Blog Entries for Bill Gerneglia

Three Ways to Reduce Costs by Outsourcing Data Center Infrastructure

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:00:00 +0100

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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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Fusion-io Acquires Software Firm ID7

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Fusion-io the little known creator of flash-memory based hardware cards that are capable of turn ordinary servers into super-fast data-crunching machines has announced the acquisition of British software firm named ID7. ID7 is responsible for the creation and maintenance of special software that enables various computer storage systems to communicate with several standard interface technologies.
So what is the significance of the acquisition? ID7 just happens [...]

Cloud Computing Fact or Fiction?

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Cloud Computing - Fact or Fiction infographic by DeVryUniversity.

Wall Street Tech to Showcase ‘T5’ for BFSI on March 13, 2013

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Wall Street Tech Conference & Exchange to Tackle “T5” Technology-Related Trends Creating Opportunity, Challenge and Risk for BFSI Organizations
Wall Street Tech Conference & Exchange in Association with Forbes Magazine will explore “T5” – the five technology-related trends creating opportunity, challenge and risk for banking, financial services and insurance organizations, including…
- Outsourcing- Computing- Big Data- Mobility and- Se [...]

Cybersecurity, Private Clouds, Privacy are Top 2013 Tech Trends

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:00:00 +0100

The Global nonprofit IT association ISACA recently issued guidance on managing three top tech trends for CIOs and their organizations in 2013. These trends are expected to pose major challenges to businesses in 2013: cybersecurity threats, private vs. public clouds and data privacy.
ISACA is a provider of best practices and expertise as it strives to help its 100,000 members worldwide navigate the changing IT landscape. Many IT professionals globally will follow ISACA recommendations in ord [...]

The Changing CIO Role in 2013

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:00:00 +0100

We recently reported on the Top 10 CIO Technology Priorities for 2013. The Gartner survey has identified a top ten digital technology CIO wish-list for 2013 which includes a focus on IT in general and business ROI. This list was aggregated from a survey, which was conducted with 2053 CIO’s, who are part of Gartner's Executive Programs, at the end of last year.In addition, another takeaway from this same survey and research report addressed the changing roles of the CIO [...]

CIOs See Increases in Key Staff for 2013

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:00:00 +0100

Put the potential of falling off the fiscal cliff aside for a minute and you will discover some promising hiring news in the tech sector according to CIOs and other technology managers. According to the findings from a Robert Half Technology survey on hiring prospects for the first quarter of 2013, organizations are cautiously optimistic about the immediate future, and are ready to invest in additional IT staffing. <a href='http://adsmmi.net/w [...]

The Best Way to Protect Information in the Cloud

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:00:00 +0100

According to a recent McKinsey article authored by James Kaplan, Chris Rezek, and Kara Sprague, for effective management of Cloud resources, IT and business executives need to apply a risk-management approach that balances economic value against risks.
The use of highly scaled, shared, and automated IT platforms—known as cloud computing—is growing rapidly. Adopters are driven by the prospects of increasing agility and gaining access to more computing resources for less mon [...]

CIOs On the Move: CSC

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:00:00 +0100

Computer Sciences Corp. has named Doug Tracy chief information officer, where he will provide leadership for managing and transforming the company’s global internal information technology operations.
He will also align the company’s IT and business strategies, drive innovation and ensure transparency and effective communications within the organization, CSC said.
“A critical part of our company’s transformation initiative is upgrading the technology infrastructu [...]

Turn Big Data into Meaningful Data to Prevent Cyber Attacks

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:00:00 +0100

Contributed By GlobalDataGuard.com

Advanced Behavioral Analysis and Correlation can deliver risk-based, prioritized, actionable insight to handle Advanced Persistent Threats

Using big data analytics for network security requires monitoring and analyzing massive amounts of data to discover hard-to-detect, suspicious network activity to deter increasingly complex A [...]

BYOD Growth Continues

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:00:00 +0100

Recent research demonstrates some of the quantifiable benefits and complexities associated with allowing employees to use their own mobile devices on their employers' networks.
Most CIOs encourage BYOD throughout their enterprise. As many as 95% report saying their organizations permit employee-owned devices in some way, shape or form in the workplace.
In addition, the average number of connected devices per knowledge worker is expected to reach 3.3 by 2014. This is up from a [...]

Enterprise Solutions Address Cloud, BYOD, and Data Mobility Concerns

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 22:00:00 +0100

BYOD, Cloud Computing initiatives, and security policies aimed corporate data loss prevention are important objectives for CIOs and their senior IT management teams. The important BYOD trend and the related support issues continue to cause headaches for IT departments and their organizations.
CIOs security mandates grow exponentially as these trends permeate their organizations they struggle to prevent corporate data leaks from their private networks onto public clouds. [...]

Simplify Business Challenges with Reliable Enterprise Solutions

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:00:00 +0100

IT professionals today must continue their unrelenting focus on ROI when making investments in IT. Their company’s growth and profitability depends on a proactive approach to managing their operations. The current global economy has set up the conditions that demand organizations to strategically make investments that will benefit both their top and bottom lines in increasingly compressed timeframes. Additionally, competition within their industry requires continuous inves [...]

Cyber Attacks Increasingly Target Small Companies

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:00:00 +0100

According to a recent report from Symantec, targeted attacks on the IT networks of small businesses have doubled in the past six months.There were on average 58 targeted attacks a day on the networks and computer systems of companies with less than
250 employees or less in the last six months. This number represents almost 36% of all targeted attacks on companies, Symantec said. This number represents an 18% increase since the end of December 2011.i
According to Paul Wood, [...]

BlackBerry Balance: Work and Play on the Same Smartphone

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:00:00 +0100

Just how many mobile devices does the average person carry today in order to effectively perform their job and conduct their personal activities online? The number seems to continually increase. Workers today require collaborative tools to be fully engaged and productive from various remote office locations. How can IT managers stop this growing trend of device creep? Worker mobility can really get heavy if this trend continues. The lines between work and personal activities continue [...]

Do You Really Need a CISO to Have Security

bgerneglia@ciozone.com — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:00:00 +0100

By Rafel Los There was a lot of bustle about the LinkedIn data breach, and specifically about the lack of the CISO and CIO at the LinkedIn organization - which made me think... does an enterprise require a CISO, or even a CIO?
A story on the publication BankInfoSecurity makes it clear with a quote from a LinkedIn spokesperson - "We don't currently have executives with those specific titles, but David Henke, senior vice president, operations, oversees the functions". [...]