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Misconfigurations affect 93% of cloud deployments
Combined, misconfigurations and open security groups have led to 200 breaches in the past two years, according to a report from Accurics.
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ColumnThere's no going back
The pandemic created a path to fundamentally rethink how work, the office and technology intersect. To ignore the opportunity is to waste it.
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Internet disruptions up 45% since January, ThousandEyes finds
If outages result from massive upticks in traffic, they can ripple through businesses, no matter their connection to the internet or an ISP.
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OpinionA remote workforce, urban exodus and opportunities emerging from the pandemic
Pepperdine's Charla Griffy-Brown writes about opportunities for community building and employee arrangements with the potential for addressing problems the pandemic unveiled in stark reality.
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Microsoft Teams scales to 20K meeting participants
The company is capping interactive meetings are capped at 1,000 participants, adding a "view only" option for large calls.
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IT satisfaction OK, but leaders worry about deploying tools at scale
Staff awareness of IT priorities is key as tech takes over more business processes. Most IT leaders grapple with supporting companies at scale.
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The promise of pair programming: Fewer defects, faster dev cycles
A team of developers at Indeed tried pair programming, and it led to faster development cycles. But when adopting the technique, leaders must be mindful of how it's applied.
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Building your own SaaS billing system not for the faint of heart
A system that grows as your services and pricing become more complex will be far costlier and take longer than you expect, a consultant says.
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Paradigm shift left VPNs, edge security awaiting long-term strategy
Companies are coming to terms with the reality of securing every employee's network. In some cases, they're unable to.
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5 charts that show the impact, and cost, of data breaches
With every day a breach goes undetected or unresolved, costs mount, customers lose patience, and a company earns a reputation of neglect.
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'More complex by the day': Leaders turn to automation to sustain IT efficiency
By automating processes, IT teams expect to offload repetitive work while shifting focus to higher value tasks.
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OpinionInvesting in too many cybersecurity tools could hurt defenses
While programs, software and tools are essential to any cybersecurity defense plan, these must work in tandem with security educated employees.
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Pandemic paradox: Businesses want more IT at lower costs
In times of disruption, technology became the backbone that supported company operations. Now, leaders are tasked with optimizing costs.
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The Remote Playbook: Navigating the virtual job fair scene
The traditional job fair is in the past, at least for the time being. Companies can tap into a broader talent pool through their virtual equivalent, though biases can still carry over.
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Keurig Dr Pepper leans on Google Cloud to host data footprint
Data modernization is at the heart of the agreement, echoing a similar modernization move between PepsiCo Inc. and Microsoft, the companies announced on Monday.
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Layoff worries loom for Bay Area tech workers
The pandemic hampered San Francisco's usual access to venture capital, heightening layoff concerns.
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IBM offers 1K paid internships to prepare diverse students for STEM careers
IBM's P-TECH program has a "heavy focus on students of color in educationally underserved areas in the United States," IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said.
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OpinionHow engineering leaders can enable high-performing, connected remote teams
Hector Aguilar, president of technology at Okta, offers insights about how he is keeping his team connected, engaged and empowered while working remotely.
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Email is still a hacker's wonderland, they could take or leave Slack
While attackers linger in email accounts or sell access points, Slack credentials available for sale go ignored.
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Passwords for everything. Why are they still terrible?
Passwords are the cockroaches of cybersecurity, yet the methods for managing them don't have to live forever.
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PwC: Tech M&A deal value fell to lowest level since 2016
But the pandemic will continue to press companies toward innovation, and by 2024 three-quarters of companies will move their use of AI away from the pilot stage and toward operationalization.
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Despite everything, public cloud market is faring well
Down from November projections of the public cloud market revenue growing 17%, Gartner remains bullish on cloud's ability to sustain growth.
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MSPs lower growth expectations, focus on security — and the future — instead
Taking the place of or bolstering a company's IT department, the pandemic creates a time for MSPs to shine.
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Slack's EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft exposes market wounds
Slack is asking European Union authorities for a "level playing field" and to "referee" Microsoft's return to "past behavior," Slack's general counsel says.
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More than half of execs say workers use tech they previously rejected
The pandemic accelerated use of cloud-based collaboration tools at two-thirds of companies, a Cisco report shows.
