Tag: IT

  • Gartner: iPads, Tablets To Boost IT Spending

    Channel Insider Staff

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    The Apple iPad and the media-tablet market it has given rise to continue to affect the larger tech world. Market research firm Gartner, since deciding to add media tablets to its worldwide IT spending projections, has raised its outlook for 2011. The firm now expects IT spending in 2011 to reach $3.6 trillion—a 5.6 percent… Read more

  • State of IT Healthcare Security More Breaches

    State of IT Healthcare Security More Breaches

    Ericka Chickowski

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    State of IT Healthcare Security More Breaches Only four percent of respondents indicated that they don’t have any concerns about thesecurity of electronic medical information at their organization No Title Approximately 26 percent of organizations reported experiencing a security breach in the last 12 months. No Title That’s slightly up from the 23 percent of… Read more

  • RSA SecurID Breach: Is it a Brand Breaker?

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Just a few days following the announcement by EMC security subsidiary RSA that its most popular authentication token product was the target of a very focused security breach, the obvious question on many minds is how much brand damage the incident will inflict on RSA and its partners. The short answer from many security pundits… Read more

  • Healthcare IT Priorities for 2011 An Inside Look

    Healthcare IT Priorities for 2011 An Inside Look

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Healthcare IT Priorities for 2011 An Inside Look Currently HIMSS reports that the average information systems operating expense is about 2.4 percent of total expenses for U.S. hospitals. No Title Approximately 76 percent of respondents said their organization’s operating budget for 2011 would increase over 2010. No Title Close to half said their budget would… Read more

  • Green IT, Cloud Computing to Impact Data Centers: Report

    Nathan Eddy

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    According to IT research firm Gartner, Inc., four forces currently operating in the market could result in data center space requirements that will shrink dramatically before the decade is out. These include smarter designs, energy efficiency pressures (or green IT), the realities of high-density environments, and the potential of cloud computing. The company recommended that… Read more

  • 1. Touch Screens Are Just Fine

    1. Touch Screens Are Just Fine

    Don Reisinger

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    1. Touch Screens Are Just Fine After the iPhone was first made available, some wondered how the enterprise would respond to the device featuring a touch screen, rather than the typical physical keyboard. Considering iPhone (and iPad) adoption is on the rise in the corporate world, it seems that it didn’t matter at all. In… Read more