CIO Insight Staff

By Lee Reese Most IT professionals want a rewarding and lucrative tech career, but not everyone wants to move to the most popular technology hotspots—California or New York—to do so. While salaries are highest in those two states, so is the cost of living and tax rate—in addition to the fact these two regions just […]

Who’s Mining the Data? Who’s Mining the Data? As organizations struggle to manage growing silos of information, data blending provides analysts with a more streamlined way to collect and analyze this data. Critical Component 88% of survey respondents said data analytics is important to their organization’s decisions and/or processes, with 31% describing analytics as “extremely […]

At an accelerating rate, in countless business meetings, conferences and journals, the topic is big data and its promise to deliver better decision-making, better actions and better results. That promise still exists today, but is largely unrealized so far. Exceptions can be found in data-built companies such as Google, Amazon and Facebook, or in organizations […]

Tech’s Indelible Impact on Society Tech’s Indelible Impact on Society Here’s something to think over: 25% of survey respondents would implant a chip in their brain if it gave them Internet access. Welcome to the digital revolution. Here Today … On average, survey respondents predict that, due to shifting economics and the emergence of disruptive, […]

Demand for Apps Grows but Quality Takes a Hit Demand for Apps Grows but Quality Takes a Hit Despite the growing push for more apps across multiple channels, IT leaders say they don’t have the in-house expertise to properly test these multichannel apps. Spending Spike On average, quality assurance and testing now accounts for 35% […]

How Midsize Companies Put Large Companies at Risk How Midsize Companies Put Large Companies at Risk Midsize companies are likely targets for cyber-attacks, as they usually have lax security policies and they have access to larger companies’ assets. The Perils of Password Cracking 25% of interviewed companies said they experienced password cracking during the last […]

Streaming live on this page, Thursday, October 1, 1:30 PM PT/4:30 PM ET. What once was disruptive is now considered mainstream, and new research from QuinStreet Enterprise casts a bright light on what’s next for business and IT leaders. Cloud and mobile are standard fare for businesses today, and the focus is now moving to […]

By David Ambrose For public sector organizations, email isn’t the only type of electronic communications record that needs to be archived. More courts are ruling that text messages must be preserved and able to be produced as well. If texts are related to government business, it doesn’t matter whether an employee uses a personal or […]

Why Consumers Abandon Digital Brands Why Consumers Abandon Digital Brands A new study finds that consumers are more concerned with security and privacy than with the customer experience, and they surprisingly don’t mind aggressive advertising. Top Reasons Consumers Distrust a Brand The reasons why consumers distrust a brand reach across the enterprise to include marketing, […]

How IT Spent Its Summer How IT Spent Its Summer The summer months were a busy time for IT pros, as employees expected continuous, unfettered access to company networks while working from home or on vacation. Off-Site 39% of surveyed IT pros said their employee users worked remotely more than one-quarter of the time on […]

Reducing the Time an Intruder Spends in the Network Reducing the Time an Intruder Spends in the Network IT security pros need to consider metrics such as dwell time, or reducing the time a threat is in a network, which helps strengthen overall security posture. Executives Are Tentative About Security Posture 31% of respondents are […]

By Rodrigo Flores As cloud technology evolves, discussions have been building around workload movement and the best way to move apps seamlessly across clouds. While workload mobility could create a better economic model for cloud services by treating the underlying infrastructure as an undifferentiated commodity, this flexibility often comes at a cost (or, more accurately, […]