As I mentioned in an earlier blog, the novelty of the Cloud is giving way to practicality. We are seeing more and more customers moving past the hype and begin a more thorough investigation of the reality of the Cloud’s capabilities – both opportunities and challenges. As the Cloud environment continues to evolve, we set…
By Paul SavillIn early May, my Internet Middleman post described how a tiny number of very large broadband network operators, mostly in the United States, are using their market power to try to extract arbitrary access charges, and in so doing, are degrading the service they sold to their paying broadband customers. They achieve this degradation by…
By Mark TaylorThe way I see it, the novelty of Cloud computing has given way to practicality. Cloud seems to have taken over the world, from news headlines to IT meetings to the recent introduction of iCloud Drive. But for all the talk, it seems the focus is shifting from questioning “what to do” to “how to…
By Paul SavillHop on the Internet and go to your favorite news website. Chances are you are going to see an article or two every day (at least it seems like that) about some type of data breach or hack involving a well-known, well-respected brand. Let’s be honest….this is just the tip of the iceberg, for every…
By John Ayers“Back to School” is on many of our minds, at the moment. Whether you have toddlers or teenagers (or no kids at all), one cannot escape the slew of catchy Target TV jingles and ads from Office Depot and Staples touting 10 cent crayons. As a kid, I used to get giddy about going back…
By Corinne Shalvoy
Unstated, mismatched assumptions are the source of many disagreements among reasonable people who would otherwise converge on identical conclusions. A recent snafu of my own doing serves as an illustration. A couple of months ago, I planted this question in an anonymous survey that went out to employees in our company who had just taken…
By Aaron Ballew, PhD
New technologies are changing our lifestyle. Virtually everyone is online (and watching cat videos or commenting on news articles) and the data all this activity creates is running through the network in real-time. Companies aware of these changes are adjusting and preparing themselves for this huge information influx, which has become a central asset and…
By Olavo Poleto Filho
As we approach the second year of mandatory insurance marketplaces this open enrollment, many IT and telecommunication leaders are likely starting to sweat. Last year, payers were unprepared for what was an unprecedented spike in online and caller activity as the industry made its inevitable shift towards a more retail, B2C environment. Websites slowed or…
By Karin Ratchinsky
Network security professionals must realize that staying ahead of today’s threats requires a defense-in-depth approach in which security is built into the fabric of their network, with 24 x 7 vigilance and based on global Internet and security research. Finding the resources or the right managed security services provider (MSSP) to address the evolving cyber-security…
By John Ayers
For quite some time we have considered it normal to use the Internet as a channel to download content, though in recent years, the Internet has become a channel through which to watch content live. In this increasingly interactive and collaborative environment, in which a matter of seconds may make the difference for consumers in…
By Alejandro Girardotti
