The Internet of Things can have a significant impact on the IT environment.

“Smart” buildings and lighting systems that automatically adjust for optimum energy efficiency and comfort. Medical devices that report vital signs and other data to doctors.

Data privacy laws such as the CCPA provide a framework 
for safeguarding customers’ personal information.

Businesses collect and evaluate vast amounts of customer data to identify opportunities for growth, personalize marketing campaigns, and improve their products and services.

Cybersecurity officials warn that the worst of Log4Shell exploits are yet to come.

Federal cybersecurity officials say there have been few successful exploits of a critical vulnerability in a widely used logging utility for Java-based software. It may only be a matter of time, however.

IT Modernization is key to reducing risk and driving improved business outcomes.

Many organizations today are trying to meet 21st-century business requirements with 20th-century technology. Outdated systems make up nearly a third of the typical organization’s technology stack, according to a Vanson Bourne survey, and 80 percent of IT leaders say failure to modernize these systems will limit long-term growth.

Co-managed support services help relieve the strain on overextended internal IT teams.

The largest enterprise organizations often have the necessary resources to fully staff an in-house IT department. Meanwhile, small businesses with tight budgets usually find it more cost-efficient to outsource IT services to a third-party provider.

Multifactor authentication goes to extra lengths to improve security.

Hackers don’t usually try to force their way into corporate networks by defeating cyber defenses. Instead, they’re more likely to gain entry using legitimate user credentials.

According to the Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report, 61 percent of security breaches involved credential abuse.

Defense-in-depth strategy can help organizations counter surging levels of cybercrime.

Although exact figures won’t be tallied for another couple of months, most security analysts expect 2021 to rank as perhaps the worst year ever for cybercrime. With data breaches, ransomware attacks, phishing scams and malware infections all increasing at a record pace, global damages from cybercrime are expected to reach more than $6 trillion by the end of the year — six times more than in 2020.

Don’t expect cybercriminals to take a vacation in 2022.

“The sophistication and scale of cyberattacks will continue to break records, and we can expect a huge increase in the number of ransomware and mobile attacks,” said Maya Horowitz, VP of Research at Check Point Software.

How hyperconverged infrastructure helps small businesses simplify IT infrastructure and management

The combination of increasing IT complexity and worsening tech skills shortages has been a double-whammy for small to midsized businesses (SMBs). Nearly three-quarters say the need to rapidly deploy new technologies in recent years has made it nearly impossible to effectively manage their IT environments, according to a Vanson Bourne survey.

New solutions featuring AI, encryption and cloud-based analytics key to halting increasingly sophisticated threats.

Anytime-anywhere network connectivity has fundamentally changed how, when and where work gets done, but it also presents additional challenges.

Despite the ongoing transition to the cloud, small businesses will still derive a host of benefits from an on-premises network setup.

Cloud infrastructure has changed the way businesses operate by enabling universal access to essential applications, services and system resources.