Back in the tech middle-ages, aka the 1990’s, some of us lugged ten-pound laptops and brick-sized Iridium phones around to stay connected to the office. That was then, this is now. What started as a BYOD trickle is now a tsunami. Bringing your own mobile device is now the norm, not the exception.
The enterprise solutions forecast is cloudy, but that’s really a sunny outlook.
In just a few years, cloud provided services have grown exponentially. According to a joint study by Cisco and Intel, 23 percent of their respondents’ total IT spending is dedicated to the cloud.
After this date, these systems will lack protection from Malware and Spyware software—hackers are waiting in the wings to attack once these systems become vulnerable. Furthermore, systems running on Windows Server 2003 or XP will no longer be HIPAA Compliant once the deadline hits.
If you have yet to hear from or about patent trolls, you're lucky. Patent trolls, or PAEs (patent assertion entities), are becoming more common and increasingly threatening to businesses everywhere, especially to small businesses that do not have access to as many resources to fight back. With 62% of all patent lawsuits in the US brought on by these entities—and their existence largely causing the creation of the 2011 America Invents Act—it's time to arm yourself with the knowledge necessary to identify PAEs and fight back.
I’m stuck in traffic near the Pentagon, and the heat is rising off the asphalt in waves. The air conditioner is on full blast, but I’m still sweating. After five minutes without moving an inch, I decide to check my e-mail. No signal. Maybe it was the 95 degrees. Maybe it was my proximity to the Pentagon. But, my first thought was—cyber attack. They’ve shut down our critical infrastructure. How else could I not get a signal right next to the Department of Defense?
Understanding that the largest risk to any system is ultimately the end-user is a key element to providing proper IT support solutions that protect both the user, as well as their data from the perils of the internet. It is critical that we have a strong system in place to provide both a constant level of protection with little oversight; while at the same time providing instant reaction time should a threat happen to present itself.
Is your IT a Burden or an Enabler?
CFOs are continuing to have more control over their organization’s IT spend. As this power shift continues to move away from CIOs, companies should continue to look to Managed IT Services as a value-added technology investment.
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