Tag: IT

  • IT Pros Say They Can’t Stop Data Breaches

    IT Pros Say They Can’t Stop Data Breaches

    Deborah Rothberg

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    In the wake of widely publicized security compromises at AOL and AT&T, a study released Aug. 28 by the Elk Rapids, Mich.-based privacy management research company Ponemon Institute finds that only 37 percent of IT professionals believe their company is effective at detecting data breaches. Citing a lack of resources and high product costs as… Read more

  • Intel vPro Promises IT Managers Less Needy Desktops

    Intel vPro Promises IT Managers Less Needy Desktops

    John G. Spooner

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    Intel aims to change the corporate desktop landscape with its vPro platform. The business desktop chip platform, which incorporates Intel’s recently introduced Core 2 Duo processor and a new supporting chip set that includes its Advanced Management Technology, will be unveiled on Sept. 7 and is expected to be used in PCs from some brand-name… Read more

  • Keep It Simple

    Keep It Simple

    Pedro Pereira

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    For technology to deliver on its promise of increasing productivity, it must be simple to use in addition to being reliable. But technology companies don’t always get that. Instead, many would rather pile on features and capabilities that ultimately hinder, rather than empower, the user. The result: Users shy away from features they don’t need… Read more

  • IT to Become Career Gateway, Not Finish Line

    IT to Become Career Gateway, Not Finish Line

    Deborah Rothberg

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    The future enterprise technology career path will meander in and out of the IT department, according to research presented a Forrester teleconference on Aug. 22. "Enterprise IT is going through a metamorphosis. The career path is not as straightforward as it once might have been. You used to start as a programmer or operator and… Read more

  • Google Mini: Can Cute Cut It?

    Google Mini: Can Cute Cut It?

    Jim Rapoza

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    While its name is synonymous with searching the Web (just look in the dictionary), Google hasn’t quite made the same kind of inroads when it comes to search in corporate environments. Who knows? Maybe Google is just too cute for its own good. Its Google Search Appliances, which are designed to provide search to huge… Read more

  • IT Industry, VARs Face Brain Drain as Baby Boomers Retire

    IT Industry, VARs Face Brain Drain as Baby Boomers Retire

    John Hazard

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    Susan Underhill calls it the perfect storm. Retiring baby boomers and fewer bodies entering the labor market with IT skills will leave the United States with a significant shortage in qualified employees in less than a decade, as demand for those skills only grows. “This is every American’s problem,” Underhill, vice president of Hewlett-Packard’s Global… Read more