Louis Columbus
Marketing and Product Management Leader, Forbes Columnist, Software Expertise in Analytics, Cloud, CPQ & ERP Solutions. Principal at IQMS, formerly with iBASEt, Cincoom, AMR Research.
The Top 20 Cybersecurity Startups To Watch In 2021
Cybersecurity, privacy and security startups have raised $1.9 billion in three months this year, on pace to reach $7.6 billion or more in 2021, over four times more than was raised throughout 2010 ($1.7 billion), according to a Crunchbase Pro query today. 22,156 startups who either compete in or rely on cybersecurity, security and privacy […]
What Enterprises Need to Plan for In 2021 When It Comes to Endpoint Security
Bottom Line: Today’s largely-distributed enterprises need to make sure they are putting endpoint security first in 2021– which includes closely managing every stage of the device lifecycle, from deployment to decommission, and ensuring all sensitive data remains protected. There’s a looming paradox facing nearly every organization today of how they’ll secure thousands of remote endpoints […]
The Pandemic Is Teaching Enterprises How To Mind The Cybersecurity Gap
30% of US and UK remote workers say their organizations don’t require them to use a secure access tool, including VPN, to log into corporate databases and systems, according to Ivanti’s 2021 Secure Consumer Cyber Report. Plus, 25% of remote workers in the US and UK aren’t required to have specific security software running on […]
How To Digitally Transform Talent Management For The Better
Bottom Line: CHROs and the HR teams they lead need to commit to keep learning and adopting digital technologies that help improve how they hire, engage and retain talent if they’re going to stay competitive. Driven by the urgency to keep connected with employees, customers and suppliers, McKinsey’s recent Covid-19 survey finds global organizations are […]
How LogicMonitor Buying Airbrake Unleashes DevOps To Do What They Do Best
Bottom Line: LogicMonitor knows first-hand how much pressure DevOps teams are under to produce high-quality code in record time during the pandemic. Acquiring Airbrake proves they get it: DevOps has a high need for speed right now. LogicMonitor Aims To Solve Today’s DevOps Paradox The pandemic is forcing every business to make DevOps a core […]
10 Ways Cybersecurity Can Protect COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chains
The Pharma industry has lost $14 billion through Intellectual Property (IP) cyber theft worldwide much of it focused on vaccine development, according to the United Kingdom Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance. 53% of pharmaceutical IP thefts and related breaches are carried out by someone with insider access also according to the United Kingdom […]
How FinancialForce Is Using AI To Fight Revenue Leakage
Bottom Line: Using AI to measure and predict revenue, costs, and margin across all Professional Services (PS) channels leads to greater accuracy in predicting payment risks, project overruns, and service forecasts, reducing revenue leakage in the process. Professional Services’ Revenue Challenges Are Complex Turning time into revenue and profits is one of the greatest challenges […]
How A Startup Uses AI To Help You Find The Market Research You Need
95% of the content essential for decision making in an organization is unstructured, residing in PDFs and various file formats that defy easy indexing and quick access, according to MIT Media Labs. 80% of typical organizations’ data is unstructured, slowing down work, often leading to less-than-optimal decision-making, according to an Accenture study published earlier this […]
10 Ways AI And Machine Learning Are Improving Marketing In 2021
AI and Machine Learning are on track to generate between $1.4 Trillion to $2.6 Trillion in value by solving Marketing and Sales problems over the next three years, according to the McKinsey Global Institute. Marketers’ use of AI soared between 2018 and 2020, jumping from 29% in 2018 to 84% in 2020, according to Salesforce […]
Securing Machine Identities Needs To Be A Top Cybersecurity Goal In 2021
Bottom Line: Bad actors quickly capitalize on the wide gaps in machine identity security, creating one of the most breachable threat surfaces today. Why Machines Are the Most Challenging Threat Surface To Protect Forrester’s recent webinar on the topic, How To Secure And Govern Non-Human Identities, estimates that machine identities (including bots, robots and IoT) are growing […]
