5 Game Changers Emerge at Enterprise Connect
Signs of change and disruption were all around us at last week's conference and expo. Read more at NoJitter.com...
04 April, 2017
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Reinventing the Wheel – Cloud Edition: Leverage vs Portability
Moving more work into the cloud makes IT revisit the question: Leverage vendor-specific platform services or give up leverage for control and portability. Haven't We Been Here Before We are just about to launch our latest round of benchmarking the enterprise's use of emerging technology in cloud and data...
29 March, 2017
Automation: Do It Better By Doing It Right
Everybody Automates Whether it's Perl or Python or PowerShell, bash or Ruby or Salt, scripts and recipes are everywhere. And, they are layered: scripts run other scripts, sometimes many layers deep (and sometimes recursively!), or runbook automation tools from the likes of IBM or BMC run...
23 March, 2017
Private Cloud: Waiting for that SD-WAN Moment
People have been claiming to have a private cloud for six or seven years, even though (as we discussed recently here) they didn't and don't, really. Why don't they have a private cloud yet? Private Cloud is Hard To be their own Amazon Web Services (or Microsoft Azure, or...
22 March, 2017
Security Awareness Training: Doing It Right
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Does security awareness training really matter, or is it a frill? Consider this: Last week, DefensePoint Security, a Virginia-based government cybersecurity contractor, announced its employees’ W-2 tax data had been compromised. But the company wasn’t hacked. It turns out that someone inside the company fell...
21 March, 2017
What to Look For When Assessing Cybersecurity Insurance
Earlier this week I discussed the three top mistakes that companies make when assessing cybersecurity insurance. Now it’s time to take a look at what to consider when assessing insurance coverage. As noted previously, the best way to conduct this review is for the CISO and...
19 March, 2017
Cybersecurity Insurance: You May Be Doing It Wrong
As most infosec professionals are aware, insurance companies have begun offering cybersecurity insurance policies to offset the costs of a breach. Yet in our 2016/2017 Security and Risk Management benchmark, just over half (57%) of companies report they have it, and the vast majority aren’t requiring it of vendors and third-party suppliers. Is it really worth the trouble, not to mention additional cost?
19 March, 2017
How AI services are converging with unified communications
Though still in early days, the nexus of artificial intelligence and unified communications is emerging, as AI tools could help streamline collaboration processes. Read more at SearchUnifiedCommunications.TechTarget.com...
15 March, 2017
Alternative Facts of IT: “We have a private cloud.”
We've been wrestling with this one at Nemertes for many years. Early on in our research around enterprise cloud use (back around 2010) we asked whether folks had a private cloud and got sensible answers, overwhelmingly in the negative. Almost nobody said they had a...
14 March, 2017
TDM Still Exists—Here’s Why IP Should Replace IT Now
With all the talk of advanced collaboration apps, such as virtual whiteboards and team chat, shifting the UC conversation to migrating from TDM to IP may seem like you’re living in a time warp. The year is, in fact, 2017, and the reality is that 72%...
28 February, 2017
How to select a unified communications platform as a service
Identifying the best unified communications platform service for your company is a complex task. This guide shows you how to evaluate vendors and buy the right CPaaS. Read more at SearchUnifiedCommunications.techtarget.com...
27 February, 2017
Enterprise 911 services need proper call routing, user tracking
Mobile workers and government rules could force enterprises to enhance their 911 services. In particular, call routing and employee-location management are key issues. Read more at SearchUnifiedCommunications.com...
21 February, 2017