By Louis Columbus on October 5, 2019
Gartner predicts $137.4B will be spent on Information Security and Risk Management in 2019, increasing to $175.5B in 2023, reaching a CAGR of 9.1%. Cloud Security, Data Security, and Infrastructure Protection are the fastest-growing areas of security spending through 2023. 69% of enterprise executives believe artificial intelligence (AI) will be necessary to respond to cyberattacks […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Absolute Endpoint Security, absolute software, AI, cybersecurity, endpoint security, Louis Columbus' blog, machine learning, MobileIron, Symantec, Zero Trust Framework, Zero Trust Security
By Louis Columbus on March 24, 2019
Bottom Line: Instead of only relying on security vendors’ claims about Zero Trust, benchmark them on a series of five critical success factors instead, with customer results being key. Analytics, Zero Trust Dominated RSA Analytics dashboards dominated RSA from a visual standpoint, while Zero Trust Security reigned from an enterprise strategy one. Over 60 vendors claimed […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Akamai, Capgemini, Centrify, Cisco, Ledios Cyber, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, MobileIron, Palo Alto Networks, RSA Conference, Symantec, Trend Micro, Zero Trust Privilege, Zero Trust Security, ZTP
By Bob Warfield on January 9, 2017
Recently, I needed to purchase an SSL Certificate to get a Norton Seal on my web site. Such seals signify the site has been swept for malware and generally give visitors a sense of confidence that the site is legit and safe. Originally, the seal could be purchased separately (and more cheaply) from the SSL […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged customer service, Customer Support, SaaS, Symantec |
By Louis Columbus on February 17, 2014
The five highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date in the Cloud Computing Index are Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), Fusion-IO (NYSE:FIO), Qualys (NASDAQ:QYLS) and Workday (NYSE:WDAY). A $10K investment in Akamai on January 2nd of this year is worth $12,901 and $10K invested in F5 Networks is worth $12,509 as of market close yesterday. IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP share […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on November 25, 2013
IBM Acquires Fiberlink (MaaS360) For Mobile Management And Security On November 13th, Blue Bell, PA based Fiberlink Communications signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Armonk, NY based IBM for an undisclosed sum. Fiberlink has over 3500 clients in key verticals such as financial, retail, public sector, education, and healthcare. IBM expects to close […]
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By Louis Columbus on August 26, 2013
One of the most common questions I get from students is where they can find free cloud computing and enterprise software research. Few if any of my students work for companies who have subscriptions with the top analyst firms however. A small group of students are working on a start-up on the side and want […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Big Data, BMC Software, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, customer relationship management, Data Driven, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, gartner, Infonetics Research, Louis Columbus' blog, Magic Quadrant, microsoft, software as a service, Symantec, Tech, VMware, Yankee Group |
By Louis Columbus on July 15, 2013
Comparing the latest Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) List Of Top 100 Global Software Leaders published in May of this year with current Glassdoor ratings based on employee feedback provides valuable insights into the best software companies to work for in 2013. The Glassdoor ratings of the percentage of employees who would recommend their employer to […]
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By Louis Columbus on May 6, 2013
Every year Barron’s and HOLT, a unit of Credit Suisse collaborate to create a ranking of the 500 largest publically-traded companies who are headquartered in the U.S. and Canada. This year’s list was published yesterday and is available to Barron’s subscribers at the link Barron’s 500 list. If you don’t have a subscription try Googling […]
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By Louis Columbus on March 29, 2013
Earlier this month The Ethisphere Institute announced their seventh annual list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. Jacquelyn Smith wrote an excellent analysis titled The World’s Most Ethical Companies where she provides an overview of the methodology and selection process. You can review the methodology and see a full list of the winning companies here. […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Big Data, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Data Driven, enterprise software, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, salesforce, salesforce.com, Symantec, Tech, Teradata, ticker=NASDAQ:ADBE, ticker=NASDAQ:MSFT, ticker=NASDAQ:SYMC, ticker=NYSE:CRM, ticker=NYSE:TDC, wipro |
By Tom Raftery on October 6, 2010
I attended Symantec’s Vision 2010 event in Barcelona yesterday and I found it to be hugely frustrating! Symantec are one of the world’s largest computer security companies with 31,000 customers, 18,400 employees (PDF), and revenue in 2009 of $6.2 billion. At yesterday’s Vision event however, they missed lots of great opportunities to talk up their […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged arvision, data deduplication, dynamic storage tiering, green it, Storage, Sustainability, Symantec |