IoT: Internet of Threats?

Dateline: June 2, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. For several years now, as the Internet of Things (IoT) connects many of our seemingly harmless devices to the web in order to add features and functionality, cybersecurity professionals have  pointed out how much more vulnerable to attacks we have become.  No one makes this point … [Read more...]

Cloud May Not Be the Solution for Cyber Security Concerns

Dateline: May 19, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. For the past few weeks, we've shared startling statistics published in a blog at Information Week titled, Nearly 90% of organizations victim of data breaches.   Many managers believe their security concerns are eliminated if they move to the cloud, because cloud providers will make … [Read more...]

Tech Forces Shifting the Playing Field…Again

Dateline: June 3, 2016 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Technology can be a CxOs best friend or biggest problem.  Recently, Research Analyst Trip Chowdhry from Wall Street firm Global Equities Research pulled together a frightening prediction of massive layoffs due to technology shifts that have eroded the base of many organizations. … [Read more...]

CIO Role in Digital Transformation

Dateline: June 26, 2015 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. As cloud-based apps increase in capability, relevancy and functionality, IT leaders are increasingly concerned that their business partners will move away from internal IT systems and embrace these external solutions.  According to a column written by IT Strategic Advisor and … [Read more...]

Big Data as a Service

Dateline: December 19, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week’s idea suggests a framework for Big-Data-As-A-Service (BDaaS).  In the age of SaaS, PaaS, and many other as-a-service offerings, BDaaS may be the next big thing.  It's the topic of a recent article by Varun Sharma, an Enterprise Architect and "as-a-service" … [Read more...]

Security and the Internet of Things

Dateline: October 31, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Tonight is Halloween, our 'holiday' to explore the scary and creepy.  In keeping with this theme, this week’s idea combines two very 'scary' topics for many IT leaders: security and the Internet of Things.  Recently, Kevin Beaver, an information security consultant and … [Read more...]

Outcome-Based Outsourcing

Dateline: August 22, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Outsourcing is certainly not a new concept for our readers, and most are reconsidering their outsourced arrangements as cloud computing becomes more palatable.   But recently a new trend in outsourcing has been identified that is thought-provoking: building outcome-based … [Read more...]

The Disruption of BYOx

Dateline: July 11, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week’s idea comes from a recent survey done by Solar Winds.  The IT management and monitoring software vendor asked their 100,000 customers on the role of IT in the business, and the most disruptive technologies faced by IT. Their survey results are interesting in many … [Read more...]

Data Security and the Twentysomethings

Dateline: February 28, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week’s idea looks at data security across age groups.  In a recent blog at HBR.org, titled, Do Millennials Believe in Data Security?, Editor Sarah Green shared some recent statistics about data security.  The SoftChoice survey found that, 28.5% of twenty-somethings keep … [Read more...]

Technical Skills Might Be The Hurdle to Cloud Migration

Dateline: February 14, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's thought comes from a recent blog about Bank of America's cloud strategy.  Information Week's Chris Murphy wrote a mini-case study titled, Bank Of America's 'Why Stop There?' Cloud Strategy where he examines the bank's strategy for migrating from a data center-based … [Read more...]