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Disaster Recovery: The Cloud Changes Everything
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Some SuperPAC Websites Are Not Super-Secure
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark Reading
News
Researchers find weaknesses in public websites that could expose personal information of donors and other sensitive data.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 11/7/2016
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The Wait At Polls: IT Drives Real-Time Updates
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Voters in Cobb County, Georgia, got more accurate and timely updates on wait times at polling locations open for early voting during this year's US presidential election. Here's how IT made it happen.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 11/7/2016
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CIOs Get Strategic As IT Budgets Stay Flat
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Tech budgets are moving out of IT control and are expected to remain flat, but CIOs are gaining more influence across the broader enterprise, according to CEB Global's 2017 IT Budget Survey.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 11/7/2016
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Changing IoT Passwords Won't Stop Attacks. Here's What Will.
Paul Madsen, Senior Technical Architect, Ping Identity
Commentary
The solution will take an industry-wide effort, it won't happen overnight, and the problem is not the users' fault!
By Paul Madsen Senior Technical Architect, Ping Identity, 11/7/2016
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CIOs Face Changes, Volatility In 2017, Forrester Predicts
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
IT transitions will accelerate in 2017 as CIOs look to deliver business outcomes, develop technologies that serve customers, and embrace new technologies such as AI and AR, according to Forrester Research. Here's a look at the research firm's predictions for the new year.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 11/7/2016
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Transitioning From The Server Room To The Boardroom
Greg Kushto, Director, Security & Enterprise Networks, Force 3
Commentary
How can IT professionals balance business goals and information security?
By Greg Kushto Director, Security & Enterprise Networks, Force 3, 11/5/2016
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Election 2016 & WikiLeaks: Bad, But Not Your Worst Nightmare
Ed Amoroso, CEO, TAG Cyber LLC
Commentary
John Podesta may be the poster child for poor user security practices but the real problem is rigid regulatory compliance frameworks that perpetuate ineffective perimeter defenses.
By Ed Amoroso CEO, TAG Cyber LLC, 11/4/2016
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Disaster Recovery: The Cloud Changes Everything
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
In a recent report, Gartner looks at the growing field of disaster recover as a service, and finds how this cloud-based approach differs from the more traditional approach to DR.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 11/4/2016
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Android Marketshare Hits Record 88%, Report Finds
Scott Ferguson, Director of Audience Development, UBM Tech
News
A recent report from Strategy Analytics finds that Android has reached a record 88% marketshare during the third quarter of 2016. At the same time, Apple's iOS lost some ground, and other mobile operating systems have all but disappeared.
By Scott Ferguson Director of Audience Development, UBM Tech, 11/4/2016
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10 Tools For Effective DevOps Collaboration
Curtis Franklin Jr., Executive Editor, Technical Content
News
Collaboration for DevOps teams is crucial, but it doesn't happen automatically. Here are 10 tools that can help make it easier (or possible) for your teams to work together.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Executive Editor, Technical Content, 11/4/2016
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AWS Dominates IaaS, Stumbles In Managed Private Cloud
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
Amazon Web Services (AWS) dominates the worldwide public IaaS market, is in tight competition in the PaaS market. But it's an also-ran when it comes to the managed private cloud category, according to a report from Synergy Research Group.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 11/3/2016
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Digital Transformation Underway, Many Will Fail At It
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
IDC has issued its IT FutureScape forecast for 2017, which includes 10 predictions for IT. Here's how cloud, mobile, social media, big data, AI, virtual reality, and other innovations are changing the world.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 11/3/2016
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Data Analytics Pros Don't Feel The Love From C-Suite
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Data and analytics initiatives may underpin every digital transformation initiative, but can these programs be trusted? A new survey from KPMG shows that even those running the programs don't always trust them.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 11/3/2016
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PARC CEO, Experts Discuss Digital Transformation
Curtis Franklin Jr., Executive Editor, Technical Content
News
At Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2016, the CEO of PARC brought three experts on stage to talk about digital transformation. InformationWeek found time after the session to go deeper into the subject.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Executive Editor, Technical Content, 11/2/2016
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Parallel VM Creation: Scaling Your OpenStack Cloud In Real-Time
Sean Cohen , Associate Manager, OpenStack Product Team, Red Hat
You selected OpenStack to deploy an open private cloud. Anchoring it to traditional storage is like attaching a ball and chain that robs you of its benefits. Save time and money and enable new capabilities such as instantaneous and parallel VM creation by pairing your OpenStack environment with the software-defined storage of Ceph.
By Sean Cohen Associate Manager, OpenStack Product Team, Red Hat, 11/2/2016
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Will Digital Economy Create A Developer Shortage?
Charles Babcock, Editor at Large, Cloud
News
As more companies seek to transform themselves digitally and effectively become software companies, some are going to have trouble filling "the developer gap," according to a Cloud Foundry report.
By Charles Babcock Editor at Large, Cloud, 11/2/2016
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It's Time To Address The Cybersecurity Gender Gap Before It's Too Late
Todd Thibodeaux, President & CEO, CompTIA
Commentary
It will take years to substantively raise the percentage of women in cybersecurity, so the tech industry better start working at it now.
By Todd Thibodeaux President & CEO, CompTIA, 11/2/2016
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Can IT Pros Succeed Without A Bigger Role In Business?
Susan Nunziata, Editorial Director
Commentary
Is your current IT role giving you the kind of well-rounded opportunities you need to succeed in the next five to ten years? There's seems to be a disconnect between opportunity and expectations when it comes to the way IT pros are viewed in the larger context of enterprise digital transformation. Here's what we learned from the 2016 InformationWeek US IT Salary Survey.
By Susan Nunziata Editorial Director, 11/2/2016
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Hyperconverged Infrastructure And The Future Of IT: Podcast
Curtis Franklin Jr., Executive Editor, Technical Content
Commentary
In this episode of InformationWeek's Expert Voice podcast, we talk with Wikibon's Stu Miniman about hyperconverged infrastructures and why IT pros need to pay attention.
By Curtis Franklin Jr. Executive Editor, Technical Content, 11/1/2016
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7 Security Lessons The Video Game Industry Can Teach IoT Manufacturers
Corey Nachreiner, Chief Technology Officer, WatchGuard Technologies
Commentary
The Internet of Things has alarming holes in security. The industry should look to video games for some answers.
By Corey Nachreiner Chief Technology Officer, WatchGuard Technologies, 11/1/2016
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