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Event Report: The #CES2021 Preview – What’s Hot And Useful In The Enterprise

Event Report: The #CES2021 Preview – What’s Hot And Useful In The Enterprise

By R "Ray" Wang on January 12, 2021

Virtual CES Kicks Off The Conference Season For 2021 Source: R Wang This year’s CES will be all virtual as with all pandemic events.  Last year they brought in more than 171,000 guests, 6500 press and media, and had almost 3 million net square feet of exhibits with 4419 exhibiting companies.  As one of the […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged @constellationr, #CES2021, 2021, 8K, AI, Apps Strategy, Artificial intelligence, Augemented Reality, Autonomous vehicles, BlueJeans, Bosch, C-Suite, CDO, Celonis, CEO, CES, 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, China virus, CHRO, CIO, CISO, CL, com, connected devices, Constellation Research, Consumer Electronics Show, Consumer Technology Association, COO, COVID-19, CTO, CXO, Cyber security, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, display technologies, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, electric vehicles, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Awards, enterprise class, enterprise software, Environmental, environmental sustainability, event report, extended reality, Hisense, hybrid cloud, ibm, intel, Intel Corporation, Kohler, las vegas, Lenovo, lg, LG Chem, Magma, Mercedes, Mercedes Benz, microsoft, mixed reality, mobile apps, MobileEye, nVidia, Omron, Pansophic Systems, partnerships, Philips, Pre-recorded virtual events, R "Ray" Wang;, Rendever, Royole, rwang0, salesforce.com, samsung, schneider electric, Skyworth, smart buildings, Smart homes, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy, Verizon, Verizon Business, Video, video meetings | Leave a response

Dissecting The SolarWinds Hack For Greater Insights With A Cybersecurity Evangelist

Dissecting The SolarWinds Hack For Greater Insights With A Cybersecurity Evangelist

By Louis Columbus on January 4, 2021

Bottom Line: Cyberattacks enter a new era of lethal impact when threat actors are sophisticated enough to compromise SolarWind’s software supply chain with infected binary code while mimicking legitimate protocol traffic to avoid detection. To gain greater insights into the SolarWinds breach, its implications on cybersecurity strategy in the future and what steps enterprises need […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Centrify, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) Alert AA20-352A, FireEye, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53, SolarWinds, SolarWinds breach, Zero Trust Security | Leave a response

Research Report: Inside Constellation’s 2020 Enterprise Awards

Research Report: Inside Constellation’s 2020 Enterprise Awards

By R "Ray" Wang on December 23, 2020

By The Constellation Research Team The 2020 Awards Demonstrate The Power Of Humanity Amidst A Global Pandemic And Mass Digitization What started out as an amazing beginning to a new decade ended with one of the worst economies and global health crises in history.  Cultural, technological, and business model changes that would have taken a […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Partner Post, Startup Lessons, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged @dhenschen, @dionhinchcliffe, @holgermu, @lizkmiller, @lnfrance, @steve_lockstep, #CCE2020, 2020, Accenture, adobe, Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Amit Bendov, Apps Strategy, arm, ARM chips, Ascension Heatlh, BlueJeans, C-Suite, C3 IOT, C3.ai, CDO, Celonis, 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, CISO, com, Constellation Connected Enterprise, Constellation Research, COO, CTO, CXO, CyberX, Data warehouse, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Awards, enterprise software, Eric Yuan, excecution management system, Gong, google, Google Cloud, google cloud platform, hybrid cloud, ibm, IBM CLOUD, Infor, Infosys, Infosys Live Enterprise, Koch Industries, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, Modern Computing Alliance, nVidia, okta, oracle, partnerships, Pre-recorded virtual events, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Report, Royole, rwang0, salesforce.com, Segment, servicenow, Slack, Smartsheet, Snowflake, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, sridhar vembu, Thomas Siebel, TikTok, Twilio, UKG, Ultimate Kronos Group, Ultimate Software, vendor strategy, Verizon, Verizon Business, Video, video meetings, Work.com, Workfront, Yellowbrick, zoho, zoom

Burning Platform: Wall Street and Enterprise Software

Burning Platform: Wall Street and Enterprise Software

By Vinnie Mirchandani on December 4, 2020

Brian Sommer and I have recorded 12 episodes in this series – see index here. For the next few episodes, I will be joined by guest analysts and industry observers. Rob Kugel, SVP & Research Director of Office of Finance…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Burning Platform, Enterprise Software (IBM, Enterprise Software (other vendors), M&A in Technology, microsoft, New Normal COVID-19, oracle, sap

The Analyst Cam: Zoho Workplace

The Analyst Cam: Zoho Workplace

By Vinnie Mirchandani on October 17, 2020

As we have moved to virtual vendor briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short segments (with permission from vendors), as part of my Analyst Cam series. Zoho launched Workplace last month – it is a suite of 9 applications to…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Analyst Cam, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software (IBM, microsoft, oracle, SaaS, sap

5 Ways Machine Learning Can Thwart Phishing Attacks

5 Ways Machine Learning Can Thwart Phishing Attacks

By Louis Columbus on August 23, 2020

Global mobile phishing attempts surged by 37% amid shift to work-from-home for the thousands of businesses needing to adhere to shelter-in-place directives. According to Verizon, over 90% of breaches start with a phishing attack and with more than 60% of emails being read on mobile, mobile phishing is one of the fastest-growing threat categories in […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CISO, cybersecurity, google, Louis Columbus' blog, Machine Learning for Cybersecurity, microsoft, MobileIron Mobile Threat Defense, phishing, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Verizon’s Mobile Security Index 2020, Zero Trust Security

Debunking The Myth That Greater Compliance Makes IT More Secure

Debunking The Myth That Greater Compliance Makes IT More Secure

By Louis Columbus on June 22, 2020

Bottom Line:  Excelling at compliance doesn’t protect any business from being hacked, yet pursuing a continuous risk management strategy helps. With a few exceptions (such as spearphishing), cyberattacks are, by nature, brutally opportunistic and random. They are driven to disrupt operations at best and steal funds, records, and privileged access credentials at worst. Conversely, the […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, Amazon Web Services Security, Centrify, Cyberattacks, Identity-Centric PAM, Identity-Centric Privileged Access Management, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, Palo Alto Networks

How To Build A Business Case For Endpoint Security

How To Build A Business Case For Endpoint Security

By Louis Columbus on June 6, 2020

Bottom Line:  Endpoint security business cases do much more than just quantify costs and benefits; they uncover gaps in endpoint and cyber protection that need urgent attention to avert a breach. Bad actors and hackers prefer to attack threat surfaces that are isolated, vulnerable with out-of-date security patches, yet integrated into a corporate network to […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged absolute software, cybersecurity, Gartner cybersecurity, Gartner ISM, Kount, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, pandemic, RSA Conference 2020, SIEM, Zero Trust Security

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How To Know If An E-Mail Is Trustworthy

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

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Why Your Biometrics Are Your Best Password

By Louis Columbus on March 18, 2020

Bottom Line: Biometrics are proving to be better than passwords because they’re easier to use, provide greater privacy and security, and are gaining standardization across a broad base of mobile, desktop, and server devices that users rely on to access online services. In keeping with the theme of this year’s RSA Conference of Human Element, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Apple Biometrics, Apple Face ID, Apple’s Touch ID, Biometrics, Centrify, Entrust Datacard, FIDO2, HID Global, Idaptive, ImageWare, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, MobileIron, Passwordless authentication, passwords, RSA Conference, Thales, Windows Hello, Zero Trust Security

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