By Louis Columbus on March 22, 2020
Bottom Line: Phishing is the leading cause of all breaches, succeeding because impersonation, redirection, and social engineering methods are always improving. And, phishing is only one way emails are used in fraud. Businesses need to understand if an email address can be trusted before moving forward with a transaction. Microsoft thwarts billions of phishing attempts […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged BitDefender, citrix, Comodo, CyberRoam, cybersecurity, E-mail security, Imperva, Kaspersky, Kount, Kount Real-Time Identity Trust Network, lastpass, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, phishing
By Louis Columbus on March 15, 2020
Bottom Line: Passwordless authentication, endpoint security, cloud-native SIEM platforms, and new API-based data security technologies were the most interesting tech developments, while keynotes focusing on election security, industrial control systems’ vulnerabilities and the persistent threat of state-sponsored ransomware dominated panel discussion. This year’s RSA Conference was held February 24th to 28th in San Francisco’s Moscone […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Absolute Endpoint Security, absolute software, API, Centrify PAM, Cetnrify, cybersecurity, Louis Columbus' blog, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Sentinel, MobileIron, Nullafi, RSA, RSA Conference, RSA Conference 2020, SIEM
By Louis Columbus on December 20, 2019
Tim Steinkopf is CEO at Centrify, where he leads the management, strategic direction, and execution of the company’s vision. Tim initially joined Centrify as Chief Financial Officer in October 2011 and took over as CEO in January 2019. Before Centrify, he held CFO positions at Secure Computing Corporation (acquired by McAfee), SumTotal Systems, Purfresh, and […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, Centrify, CEO, cybersecurity, CyberSecurity CEO, google cloud platform, Louis Columbus' blog, Microsoft Azure, Multi-cloud Privileged Access Management, privileged access credentials, security breach, Tim Steinkopf
By Louis Columbus on December 15, 2019
TensorFlow is the most popular tech skill of the last three years, exponentially increasing between 2016 and 2019 based on Udemy’s Udemy sees robust demand for AI and data science skills, in addition to web development frameworks, cloud computing, and IT certifications, including AWS, CompTIA & Docker. SAP expertise is projected to be the fastest-growing […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged AI, Amazon AWS, Angular, Artificial intelligence, aws, Business process management, chatbot, CompTIA, Deep learning, Django, Docker, Ethereum, Information security process, ISO/IEC 27001, Kotlin, Louis Columbus' blog, LPIC- Linux, machine learning, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dynamics 365, neural networks, OpenCV, Oracle SQL, Python, QGIS, React (web), React Native (mobile), Risk management Robotic Process Automation, sap, Scrum (Agile), Splunk, TensorFlow, Udemy, uipath |
By Louis Columbus on April 15, 2019
An all-time high 48% of organizations say cloud BI is either “critical” or “very important” to their operations in 2019. Marketing & Sales place the greatest importance on cloud BI in 2019. Small organizations of 100 employees or less are the most enthusiastic, perennial adopters and supporters of cloud BI. The most preferred cloud BI […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, analytics, aws, business intelligence, Cloud BI Analysis, Cloud BI Forecast for 2019 Cloud Business Intelligence Cloud Computing, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure
By Louis Columbus on April 14, 2019
Gartner predicts the worldwide public cloud service market will grow from $182.4B in 2018 to $331.2B in 2022, attaining a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.6%. Spending on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is predicted to increase from $30.5B in 2018 to $38.9B in 2019, growing 27.5% in a year. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) spending is predicted to grow […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, cloud computing forecast, google cloud platform, iaas, IaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure, PaaS, PaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Public Cloud Computing, Public Cloud Computing Forecast, SaaS, SaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Worldwide Cloud Service Revenue Forecast
By R "Ray" Wang on January 19, 2019
Retail Innovation Continues To Improve As Budgets And Margin Grow Over 40,000 attendees gathered at Jacob Javitz convention center in New York City for the annual big show (see Figure 1.) The show kicked off with a keynote from BJ’s Wholesale Club Chairman, President, and CEO Chris Baldwin. Chris conveyed the impact of retail on […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged #NRF2019, 2019, Apps Strategy, best practices, Business Transformation, C-Suite, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, Constellation Research, COO, CRM, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, event report, experience management, google, google cloud platform, growth, innovation, jump start growth, Leadership, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, National Retail Federation, R “Ray” Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, The Big Show, trends
By Louis Columbus on October 14, 2018
Cloud computing platforms and applications are proliferating across enterprises today, serving as the IT infrastructure driving new digital businesses. The following roundup of cloud computing forecasts and market estimates reflect a maturing global market for cloud services, with proven scale, speed and security to support new business models. CIOs who are creating compelling business cases […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, bessemer venture partners, Cloud Computing, cloud computing landscape, gartner, idc, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure, Public Cloud Computing, SaaS
By R "Ray" Wang on June 4, 2014
Microsoft’s Platform DNA and Salesforce.com Quest For User Productivity Drive The Strategic Partnership On May 29th, 2014, the Redmond based mega vendor Microsoft and the San Francisco based Cloud pioneer salesforce announced a partnership. From the teleconference call with CEOs Satya Nadella and Marc Benioff; and in conversations with over 50 key executives, partners, and […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon, analytics, AppExchange, Apps Strategy, Big Data, Business Analytics, business intelligence, CEO, CFO, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Wars, CMO, CoIT, collaboration, Constellation Research, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer relationship management, CXO, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, google, M, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dynamics, MIcrosoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Phone, News Analysis, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, salesforce.com, salesforce1, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on May 5, 2014
Management Team Changes Provide A Breath Of Fresh Air To Culture, Customer, and Products Over 4000 customers, prospects, and partners gathered April 27th to 30th for the flagship Epicor customer conference, Insights 14, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event provided the $968M revenue, 20,000 customer, Austin based software company […]
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