Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesEnterprise architecture experts offer up advice and tips for organizations coping with budget constraints and staffing pressures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. By Carol Sliwa Enterprise architecture teams coping with IT budget constraints and staff cuts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic should seize the moment to provide strategic leadership to their businesses, experts advise. “Now is
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesInfrastructure hardening is an ongoing, proactive way of life for CIOs and their IT teams. Here, we provide guidance to ensure that hardening is planned and implemented successfully. By Paul Kirvan As organizations continue to deal with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, CIOs must invest in activities to harden all, or most, elements of their IT infrastructures — if
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWe continue to navigate the choppy waters created by the COVID-19 pandemic, but here are eight ways companies can enable digital transformation and overcome an uncertain economy. By Paul Roehrig Thanks to a small bit of contagious RNA, what Nobel Prize-winning biologists poetically called “bad news wrapped in protein,” CIOs have seen the foundations of digital transformation (managing data, building software for
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesIncompatibility between CISOs and their companies can lead to stress, frustration, burnout and rapid turnover. Identify your CISO style to target the ideal role and environment for you. By Alissa Irei Steve Tcherchian The role of CISO has grown in profile and importance in recent years, as evolving and escalating digital threats raise the stakes for organizations of every size
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesFDM’s IT chief takes us through the challenges of responding to the coronavirus pandemic, and the future opportunities that the changes introduced now present. By Jonathan Young We are all experiencing the dramatic changes that Covid-19 has ushered in and the effect it is having on nearly every area of our lives. While technology has played a significant role in how we
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesDDoS attacks on networks can result in devastating and expensive damage for organizations. Learn three ways to prevent and respond to DDoS attacks to keep company networks secure. By John Cavanaugh Denial of service, or DoS, attacks emerged in the early days of the web and commercialization of the internet. These attacks literally deny service and make a resource scarce;
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhether you choose public or private cloud or a cloud service provider for backup, it comes down to your needs in such areas as cost and security. Explore how each one differs. By Nick Cavalancia If you’re not storing backups in the cloud, you’re behind the times. The good news is, when thinking about where to store your backups in
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesLearn about sales tactics that server suppliers like Dell EMC, HPE, Lenovo, IBM and Cisco use to try to win back market share from white box suppliers and how those affect you. By James Alan Miller Published: 14 Aug 2020 Organizations negotiating new or renewing existing server deals often come up short, spending a lot more money than they want or
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesMaster how to write an RFP and statement of work to get the IT services you need using these best practices from consulting firm ClearEdge Partners. By Mary K. Pratt Published: 24 Mar 2020 CIOs spend hundreds of billions of dollars on professional IT services annually, with demand expected to grow sharply over the next five years. Grandview Research, which pegged the global
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFor IT staff to be able to work and provide support for other employees in a remote setting, organizations must first ensure they have the proper setup and infrastructure in place. By Robin Gareiss, Nemertes Research Published: 21 Jul 2020 When the COVID-19 pandemic caused work-from-home orders around the world, IT leaders and their teams acquired mounting responsibility to ensure millions of
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