The U.S. federal government has been on a mission to reduce waste and enhance efficiencies across departments, including IT. One recent example of this was President Trump’s innovation team, powered by some of the tech industry’s biggest names. It echoes a similar program that President Obama initiated in 2008. The goal for both programs: streamline…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a new draft of its Digital Identity Guidelines, and suggests a shift in password strategy from periodic changes to use of a long “memorized secret,”. The shift is within a section covering authentication and lifecycle in a proposed draft of the Digital Identity Guidelines, Special Publication…
Creating a happier workplace for all is essential, when you consider that every workday the average employee spends 8.8 hours at work or on work-related activities. That’s according to the American Bureau of Labor Statistics, and that is even more time than most people spend sleeping. Because we spend so much time at work, it’s…
Gartner, the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company, issued what it considers to be three MUST-DO tasks for IT Managers. This was in the wake of the ransomware attacks earlier this year. Malware is continuing to spread, with the WannaCry attack impacting at least 10,000 organizations in 150 countries. That’s according to European…
IT spend around the world is projected to total US$ 3.5 trillion during 2017, a 2.4 percent increase from 2016 according to Gartner, Inc. This is up from the previous quarter’s forecast of 1.4 percent due to the U.S. dollar’s decline against many foreign currencies. “Digital business is having a profound effect on the way…
