Companies failing to make a strategic investment in technology in key areas of their business may be missing out on opportunities for growth as a consequence. That’s one of the key findings from a recent report that suggests that it’s not just operational efficiencies that investment in technology can offer, but also impressive increases in revenue growth rates. This suggestion …
How Crystal Can Give Your Sales Team a Boost
If you’re focused on sales and business development, I’d venture a guess that you’re always looking for something that will give you a leg up. Enter Crystal and the app’s seriously insightful algorithms that quickly analyze publicly available data to tell you more about people want to connect with. It could be just the boost that your sales team, or …
ITaaS: The Future of the CIO
Do you know how your company really looks at IT? Is there a rift between the C-suite and the IT team concerning the value of the cloud on a big-picture, business-minded scale? What about your employees—are they jumping on the shadow IT bandwagon and using unapproved cloud applications to do their work because the overall IT structure seems convoluted or unproductive? …
Social Submersion: Teen Instagram Star’s Message for Young Girls
Do your profiles on social media accurately reflect who you really are? How many of your “friends” could you actually call, in real-life, in a pinch? How much value do you assign to all those likes, follows, and comments? For one 18-year-old Australian Instagram sensation, it was all too much. Essena O’Neill had enough of the inauthenticity of her carefully …
Six Cloud Encryption Tips to Put in Place Now
Cloud computing and hybrid cloud have offered organizations an incredible leg up when it comes to data management and storage capabilities. As a result, the adoption of cloud technology by businesses of all sizes continues to increase. With that adoption, however, comes many considerations, perhaps the most important of which is risk versus reward. In today’s digital landscape, cybersecurity risks …
Trends in Mobility [Report]
Smartphones have become such a big part of our everyday lives that it’s easy to forget that it’s less than ten years since the first iPhone saw the light of day. To many, the fact that there was a time when our devices weren’t an integral part of our lives, connecting us to family, friends, and work 24/7 seems impossible. …
How the Internet of Things Will Impact Healthcare
We’ve been talking a lot this month about the Internet of Things (IoT)—about all its promise for businesses and consumers, its role when it comes to big data, and the risks that will accompany its rise. It’s inarguably both a powerful and challenging tool for all of us across the spectrum of enterprise, from marketers to, CIOs, to IT professionals. …
The Internet of Things is Here: Is Your Business Ready?
The Internet of Things (IoT), or as many refer to it, the Internet of Everything (IoE), fueled by the power of big data, is changing the world as we know it. And it’s definitely changing the face of business and what business innovation looks like. Consider this: In 2008 there were more things connected to the Internet than there were …
Assessing Your Enterprise Clients’ Move to the Cloud
Ah, the cloud—the place in the cybersky that enables all those applications and holds all that data for businesses both big and small. It seems like most companies these days have opted to take at least some tentative steps toward cloud—and if they haven’t yet, you can bet it’s been discussed. The more moving parts within a company, though, the …
Cybersecurity Risks and the Healthcare System [Report]
When you think about online security, it’s a fair bet that the protection of your health records will be near the top of the list of the personal data that you value the most. Well, surprise: According to a new benchmark report, your personal health information would appear to be less well protected than you might imagine. The Insights Industry …