This latest BriefingsDirect discussion takes on the rapidly increasing threat
that enterprises face from complex IT security breaches.
In just the past year, the number of attacks are up, the costs associated
with them are higher and more visible, and the risks of not securing systems
and processes are therefore much greater. Some people have even called the
rate of attacks a pandemic.
The path to reducing these risks, even as the threats escalate, is to
confront security at the framework and strategic level, and to harness the
point solutions approach into a managed and ongoing security enhancement life
cycle.
As part of the series of recent news announcements from HP, this discussion
examines how such a framework process can unfold, from workshops that allow a
frank assessment of an organization’s vulnerabilities, to tailored
framework-level approaches that can tran... (more)
When is cloud computing right for your business? That depends on the state of
the business's current IT environment.
Cloud computing makes immediate sense for most small and medium-sized
businesses (SMBs). The economic argument between in-house IT and cloud
computing has already been settled in favor of the cloud, which can provide
more capabilities and access to greater IT expertise than most SMBs could
ever afford in-house - at tremendous cost savings.
Larger enterprises, on the other hand, should approach cloud computing in
stages. If the company owns highly underutilized asse... (more)
Back in the olden days, when cloud was still a young thing and not
everybody's middle name, back before the Apotheker distractions and false
trails, and before HP, in catch-up mode, started indiscriminately trying to
be all things cloud to everybody, it simply wanted to sell its widgetry into
the cloud.
That still seemed to be the key takeaway from the jumble of programs and
widgetry it announced in Vienna on Wednesday where at least part of its
message was a come-on to service providers and resellers.
It wants service providers using its stuff in public, private and hybrid
dep... (more)
SoftLayer Technologies on Thursday announced that the company continued to
experience strong operational and top-line growth in the third quarter of
2011, reaching $85 million in revenues while achieving $34 million in EBITDA.
The company also appointed David Strohm, from Greylock Partners, to its board
of directors to help guide and support the company's continued market
leadership and financial growth.
"SoftLayer is headed on a pretty impressive trajectory but we're really just
beginning to accelerate our efforts," said Lance Crosby, chief executive
officer for SoftLayer. "The... (more)
Banking Re-imagined.
Every so often you come across an industry that is ripe for disruption (of a
positive kind) . I am lucky working in a firm that is at the vanguard of
enabling these changes in many industries. It gives you a unique
perspective at the meeting point of cloud, social enterprise and
collaboration.
There are many industries that are changing beyond recognition. Apple itself
has disrupted 3 markets and as a result they have changed these markets
(music, computing, mobile) radically over a short period of time. Many
existing firms fail the Innovators dilemma in t... (more)
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