Keeping Tabs on Tablets

With the business world being reshaped by mobile technologies, companies are moving to embrace the highly portable, Internet-linked tablet computer. Nearly half (49 percent) of CIOs in a recent Robert Half Technology survey said their companies will increase the use of tablets in the next two years. The survey was developed by Robert Half Technology,…

The Top 10 Security Questions Your CEO Should Ask

According to the latest Global State of Information Security Survey conducted by PwC, 35 percent of respondents said they do not have an overall security strategy in place. Before companies were focused on securing the walls around their networks, the goal now is to protect valuable data wherever it resides. Since more and more CISOs…

Top 10 Technology Security Trends for 2011

PandaLabs, the anti-malware lab of Panda Security, put out their predictions for 2011 and, while some of it is more of the same, some metrics are actually improving — unless you count in Mac attacks (not the McDonalds’s kind), HTML5, information blackmail, 64-bit attacks … sigh. “The overall picture is not improving. Even though we…

2011 IT Spending Outlook Improving Bit by Bit

For IT organizations, the year ahead will not only be a time for rebuilding but also for innovation. Spending will remain restrained, and IT executives will continue to be asked to deliver more with less. But they are also receiving the go-ahead to take risks with projects that promise long-term improvements in the ability of…

Spies Among Us

A recent study produced by Verizon and the US Secret Service delivered a surprise finding: in last year’s electronics record breaches, nearly half were inside jobs, or, required insider cooperation. In the merged Verizon/Secret Service data set, 48 percent of breaches were attributed to users who maliciously abused their right to access corporate information. An…

Most Supplier Diversity Programs Fail to Deliver

While world-class procurement organizations continue to outperform their peers in driving supplier diversity spending according to a new study by The Hackett Group. The study identified several critical ways that most companies fail in their supplier diversity programs. Hackett’s latest research found that companies with world-class procurement organizations commit 33% more of their spend to…

Big Jump Predicted in Use of eDiscovery

Among more than 650 IT professionals surveyed in a CompTIA survey, E-Discovery Trends and Practices, 53 percent expect the use of ediscovery within their organizations to increase over the next few years. However, many firms routinely engage in data collection and informal investigations related to personnel matters, violations of company policies and security breaches that…

IT Strategy is in the CFO’s Hands

The CFO is becoming the top IT decision maker in many organizations, according to a joint survey conducted by Gartner and Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF). According to the annual study, 2010 Gartner FEI Technology Study: The CFO as Technology Influencer,more IT organizations report to the CFO than the CEO or any other executive. Forty-two…

Clamping Down on Social Networking

Social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook allow people to communicate more loosely, but many companies are tightening their grip on how employees use these channels at work. Some 38 percent of CIOs interviewed are implementing stricter social networking policies — more than twice the number (17 percent) who say they have relaxed the…

IT Industry Business Confidence Remains Strong

The latest CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence Index reveals that optimism over future business conditions remains strong and the majority of IT companies ― solution providers, value-added resellers, hardware and software firms, IT consultants and others ― view their prospects favorably. After a big jump of 6.3 points in December, overall the CompTIA IT Industry…