As IT complexity continues to rise, businesses are facing an increasingly challenging cybersecurity environment. Ransomware attacks have increased nearly 18 percent over the past year, according to a new report released by Zscaler’s security research arm, ThreatLabz. This surge in activity has significantly disrupted business operations, causing prolonged downtime, data loss, and costly recovery efforts. Here’s what you need to know to keep your business safe and secure.
I spoke with Michael Dickman, Chief Product Officer at observability vendor Gigamon, about observability in the enterprise and the many challenges of network security.
Private cloud infrastructure company SoftIron, in a move to try to displace VMware’s vSphere suite, just announced its VM Squared virtualization platform. Recently, I discussed this development with Jason Van der Schyff, Chief Operating Officer at SoftIron. “Our raison d’être has been to deliver a new type of on-premises infrastructure, which we call True Private Cloud,” he told me.
One of the challenges of the post-pandemic IT climate is that business priorities have shifted from growing and hiring with a nearly unlimited budget to re-focusing on cost savings – including IT expense management (ITEM). Companies spent too much, and now business executives and boards are clamping down, wanting CIOs to throttle back spending.
Artificial intelligence (AI) was the big theme at the recent Enterprise Connect 2024, which took place in Orlando, Florida. Companies are proactively incorporating AI features into their daily business practices at a rapid pace. However, the rise in AI’s utility creates considerable concern about data security and transparency – an issue that Theta Lake aims to tackle.