How does a software company know the value of its product as it is being used? TechSmith Corporation, the maker of Camtasia and Snagit video editing and screen capture software, faced this problem. The company wanted to understand what its end users found valuable in its products “to effectively to increase trial conversions, upgrades, site […]
Next Generation Data Storage at Petabyte Scales
“Seven years ago, the petabyte was pretty much the exclusive realm of very, very, very, large enterprises, like Citibank or Boeing,” said Shridar Subramanian, VP Product and Marketing at StorageCraft, but petabyte-sized data sets are now becoming more common with smaller companies. Over time, more companies in the mid-sized enterprise space, and more importantly, companies […]
The Most In-Demand Big Data Skills and for IT and Data Professionals
Click to learn more about author Gilad David Maayan. The World Wide Web has grown to include more than 1.8 billion websites. Of these, about 200 million or less are active. With each passing day, thousands of new sites are added to the mix to intensify the already cutthroat competition. 2017 was a very productive […]
So Long, Ransomware: Organizations Brace for Cryptojacking
Click to learn more about author Samuel Bocetta. For companies of all sizes, digital data is often one of their most critical assets. As a result, information security needs to be a priority throughout the organization and not just within the IT team. Data breaches and cyberattacks can quickly infiltrate a network and cause significant […]
Where Data Protection-as-a-Service Wins and Loses: Protecting Cloud Data with DPaaS
Click to learn more about author Mat Hamlin. As organizations move more data to cloud services, they must actively adapt their backup and recovery processes and solutions to maintain compliance to their defined governance policies and be able to prove so, when asked by internal and external auditors. Too few organizations understand that data protection […]
Tech Data Launches Cloud Solutions Factory to Meet Digital Transformation Needs
According to a recent press release, “Tech Data today announced the launch of Cloud Solutions Factory, a new global portfolio of end-to-end cloud solutions. The new offering features a host of click-to-run solutions developed by leveraging Tech Data’s ecosystem of vendors to deliver specific business outcomes ranging from core infrastructure and data protection, to the […]
Data443 Enhances Data Privacy with Launch of Virtual Data Protection Officer Service
A recent press release states, “LandStar, Inc., the parent company of Data443™ Risk Mitigation, Inc., a leading data security and privacy company, announced their newest solution to data security and privacy compliance with the launch of Data443™ vDPO. The remote and on-demand service is perfect for organizations that don’t have the time, knowledge or expertise […]
The CNIL’s Restricted Committee Imposes a Penalty of 50 Million Euros Against Google
A new press release out of France reports, “On 25 and 28 May 2018, the National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) received group complaints from the associations None Of Your Business (NOYB) and La Quadrature du Net (LQDN). LQDN was mandated by 10 000 people to refer the matter to the CNIL. In the two complaints, […]
Protecting Your SaaS in 2019
Click to learn more about author W. Curtis Preston Two things will happen a lot in 2019: the introduction of more SaaS storage vendors and more SaaS data loss incidents. Although it may sound that the two are directly related, that A leads to B, they are actually quite different. The latter is due to […]
The Right to Erasure Blues
Click to learn more about author Lindsey Ullian. When it went into effect in May 2018, Europe’s General Data Privacy Regulations (GDPR) enacted important protections around consumer data, something that has been sorely needed for some time. For too long, businesses had been playing fast and loose with what personally identifiable information they chose to […]