Click to learn more about author David Balaban. The scourge of ransomware is mutating into a phenomenon with a two-pronged extortion plan at its core. Schemes used to rely solely on encryption making a victim’s data inaccessible, but a game-changing tweak in the “classic” attack chain took place in late 2019. A number of ransomware […]
New World Order for Brands Requires Intelligent Orchestration
Click to learn more about author George Corugedo The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the way consumers live their lives, including how they shop and interact with brands. This shift has required brands to adapt in different ways, like catering to the increase in e-commerce, curbside pickup, or “buy online pick up in-store” (BOPIS) activity. Of […]
How to Protect Endpoints for Remote Employees
Click to learn more about author JG Heithcock. The worldwide pandemic is forcing employees to work from home in a distributed environment for businesses across the world. According to an April 2020 survey of 25,000 U.S. workers, over half of the workforce in the United States is now working remotely. These are unprecedented times, and […]
How to Ensure Bulletproof Security for Your RasPi Environments
Click to learn more about author Don Boxley. IT executives have a lot to think about, especially now, when it comes to the Internet of Things (IoT). As IoT has entered the daily lives of the general public, IoT devices and platforms are on the rise across the planet with seemingly limitless user applications. IoT […]
Building a Productive Organization with Artificial Intelligence
There’s plenty of research on employee productivity, which is key to building a profitable and successful business. Engaged employees are likely to put their heart into their jobs – not just go through the motions. Here are some findings that put this into perspective: Happy workers are 13 percent more productive, according to research by […]
Tips for Risk Assessment and Management
Click to learn more about author Ashok Sharma. Small businesses are prone to a lot of risks. From financial threats and market competition to unexpected issues like hazardous equipment, medical expenses, legal expenses, and security issues, a small business can be affected by any (or several) of these problems at any time. And as a small […]
How to Optimize Kafka Deployments Using Apache ZooKeeper
Click to learn more about author Zeke Dean. True to its name, Apache ZooKeeper corrals the proverbial zoo of otherwise unruly elements within an Apache Kafka cluster. The open-source ZooKeeper project delivers a centralized way of coordinating Kafka’s brokers and cluster topology, serving as a file system that ensures the consistency of Kafka configuration information. […]
Digital Transformation is the Business Continuity Hero
Click to learn more about author Kyle McNabb. Business continuity plans are under a particularly bright spotlight during the current pandemic, as companies around the world cope with the crisis. Every organization should have a plan in place to ensure operations and core business functions are not severely impacted by a disaster or unplanned incident […]
Smart Data Distancing: A Necessity or Just Another Fancy Word?
Click to learn more about author Sowmya Tejha Kandregula. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made the term “social distancing” a cynosure of our daily conversations. There have been guidelines issued, media campaigns run on prime time, hashtags created, and memes shared to highlight how social distancing can save lives. When you have young children talking […]
It’s 9 AM: Do You Know What Your Employees are Downloading?
Click to learn more about author Michael Morrison. The world irrevocably changed in March 2020. For years, pundits and technology leaders said that remote work was the future. Businesses were hesitant to lean into the model because of their unfounded fear that — despite mountains of evidence to the contrary — employees couldn’t maintain productivity […]