes.
This is among the findings of a retail risk report from threat protection company Bay Dynamics, based on a survey of IT decision makers in 125 large US retail organizations.
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