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“We dont scream MEAP, MEAP, MEAP from the roof top” says Regev Yativ CEO of Magic Software. Mob

dan.dimassa@innovi.mobi — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Mobile CxO Interview: Regev Yativ from Magic Software Enterprises

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Research has shown that even minor delays to website response times can have a sizable impact on customer satisfaction, page views, conversion rates and site abandonment. Despite this, an astonishing percentage of organizations (32%) do not or don’t know if their website is monitored on a 24x7 basis. That’s according to an independent global research study undertaken by Vanson Bourne and commissioned by Borland, a Micro Focus [...]

Webinar: Hadoop for Enterprises: Unleashing Opportunities

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

For decades, companies have based business decisions on transactional data stored in relational databases. But beyond that critical data, every enterprise also has a treasure trove of “Big Data”: non-traditional, less structured data, including weblogs, social media, email, sensor data, and photographs.

When Big Data is mined and integrated with traditional data, companies can achieve a deeper understanding of their operations, resulting in enhanced productivity, stro [...]

CIOs Predict 50% Increase in Number of Business Apps Moving to Mobile but are Struggling to Deliver

kellie.sturma@lewispr.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

CIOs say it takes an average of five months to deliver new versions of mobile applications for existing mobile device updates, confirming they cannot keep up with device vendors releasing updates every couple of months. That’s according to an independent global research study undertaken by Vanson Bourne and commissioned by Borland, a Micro Focus company (LSE: MCRO.L).

When organizations look to reduce costs by following an outsourcing strategy, it’s easy to think about reducing capital expenditures by avoiding purchases of hardware, software licenses and networking bandwidth. But IT executives and their finance colleagues often believe it’s even more important to use outsourcing to reduce operating expenses, because those costs usually recur and often increase over time even without increases in business activity.

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In Private Clouds One Size Does Not Fit All

katef@lewispr.com — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

By Michael Salsburg, chief architect, Cloud Solutions, Unisys
Although we often talk about “the cloud” as if it were a homogenous entity, private cloud computing is very different from public cloud.
As such, an enterprise that has chosen to implement a private cloud has chosen that model because it has very specific service and compliance objectives that cannot be addressed by a public cloud.
Most private clouds are good at spinning up virtual machine [...]

Most Popular Big Data (Bases) and Tools

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

The following is a description of current and emerging Big Data database technologies. The discussion is based on the objectives of these technologies as well as the type of data involved.
First Some Noteworthy Data Facts
An interesting implementation fact in most successful Big Data systems show that that the value of an individual piece of data decreases with time and the value of a collection of data rises with time. Additionally, the value of aggregated data should cont [...]

Cybercriminals Increasingly Target Small Businesses.

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

A recent data breach investigations report from Verizon shows that small businesses continue to be the most victimized of all companies. Is this because there are many more smaller businesses than larger ones - and the larger ones have more resources and layered security mechanisms to combat cyber attacks? The answer depends on a couple of factors.
Of the 621 confirmed data breach incidents Verizon recorded in 2012, close to half occurred at companies with fewer than 1,000 employees, includ [...]

The Future of Mobile Testing: Part 1

kellie.sturma@lewispr.com — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

There are many challenges facing developers and testers in today’s mobile world. Their products must work smoothly across as many as 1,800 different device and platform combinations, as well as predict what device manufacturers will come up with next – quite a challenge for any organization.
As mobile demand continues to accelerate, developers and testers struggle to keep pace when it comes to mobile quality, performance, and development. Last year year, 708 million people [...]

80% of Companies See Web Attacks in 2012

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Web based attacks are on the rise as cyber criminals and others who do harm to computer systems for profit or malice prey on the Web’s areas of vulnerability, and businesses are feeling the effects of the attacks on their resources. Currently the weakest link is the Web browser. Vulnerabilities in browser add-ons like Java, Flash and Adobe represent a common source of network incursions and endpoint infections. To mitigate these significant business risks many IT security experts suggest a [...]

Two Worlds, Two Languages

alexandra.wildenhaus@lewispr.com — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

I’ve always said that discussions between business and IT people at the planning stage of IT projects are critical to success. However, the fundamental difficulty is that IT and business people do not understand each other well enough – they do not speak the same language. Let’s consider the business implications and suggest how the two parties can bridge the gap.
‘Discussion’ is a conversation: two or more parties exchange views and ideas, arguing about them, [...]

Word of the Day: Exfiltrate

kate.finigan@lewispr.com — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Multiple choice: Exfiltrate is . . .
1. What’s left over after your filter removes harmful substances. “Harry, I think you better change the water filter. The exfiltrate looks cloudy.”2. Removal of a layer of carbon atoms. “Professor, was it hard for those Nobel Prize winners to exfiltrate the graphite to get graphene?”3. To leave a locale to escape prosecution. “Rocky, me and the boys gotta exfiltrate ‘cause things are heating up here.”4. Som [...]

Are IT Procurement Processes an Obstacle to Success?

alexandra.wildenhaus@lewispr.com — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

The success of IT projects is commonly measured by three metrics: did the project deliver on time, within budget and do what it was asked to do? Although there is some controversy over the scale of the problem, there is little doubt that significant underachievement in one or more of the three metrics wastes vast amounts of money. A glance at some of the high profile examples reported in the press shows just how much.
As might be expected, much effort is spent in trying to identify the root [...]

The Impact of Stress and Management on Workers

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Here are some insights on how stress and your management style may impact your IT workers according to recent research from the American Psychological Association. Remember that not all IT workers love their jobs, and it is our job as managers to try to lead rather than direct whenever possible. This can help alleviate the stress load on your workers.
So how do you manage people who are better, smarter, faster and more ingenious than you are? You don't! You lead them.
What [...]

Innovi Mobile releases 2013 Enterprise Mobility Dictionary. Great for Mobile "Noobs"

dan.dimassa@innovi.mobi — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Innovi Mobile Releases 2013 Enterprise Mobility Dictionary.New York, NY (April 5th):

Innovi Mobile : "Clients frequently ask us about certain buzzwords in the mobile industry. We decided to compile our list of the most common terms us [...]

Pillars of Success, Part Two

unisys@lewispr.com — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:00:00 +0100

In my previous post, I briefly outlined my “five pillars” underlying a successful mobility strategy. I wrote that organizations must address the following five areas as a foundation of their mobility program: organization & people; policies & governance; business processes; technology; and performance management.
In this post, I would like to go into more depth on each of these five areas. Organization and People: This pillar focuses on the culture of an agenc [...]

Pillars of Success

unisys@lewispr.com — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:00:00 +0100

As Unisys’ third annual Consumerization of IT research study indicates, the growth of mobile device use in government and the private sector continues, with 44% of workers now using smartphones at work – a 300% increase from three years ago, according to Forrester Consulting, which conducted the study for Unisys. Tablets, which were rarely used at all two years ago, are now used by 15% of the global workforce.
Driven by this evolution of end-user mobile devices, informatio [...]

How Important is Adoption for a PMO?

daptiv@barokas.com — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:00:00 +0100

What makes a successful PMO? A great deal of hard work? Definitely. But there are some other ingredients in that “special sauce” that enables a PMO to succeed. Let’s explore.

By Simon Wieczner, president and CEO, Snowbound Software

In today’s business environment, the ability to easily access and process documents of various formats is key to success. As such, web-based document viewing techn [...]