A dozen years ago, a favorite customer of mine shared an interesting insight. He told me that engineers often want to get together with their peers outside of their company to build their network and learn from one another. I chuckled and mentioned that...
Today’s executives are faced with multi-faceted challenges when guiding their organizations. Almost all would agree that speed-to-market, Cloud adoption, available skilled labor, and aging infrastructure top the list. The dynamics of any organization will greatly...
So many options! So many names! Whatever you call it, the idea of separating the user endpoint from the environment where they perform compute functions, provides a way to overcome a significant number of problems we all must deal with. With the newer capabilities,...
“Do you know what the #1 key to employee retention and satisfaction is?” We asked this question to our esteemed panelists during Converge’s annual EmpowHER event, and the answer received nods, likes, and fist bumps from our live chat of attendees. The answer? Frequent...
IMARC Group research shows the global AI market reached a value of $56.5 billion in 2021 and is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31.9% between now and 2027. With so many organizations embracing AI in virtually every industry, artificial...
Moving workloads to the cloud presents many new challenges for seasoned IT folks. There are the technical aspects which is just expanding your existing knowledge, but one hidden challenge is the billing, costs, and the questions that will likely start coming your way....
Fun with forced authentication inside a financial services network. Sometimes in infosec, it’s the little things that matter. This truth was underscored once again during a recent penetration test of a financial services client. A combination of somewhat minor issues—...
The endless benefits that come with a transition to the cloud are hard for any organization to resist. When considering the cloud’s advantages, like huge savings (up to 25% in cost savings according to CIO), improved security, performance, and...