Blog Roundup: How To Handle 5 Cybersecurity Threats

Submitted by Rick Saia on August 25, 2016, 11:30 am EDT

What’s on the minds of solution providers? ITBestOfBreed scours their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are three recent posts focusing on cybersecurity threats, the intersection of wearable technology and biometrics, and how to manage vendor risk.

DLT SOLUTIONS: 5 Cybersecurity threat trends to be aware of in 2016

Talk Back On LinkedIn: A Different Future With AI?

Submitted by Rick Saia on August 24, 2016, 10:17 am EDT

Will capitalists destroy capitalism through the development and rise of artificial intelligence? That's one of three new discussion threads on IT Best of Breed's LinkedIn page, and we invite you to comment.

Here they are:

Can Artificial Intelligence Do Real Economic Damage?

Blog Roundup: Securing The Converged Infrastructure

Submitted by Rick Saia on August 22, 2016, 2:34 pm EDT

What’s on the minds of solution providers? ITBestOfBreed scours their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are three recent posts focusing on the state of security and the new economics of information technology and its impact on the CIO.

Going Digital: Study Sees 'Turning Point' In Transformations

Submitted by Rick Saia on August 19, 2016, 2:45 pm EDT

More Digital Transformations Coming?

Most businesses may be behind the curve in their digital transformation goals, but there may be enough activity over the next few years for solution providers to generate more sales.

Letting customers decide who really leads in cloud

Submitted by IBM Channel on August 19, 2016, 11:48 am EDT

When people discuss “the cloud,” what they’re really talking about is the vast landscape of cloud solutions. Today, clouds fuel apps that are touched by thousands of organizations and millions of people every day. In a lot of ways, the cloud has become the invisible thread weaving its way through everything digital, in one form or another.

GE's Leader: Partners Must 'Embrace The Future' For IoT

Submitted by Lindsey O'Donnell on August 18, 2016, 4:01 pm EDT

(Note: This story was originally posted to CRN.com on Aug. 17.)

How A Microsoft Partner Has Profited From IoT

Submitted by Lindsey O'Donnell on August 15, 2016, 10:30 am EDT

(Note: This article, posted to CRN.com July 28, is part of CRN's weekly IoT Channel Chronicles series of in-depth interviews with solution providers to dig into opportunities and challenges the channel is facing with the Internet of Things.)

The IoT Channel Opportunity

Virtual Reality: You Are Here…

Submitted by NPD Channel on August 15, 2016, 10:17 am EDT

Although it is often best to take a skeptical view of the likely success of nascent technologies, virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) are the exception to the rule. Government, military and entertainment verticals have been trying to harness the potential of VR/AR for years. Today the convergence of technology and demand are finally coming together to create a market for mainstream commercial and consumer adoption.

Four Reasons EMC's Chad Sakac Is Big On Hyper-Convergence

Submitted by Matt Brown on August 12, 2016, 10:32 am EDT

Simplicity Amid Complication

Since he took the helm at VCE, now known as EMC’s Converged Platforms Division, Chad Sakac (pictured) has been busy spreading the word about the benefits of hyper-convergence.

IT departments embrace hybrid environments, yet CIOs lack strategies for cloud security and privacy

Submitted by Bitdefender Channel on August 11, 2016, 11:16 am EDT

As the cloud’s popularity grows, so does the risk to sensitive data. More than half of companies in a recent survey do not have a proactive approach for compliance with privacy and security regulations for data in cloud environments.

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