General Computing Executive Commentary

  1. 3 Ways Cloud Computing Improves Manufacturing Business Agility 12/20/2016

    The manufacturing industry has always been on a quest to reduce cost, increase productivity, and minimize waste. Over the years, business strategies that have attempted to achieve this trifecta of manufacturing goals have come and gone. The Lean concept was one of the first that helped companies successfully streamline operations. It was followed by Agile which, as its name suggests, went beyond reducing waste and increasing efficiency to add flexibility and versatility to manufacturing capabilities, helping companies not only run leaner and meaner, but with an increased agility to help them quickly respond to market changes and competitors.

  2. How The Cloud Killed The IT Guy 12/15/2016

    The demise of the IT guy has been predicted for at least 10 years. The thought was as everything started moving to the cloud, there wasn’t going to be much left to do for the IT guy. After all, if all an IT guy did was babysit and maintain physical servers, and if those servers were migrated to the cloud; then why do you still need an IT guy?

  3. Cybersecurity Trends For 2017: Greater Threats, Greater Defense Tactics 12/15/2016

    Things got serious for IT security in 2016. Sure, there were the usual attacks we’ve gotten used to seeing in the news, like distributed denial of service (DDoS) outages. By Fadi Albatal, senior vice president of marketing, Above Security

  4. Reinventing The Channel: 5 Top Emerging Trends 12/13/2016

    While it has always been incumbent upon a manufacturer to keep pace with changes in technology to ensure success of its channel partners, the challenge to do so has never been greater. By Stephanie Dismore, Vice President & General Manager, U.S. Channels at HP Inc.

  5. If Orange Is The New Black, Then Detection Is The New Prevention 12/12/2016

    Today, it’s fashionable to be called detection and leave behind the vestiges of a security model built entirely around prevention. By Jason Matlof, Executive Vice President, LightCyber

  6. SIP Trunking Goes Mainstream 12/6/2016

    Recently, I read an article on Forbes, Adapt or Die: The Dangers of Hanging Onto Legacy Technologies. By Darren DeMartino, co-founder and managing partner, Advanced Technology Consulting

  7. Tape Has Died Many Deaths, Now It Lives In The Cloud 12/2/2016

    It is easy to understand why tape has been occasionally challenged as a key technology for data retention and why it has stubbornly remained indispensable to industries with a great deal data. By Mark Pastor, director of archive and technical workflow solutions, Quantum

  8. 5 Ransomware Prevention Tactics Your Customers Need To Know 12/1/2016

    As your customers begin to wind up 2016 and plan ahead, one variable we know will continue into the New Year is the increasing frequency of ransomware attacks. An industry statistic from the Herjavec Group estimates ransomware costs will reach a startling $1 billion for 2016.

  9. Clearing The Fog: A Vision Of Security For Hybrid Clouds 11/29/2016

    How organizations can ensure visibility, protection, and control for critical data and assets across on premise, private, and public cloud environments By Check Point

  10. Overcoming The 3 Stages Of SSH Key Management Grief 11/22/2016

    There’s a kind of grief that occurs when small and mid-sized organizations realize that have a gaping hole in their network security because of inconsistent or non-existent SSH user key management. And, like the familiar stages of grief, once the denial is over there are three stages of coming to grips with and rectifying poor key management. By Matthew McKenna, chief strategy officer, SSH Communications Security