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5 Ways To Demystify Zero Trust Security

5 Ways To Demystify Zero Trust Security

By Louis Columbus on March 24, 2019

Bottom Line: Instead of only relying on security vendors’ claims about Zero Trust, benchmark them on a series of five critical success factors instead, with customer results being key. Analytics, Zero Trust Dominated RSA Analytics dashboards dominated RSA from a visual standpoint, while Zero Trust Security reigned from an enterprise strategy one. Over 60 vendors claimed […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Akamai, Capgemini, Centrify, Cisco, Ledios Cyber, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, MobileIron, Palo Alto Networks, RSA Conference, Symantec, Trend Micro, Zero Trust Privilege, Zero Trust Security, ZTP

86% Of Enterprises Increasing IoT Spending In 2019

86% Of Enterprises Increasing IoT Spending In 2019

By Louis Columbus on November 30, 2018

Enterprises increased their investments in IoT by 4% in 2018 over 2017, spending an average of $4.6M this year. 38% of enterprises have company-wide IoT deployments in production today. 84% of enterprises expect to complete their IoT implementations within two years. 82% of enterprises share information from their IoT solutions with employees more than once […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Centrify, Cisco, F5, Idaptive, industrial internet of things, Intelligent Enterprise Index, Internet of Things, IoT, Louis Columbus' blog, Palo Alto Networks, Zebra Technologies, Zero Trust Privilege, Zero Trust Security

The Current State Of Cybersecurity Shows Now Is The Time For Zero Trust

The Current State Of Cybersecurity Shows Now Is The Time For Zero Trust

By Louis Columbus on October 25, 2018

41% of total breaches in 2017 targeted the healthcare industry, making it the most popular target for breach attempts. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) combined with user credentials tops the percentage of breaches with 29% according to Wipro’s report. 88 records were lost or stolen every second in 2017 according to Wipro’s analysis. Machine learning & […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Centrify, Cisco, cybersecurity, F5, Louis Columbus, Palto Alto Networks, wipro, Zero Trust Privilege, Zero Trust Security

Roundup Of Small & Medium Business Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates, 2013

Roundup Of Small & Medium Business Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates, 2013

By Louis Columbus on July 30, 2013

What sets apart the fastest-growing small businesses is their an innate strength at turning data and information into results. It’s becoming easy to spot a smaller business who is going to break out and grow quickly.  They often have these qualities:  they highly value knowledge, expertise and speed over seniority or cronyism; they have successfully […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, byline=Louis Columbus, Cisco, Cloud Computing, cloud computing forecast, Compound Annual Growth Rate, customer relationship management, Data Driven, enterprise software, ibm, Intelligent Tech, Louis Columbus' blog, Public Cloud Computing, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, software as a service, Tech | 2 Responses

The Best Enterprise Software Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2013

The Best Enterprise Software Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2013

By Louis Columbus on July 15, 2013

Comparing the latest Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) List Of Top 100 Global Software Leaders published in  May of this year with current  Glassdoor ratings based on employee feedback provides valuable insights into the best software companies to work for in 2013. The Glassdoor ratings of the percentage of employees who would recommend their employer to […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Aart J. de Geus, ACI Worldwide, Acision, adobe, ADP, Amdocs, Ansys, apple, Ariba (Acquired by SAP), Aspect Software, autodesk, Avaya, Bentley Systems, BMC Software, byline=Louis Columbus, CA Technologies, Cadence Design Systems, Cegedim, Cerner, Cisco, Citrix Systems, Cloud Computing, CommVault, Compuware, Concur Technologies, Dassault Systèmes, Data Driven, EMC (excluding Vmware), enterprise software, Epicor, Ericsson, ESRI, FICO (formerly Fair Isaac), Fidelity National Information Services, Fidessa, Fiserv, fujitsu, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Glassdoor, google, Greg Bentley, GXS, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, hp, ibm, Infor, Informatica, intel, Intergraph, InterSystems, Intuit, invensys, JDA Software Group, Jim Hagemann Snabe, Kaspersky Lab, Kronos Inc., Louis Columbus' blog, McKesson, MEDITECH, Mentor Graphics, Micro Focus, Micros Systems, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, Misys, mobile, NEC Corporation of America, NetApp, Neusoft, NICE Systems, Northgate Information Solutions, Nuance Communications, OpenText, oracle, Pitney Bowes Software, PTC, Quest Software (Dell), Red Hat, Sage North America, salesforce.com, sap, SAS, Siemens Enterprise Communications, Software AG, Sophos, Sungard, SWIFT, Symantec, Synopsis, Synopsys, Tech, Teradata, Tibco, Trend Micro, unisys, Unit4, Verint Systems, VMware, Wincor Nixdorf, Wolters Kluwer

How Google is Driving Mobile Video Market Growth

How Google is Driving Mobile Video Market Growth

By Louis Columbus on August 27, 2012

Google’s top advertising customers are pushing for convergence of mobile and video quickly, which is turning into a strong catalyst of growth of the global mobile video market.  With their largest advertising customers wanting greater flexibility in bringing video to mobile devices, Google will make significant strides this year to make that happen. During their latest earnings call, Google execs said that Android, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged $GOOG, analytics, Cisco, google, idc, Louis Columbus' blog, mobile video, mobility, social marketing analytics, Uncategorized, virtualization, VMware, YouTube

Transportation, Sustainability and CRM

Transportation, Sustainability and CRM

By Denis Pombriant on May 9, 2012

Sustainability and CRM There was an interesting article in the New York Times last week, “When Flying 720 Miles Takes 12 Hours”   about airlines but the subtext was all about CRM, or at least where CRM has to go.  If you know me at all, you know I closely attend to macroeconomics and energy […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged AT&T, Cisco, CRM, Current Affairs, economics, microsoft, peak oil, Shortel, siemens, Unified Communications

The day software ate Cisco

The day software ate Cisco

By Phil Wainewright on April 25, 2012

It hasn’t happened yet. It’s another of my predictions. But it suddenly struck me this week, as I read about the latest developments in cloud networking. Five or so years from now, the day will come when Cisco will have shrunken almost to nothing, eaten by software. Marc Andreessen’s phrase, “software is eating the world,” […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cisco, Cisco Systems, Cloud Computing, google, Marc Andreessen, Technology / Software

Carbon Survey Calls Salesforce Leader in Carbon Abatement

Carbon Survey Calls Salesforce Leader in Carbon Abatement

By Denis Pombriant on September 21, 2011

Marc Benioff’s Facebook page says that Salesforce.com is a rising leader in the effort to get carbon out of business.  I didn’t know there was such a survey or report but I am glad there is. Getting carbon out of your business processes is hugely important.  While most people will view this as an anti-pollution […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged benioff, Cisco, climate change, CRM, Current Affairs, economics, global warming, google, salesforce.com

Monday’s Musings: A Working Vendor Landscape For Social Business

Monday’s Musings: A Working Vendor Landscape For Social Business

By R "Ray" Wang on August 15, 2011

Confusion Persists In The Social Business Market As with any new disruptive technology, the social business solution landscape faces a dynamic, confusing, and converging market. As vendors seek to grab mind share and market share, customers and prospects remain confused as to what are the right business problems to address with social business. However, rampant […]

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