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A strong, up-to-date data strategy is fundamental to your enterprise's long-term success. In light of ongoing changes, it will probably need some serious updating.
Every enterprise needs a data strategy that clearly defines the technologies, processes, people, and rules needed to safely and securely manage its information assets and practices ...?more
As we move beyond COVID-driven restrictions, IDC's Future of Customer Experience predictions for 2023 reflect how B2B and B2C businesses must confront a new set of macroeconomic challenges - inflation, global economic instability, and flattening customer growth - while still navigating new hybrid work and organizational leadership models.
Customers are demanding greater value, more memorable and immersive experiences, and greater control over how they engage with enterprises, becoming equal stakeholders in the customer experience (CX) ecosystem ...?more
Should CIOs start getting serious about divesting their big iron estates and prepare for a journey to the cloud?
In July, package delivery giant FedEx announced plans to shut down the last 20% of its mainframes by 2024, relying instead on its cloud-native architecture to run operations.
FedEx CIO Rob Carter said the company's aim is to transition to a "zero data center, zero mainframe" environment, the culmination of a decadelong plan to move away from the mainframe. ...?more
Security
Cybersecurity isn't easy. Over the past few months, organizations including Uber, Cisco, Twilio and Rockstar Games have all fallen victim to data breaches as a result of cyber attacks.
Recently, some of Deloitte's leading analysts spoke with VentureBeat to share their top strategic cybersecurity predictions for 2023. Deloitte's analysts reveal a range of predictions, including the importance cybersecurity and future-forward readiness and organizational resilience will play in helping enterprises to better control their exposure to threat actors in future...?more
Most organizations recognize the data center as the most essential and critical element of the network.
After all, it serves as the repository for sensitive data that allows business functions to operate. However, maintaining the overall security of data centers is a complex problem with no one-size-fits-all solution. Compounding the issue is the distributed architecture of most data centers today - facilities might be in-house, in the cloud, at a rented colo site, in a company-owned remote data center or any combination thereof. ...?more
The NIST cybersecurity framework is a powerful tool to organize and improve your cybersecurity program.
Today many businesses see cybersecurity with a kind of laissez-faire attitude where they purchase few tools and assign some people to look after their overall IT department. The cybersecurity funding request has got a pushback due to the SMB's limited resources. Around 32% of SMB security teams find budget their biggest hurdle on the path of following strict cybersecurity measures. ...?more
Would you rather deal with the aftermath of a raging fire in your business, or install fire extinguishers and a sprinkler system?
The choice is obvious: The proactive measure is by far the better option of the two. You should take this same approach to your cybersecurity efforts ...?more
CxO Security Events
Are you trying to ensure your organization has the cyber resilience it needs? We're here to help!
Cautious organizations prepare for disasters with measures like cyber insurance and good backups. Yet, cyberattacks, climate change, a pandemic, and civic unrest are threatening business continuity, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience plans. Ransomware has become so costly that insurers are raising premiums or leaving the cyber market entirely. Backup data centers are at risk of damage from wildfires, floods, and heat waves.
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Recent high-profile software supply chain breaches have sharpened the focus on application security. However, as cybersecurity professionals know all too well, concern doesn't always equate to action. In theory, the rise of DevSecOps best practices that shift responsibility for application security further left should reduce, or outright eliminate, the vulnerabilities that now routinely make it into production applications
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CIO's and CSO's Innovation Agenda, a one-day summit where those who walk the talk come to share their secrets just in time for the new year. We'll feature leaders whose perseverance has paid off in tangible results, among them winners of the 2022 CIO 100 and CSO50 awards programs. You'll learn from their hard-won efforts how to build winning teams, an innovative culture, and models for continuous innovation that keep your stars engaged.
Hosted by CIO and CSO ...?more
Blockchain
Blockchain is considered one of the most secure technologies for storing and transmitting data.
With an average of more than 1,200 cyberattacks per year, the maximum number of cryptocurrency exchange hacks has been 12 so far. What is blockchain security? Is the technology reliable?...?more
Server
The mainframe is experiencing a resurgence in growth, and mainframe applications remain critical for many organizations today, including within hybrid cloud environments.
With the overwhelming majority of enterprises utilizing a hybrid IT environment, it's safe to say business today runs on the hybrid cloud. The practice of combining legacy systems, public cloud platforms, managed services and more drives business innovation and transformation. Given the widespread embrace of cloud technology, is the mainframe still relevant? ...?more
HR
The 2022 Global Trends Report revealed that companies that don't take flexibility and worker well-being seriously won't meet the expectations of today's professionals.
As a result, these companies could end up losing both the talent they need and the clients who want to work with them ...?more
DevOps
This year's 24-hour ADDO marathon featured 180 speakers across 158+ countries brought together by their passion for DevOps and sharing knowledge.
If you missed a session-or just want to rewatch your favorites-every single one can be viewed on demand. Simply register to access all of the recordings ...?more
New survey reveals there's still much work to be done with DevOps, since it involves a lot of players across the enterprise
To advance in a technology-focused career, it's important to embrace the practice of DevOps, which take collaboration and automation to a whole new level. However, despite years of work and yes, hype, most DevOps practitioners are not happy with the state of DevOps within their organizations....?more
Careers
Looking to land your dream job? In the second of this two-part series, executive recruiter Ken Ferguson describes the most important lifestyle factors to consider
Early in my 40-year IT executive search and technical recruiting career, I noticed that when candidates made decisions about which jobs to accept, their evaluation criteria often differed from what they initially told me....?more
Compliance
Cybersecurity compliance is essential as it contributes to cyberspace safety in meaningful ways
Cybersecurity is a complicated yet essential system - one that needs clearly defined rules, limits, regulations, and guidelines. A strict framework is essential for cybersecurity practices to function and fulfill their objectives of making cyberspace safe for the users, organizations, businesses, etc. These regulations make cyberspace resilient, dependable, and cohesive through compliance ...?more
Tape
If you've managed to navigate YouTube over the past decade without watching at least one of the many fantastically fun (and very informative) films by The Slow Mo Guys then you're in limited company. The channel that Gavin Free started in 2010 has had almost 2.4 billion views and now has over 14.6 million subscribers....?more
Channel that Gavin Free started in 2010 has had 2.4 billion views and now over 14.6 million subscribers.
Built and operated by EPCC, the UK's leading centre of supercomputing and data science expertise at the University of Edinburgh, EIDF (Edinburgh International Data Facility) provides the computational and data services and IT infrastructure that underpins the Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) Programme, a cluster of innovation hubs that bring many disciplines together between industry, the public sector, and academia, to solve real-world problems. ...?more
Oracle News
Our eleventh monthly Release Update is now available to take advantage of its new features and bug fixes.
Release Updates (RUs) are the agile way to roll out new EM features and bug fixes quickly to customers, so they don't have to wait for a major release. RUs are versioned with a trailing digit indicating the RU version...?more
We've made several enhancements to Oracle Solaris recently
Features include: Automated Crash Dump Analysis, live storage migration of kernel zones, performance improvements in NFS and statd lock handling, updates to dozens of FOSS packages, etc. and specifically to the "Oracle Solaris on OCI" experience in the last year, including VirtIO and Terraform support. We also enabled it to run in the OCI environment. ...?more
In 2017, Oracle announced a revolutionary new database that automates key functions and even decides how to maintain and manage your database if you choose to allow it.
This transformative product changes how data is managed and in turn how you run your business. The Oracle Autonomous Database service is a culmination of years of research and development, customer feedback, and Oracle Database best practices. And we're not done yet: We're constantly driving development to fit the ever-growing needs of our customers. ...?more