Tag Archives: IT

Aaron Levie, Box: Look back on IT a decade ago. Most of your time within the IT organization or strategy was really on activities that weren't particularly differentiating you from... More

Corporate security demands are outpacing talent availability, according to a report released Wednesday by Osterman Research and Trustwave. More than half of businesses say finding ... More

Like its parent company Amazon, Amazon Web Services seems to know no barriers as to what services it can offer, which is why it is now stepping into the IT training and job placeme... More

did your organization embark on some cloud adoption initiative recently? How did the activities (“the dances”) associated with such a move take place? Did your organization hav... More

Because Blockchain is secure-by-design and decentralised in nature, it's become an effective way of storing important, timely data such as names, medical records, financial transac... More

Estimates for IT employment growth this year range from flat to gangbuster. But the actual 2017 outcome will depend on the economy and the still-uncertain policies of President-ele... More

When I talk to IT managers, I almost always hear fears of mobile devices as conduits for sensitive corporate data to leave the company. I don’t know why I keep hearing this. Ther... More

Gartner has tweaked its IT spending predictions for 2017, and now says the three per cent increase in spending is not exactly realistic. It's going to be less – 2.7 per cent to b... More

It’s a common title in enterprises today, spanning functional and business units – marketing analyst, finance analyst, IT analyst, sales analyst and HR analyst to name a few. Y... More

Marketing budgets increased in 2016 for the third consecutive year, per Gartner’s 2016-2017 CMO Spend Survey -- climbing 1% to 12% of company revenue, according to the poll of 30... More

Millennials in the workplace are increasingly taking on IT decision maker (ITDM) roles, and in pursuit of improved agility, they are pushing their organizations to embrace public c... More

The daily job duties of the average enterprise network engineer are becoming increasingly fluid over time. What once was a relatively static role responsible for managing the trans... More

Tech's influence and reach is growing and pitting the industry against a new wave of regulatory challenges. In the U.S., mega-mergers are likely to face tough scrutiny in 2017, and... More

Virtualization- The march toward wholly virtualized IT environments rolls on. Companies are virtualizing more than just desktop systems these days and are beginning to expand their... More

In 2016, recruiters grappled with an evolving job market, an incredibly competitive hiring landscape, a shortage of IT talent and sky-high salaries for in-demand roles. Those trend... More

Private app stores- Remember when every business was going to have its own app store (or its own custom version of the big-name app stores) with line of business apps showing up al... More

Though they are often discussed in the same breath, IT professionals view emerging technologies like the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and 3D printin... More

Team assessment- Did you have the talent necessary to take on all the work and projects your team was asked to do? Where were you understaffed? Were there areas where you were over... More

I know, in reading the headline it seems obvious doesn’t it? But that’s just it. Sometimes the obvious isn’t so obvious. It seems that many businesses believe they are protec... More

While experience and heritage in business can be very valuable in driving future success, it can also be something of a drawback when seeking to drive digital transformation. Where... More