The top 10 strategic government technology trends CIOs should plan for
The top 10 government technology trends for 2019-2020 that have the potential to optimize or transform public services have been identified by Gartner. Government CIOs should include these trends in...
View ArticleDigital transformation requires an aggressive approach to security
Organizations agree, building security into digital transformation initiatives is a priority, yet the recommended path to progress is unclear, according to a survey conducted by ZeroNorth. Companies of...
View ArticleOnly 32% of organizations employ a security-first approach to cloud data storage
Although nearly half (48%) of corporate data is stored in the cloud, only a third (32%) of organizations admit they employ a security-first approach to data storage in the cloud, according to a global...
View ArticleAI development has major security, privacy and ethical blind spots
Security, privacy and ethics are low-priority issues for developers when modeling their machine learning solutions, according to O’Reilly. Major issues Security is the most serious blind spot. Nearly...
View ArticleDo digital architects have the tools to make the most of transformative...
Digital architects are struggling to satisfy their organizations’ digital transformation ambitions, research from Couchbase has found. In a survey of 450 heads of digital transformation responsible for...
View ArticleCompanies are shifting spending to support their critical IT initiatives
Increasing spend efficiency and cutting waste are challenging with respect to gaining visibility into costs and managing IT spend effectively, according to Flexera survey. Survey respondents are IT...
View ArticleAI and ML will become important for how organizations run their digital systems
Global organizations are making significant progress with digital transformation projects despite obstacles, however technology leaders are finding that running their digitally transformed...
View ArticleHow cybersecurity accelerates business growth
It’s no secret that the cybersecurity industry has grown exponentially over more than a decade due to the proliferation of high-profile cybercrime. Viewing cybersecurity as simply a necessary step to...
View ArticleHow much organizations are investing in analytics and why
Despite 94% of organizations believing data and analytics is important to their digital transformation and business growth, most are not enabling a data-driven culture, according to MicroStrategy....
View ArticleAnalysts explore the top strategic technology trends for 2020
Top ten strategic technology trends that organizations need to explore in 2020 have been identified. Gartner defines a strategic technology trend as one with substantial disruptive potential that is...
View ArticleCIO role remains critical in leading enterprises through crises and...
The march to digitalization is so commonplace today that 40% of global CIOs have reached scale for their digital endeavors, more than doubling the proportion of enterprises from 2018, according to...
View ArticleGlobal DX tech investments to total $7.4 trillion over the next four years
Worldwide spending on the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organizations is forecast to reach $2.3 trillion in 2023, according...
View ArticleTogether, AI and the IoT are having a bigger-than-expected impact
A survey of global business leaders reveals the most significant predictor in realizing value from Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives across an organization is the heavy use of artificial...
View ArticlePeople are the very first element in a pragmatic cybersecurity strategy
39 percent of cybersecurity and IT executives indicate their company is under-prepared to handle a data breach and 66 percent prefer negotiating with a used car salesperson over dealing with a breach,...
View ArticleThe digital economy is approaching a critical tipping point
As the current decade comes to an end, the digital economy is approaching a critical tipping point. By 2023, the global economy will finally reach “digital supremacy” with more than half of all GDP...
View ArticleIoT is an ecosystem, as secure as its weakest link
Remember when, three years ago, several Mirai botnets hit DNS provider Dyn and caused part of the Internet to be unreachable for most users in North America and Europe? For a moment there it really...
View ArticleKey predictions that will impact CIOs and IT pros over the next five years
Time for action is growing short for CIOs in the digital era. Many continue to struggle with siloed digital transformation initiatives, leaving them adrift and buffeted by competition and market...
View ArticleCybersecurity workforce skills gap rises to over 4 million
The estimated current cybersecurity workforce is 2.8 million professionals, while the amount of additional trained staff needed to close the skills gap is 4.07 million professionals, according to...
View ArticleNetwork complexity and lack of visibility contribute to misconfigurations and...
Enterprises are slow to abandon manual processes, despite being short staffed, as the lack of automation, coupled with increasing network complexity risk and lack of visibility contribute to costly...
View ArticleIT professionals deem hybrid cloud as most secure
Enterprises plan to aggressively shift investment to hybrid cloud architectures, with respondents reporting steady and substantial hybrid deployment plans over the next five years, according to a...
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