As any small or mid-size business grows, it’s natural to begin weighing which tasks are best kept in-house, while others can be farmed out to a third party. When it comes to managing the more technical aspects of your operations, you may find it beneficial to outsource your technology oversight […]
Shadow IT Tops List of Cyber Security Concerns
A recent survey of 450 cyber security and IT professionals identifies shadow IT as the biggest challenge facing chief information security officers (CISOs). In the Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019, 93% of respondents say shadow IT continues to be a significant problem. Half of those surveyed say a lack of […]
The Biggest IT Issues Keeping Your Clients Awake at Night
The speed of innovation and the disruptive technology that cloud solutions offer make the CIO chair look pretty exciting. For most CIOs, the excitement is balanced with some serious stress, as IT issues of various sizes and types pile up. From a digital transformation strategy that seems stalled out to […]
The Importance of IT Maintenance
IT maintenance has a way of taking up time and attention, either on the company’s terms or in the form of fires that must be put out in a costly and time-consuming way. Having a plan for IT maintenance can result in a better-structured solution to handling fires before they […]
How Are IT Budgets Changing in 2017?
In 2017, there is a rising trend of shifting budgets for IT departments in many industries. A recent report from Computer Economics outlines the current trends including where the increases in spending are being implemented, and what’s being cut back. While every company has unique challenges, the opportunity to leverage the cloud […]
Agents: It’s Time to Offer IT Consulting Services
During a Department of Defense briefing in 2002, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld offered a speech that seemed like Washington doubletalk at first, but quickly became an overview of the entire consulting industry. The remarks were simple, explaining a matrix of things known, unknown, and the combinations therein. It proved an excellent […]
Need to Revamp Your IT Career? Here’s How to Do It
Change is a constant in the IT world. Keeping up with the latest trends is easy for those knee-deep in big data, but for those assigned to more mundane maintenance tasks, certain changes could easily make those job functions obsolete. It’s no wonder, then, that veteran IT talent are finding […]
CIO-Driven Outsourcing Brings Opportunity for IT Providers
As CIOs look towards outsourcing as a way to gain crucial skill sets and services, IT solution providers have a golden opportunity to step up to the plate and offer their portfolio of solutions and services. Identifying In-Demand Skills Of the 3,352 global CIOs and technology leaders polled in a recent […]
IT Leaders as Enterprise Innovators
The role of IT in the enterprise is constantly changing, and some key shifts in mindset are necessary in order for IT to remain relevant and useful to the organization as the industry evolves. IT is no longer just a department that equips employees with pre-defined lists of tools; IT […]
Building a Framework for Improved IT Security
It’s not unusual for companies to treat IT security and compliance as an afterthought. IT departments are often too busy rolling out new technologies and fixing current technology to deal with IT policy matters. Many companies have never bothered to assign someone in a permanent security role who can help […]