When thinking about doing business in the cloud, security is always top of mind. As cloud technology matures and its adoption becomes more mainstream, security concerns about cloud-based software and data are shifting from shrill panic to practical embrace. When working through security issues in any...
Progress partner API Maintenance Systems develops, markets and supports enterprise asset management software. Its software, API Pro, is used by companies worldwide in a variety of industries to maintain high-value...
Back in 1951 when the sci-fi classic, The Thing, hit the big screen, its hokey but terrifying narrative about a hostile alien put audiences on the edges of their seats and probably made for more than a few sleepless nights. Now, a new “thing” or “things,” to be precise, is garnering attention...
How many of you have downloaded anything to a corporate system that wasn’t approved or distributed by your IT department? Probably most of you. It wasn’t malice that drove you. You probably spotted a tool that could make you more productive and, quite rationally, decided having it was a good...
Chances are pretty good that you are reading this on a mobile device of some kind and, odds are even better that you selected it and paid for it yourself. Welcome to the age of BYOD.
This “consumerization” of business IT is probably good news for users and, at least initially, bad news for...