Ericka Chickowski

Security and compliance vendor Tripwire is changing its sales paradigm with by shifting its licensing to flat-rate model that it hopes will prove to be friendlier to service providers and could stand as an example of how security vendors cater to the managed services market in the near future. The shift is part of the […]

Just a few days before the expected announcement of the Apple iPad 2, it seems the push for tablet use within the executive IT office is snowballing. A survey released last week by Robert Half Technology found that nearly half of CIOs believe their companies will increase the use of tablets in the next two […]

For the second year in a row, the security minds at the RSA Conference were fixated on cloud security. Crowds on the expo floor flocked around vendors  such as Zscaler presenting their take on what it means to secure the crowd and long lines snaked through Moscone corridors in anticipation of talks such as "Cloud  […]

How IT Can Help Improve Healthcare 94 percent of doctors said their patients at least sometimes forget or lose track of potentially important things they are told during doctor visits. No Title 34 percent of the doctors said they themselves at least sometimes forget or lose track of potentially important things that their patients tell […]

Tech CFOs Sound Off On 2011 77 percent of CFOs at top U.S. tech companies expect revenue to increase in 2011. No Title These financial leaders forecast an increase of 10.4 percent over 2010–a big improvement over the slim 1.6 percent increase in 2010 over 2009. No Title 78 percent of tech CFOs believe that […]

Start With a Policy Plan Reducing USB risks starts by recognizing how they could be a danger for your organization. This means developing a set of policies that guide users as to which USB devices they can use to access corporate information, how they can be used and how these devices will be managed within […]

Top IT Jobs and Markets Average earnings for IT workers at companies with more than 5,000 employees: $88,075. No Title Workers with experience in Advanced Business Application Programming garnered an average $105, 887 last year. No Title Those with Informatica experience earned an average of $101,989. No Title IT pros with experience in Extract Transform […]

Eric Schmidt Hands Reigns Back to Page When the VCs really started pouring money into Google, the strings attached were that Sergey Brin and Larry Page step aside for a more mature CEO to lead corporate development. Since 2001, Eric Schmidt helped grow Google into a powerhouse. A decade later, he is giving the leadership […]

25 Facts You Should Know About Google 1. Google’s initial name was "BackRub," in reference to the way it was designed to check backlinks in order to rank a site for search results. No Title 2. Google’s first investor, Andy Bechtolsheim, wrote the company a check for $100,000 a full month before it even existed. […]

Though economic and personnel satisfaction indicators are showing that IT is on the mend, that won’t necessarily translate into big salary increases for 2011. Experts say that typical IT wages are relatively flat, except in very special situations. The most recent CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence index, a quantified measurement of industry feelings about the […]

HP It’s a rivalry for the ages, with Dell and HP squaring up toe-to-toe in most major IT markets. It hurt when HP overtook Dell as PC market leader several years ago and it smarted when HP won 3Par, but the recent Compellent deal shows Dell will keep getting off the mat for another swing. […]

25 Facts About Dell 1. Initially called PCs Unlimited, Dell got its start out of Michael Dell’s dorm room at the University of Texas in 1984. He was only 19. No Title 2. Started with just $1000 seed money, the company grew so rapidly that its 1988 IPO raised $30 million. No Title 3. When […]