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Small businesses are often at a disadvantage because they don’t have the same security budget as larger firms. However, a recent study shows there are even some simple IT security steps that small companies often fail to take.  Often, leadership at small businesses may assume that smaller companies don’t face the same threats as others, [...]

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Many businesses are concerned about the security of sensitive data when it’s held by a third party cloud computing servcie. However, a new survey says those worries might be exaggerated to some degree.  There’s a significant difference between the concerns of organizations that aren’t using cloud computing services and the experiences of those that have made the [...]

We’ve discussed telecommuting before as a key benefit to offer employees and a way to boost productivity and morale. However, some big-name companies apparently disagree.  Yahoo made headlines late last month when management put an end to the company’s telecommuting program and ordered remote workers to return to the office. The decision was especially surprising [...]

Here’s some good news for the CIO, IT Manager and other tech leaders in your company: A new study says that IT budgets are expected to rise in the coming year.  On average, companies say their IT budgets will be 2.07% higher in the 2013 than they were in 2012, according to a recent report [...]

BYOD is not a single product, service, or application. It is a situation where IT does not own or distribute the endpoints. It is a user-driven phenomenon that IT must embrace and manage. The enterprise has to gain control of BYOD, or risk business anarchy that affects the enterprise’s productivity, security, privacy, regulatory compliance and [...]

Cloud computing is all the rage right now, and investing in cloud services can boost companies’ bottom lines. But for those investments to pay off, organizations must strategically plan what they should and shouldn’t move to the cloud.  Planning a cloud computing strategy isn’t just IT’s job. As companies have moved more applications to the [...]

Cloud computing is all the rage right now, and investing in cloud services can boost companies’ bottom lines. But for those investments to pay off, organizations must strategically plan what they should and shouldn’t move to the cloud.  Planning a cloud computing strategy isn’t just IT’s job. As companies have moved more applications to the [...]

Companies can put a lot of work into protecting their own networks and avoiding costly data breaches. But breaches that occur at third-party vendors and other business partners can cost organizations just as much.  When adding up the costs of a data breach, it doesn’t matter much which company’s “fault” the incident was. While some [...]

Telecommuting is a great benefit to offer staff members in IT and the rest of the business. But for telecommuters to stay productive, companies need to invest in some software and other items.  Overall companies find telecommuting to be beneficial. It’s a benefit organizations can offer to employees in many jobs without adding much cost, [...]

For many companies, the transition to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and provisioning the right supporting infrastructure presents significant challenges. The enterprise device population of yesteryear was largely BlackBerry, homogenous, and company-purchased, and therefore, more readily managed. With employees bringing various consumer-oriented devices to work, managing mobility and securing company assets have become more difficult [...]

As competition for IT talent heats up, companies are looking for low-cost benefits to offer tech employees and applicants. Here’s one worth considering:  Telecommuting options. When IT departments deal with telecommuting it’s often because they’re charged with supporting other users throughout the company who will start working from home. But it may pay off to [...]

Some of the biggest security threats companies face come from their own employees. That’s especially true in the Finance department, where staff members have access to a wealth of valuable data. One firm has a technique to help catch employees who commit fraud:  Analyze their emails. The words and phrases employees use in their email [...]

Powering and cooling data centers takes up a lot of room in most companies’ budgets. However, there are some steps businesses can take to lower those costs.  As we’ve written previously, budgets for data center design and management are getting tighter. Many companies are responding by putting less of a focus on creating redundancies, and [...]

As a recent hack against one vendor shows, IT security firms face the same challenges protecting data as every other company.  But of course, when security firms aren’t secure, that can have big implications for the security of other organizations. Here’s what happened: Hackers recently broke into the network of Bit9, a vendor that sells [...]

As any Finance pro knows, making smart technology investments is difficult. However, a new report offers some guidance on the best places for companies to allocate the IT budget.  IT investments improve organizations’ agility, performance and ability to create organizational change, according to a recent survey from AT&T and INSEAD. However, spending more on technology won’t automatically make companies [...]

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Although IT training can help companies improve their operations and boost retention, many IT pros say the training they get from their employers isn’t effective.  IT training saves organizations money, according to a study conducted last year by IDC. When training isn’t a part of IT projects, those projects are more likely to fail than [...]

Many Finance folks are excited about cloud computing, and for good reason. The cloud can help businesses cut costs, increase flexibility and achieve other benefits. But a new survey says organizations may need to temper their expectations a bit.  Moving to cloud services often costs more than organizations expect and doesn’t always deliver the immediate [...]