eWEEK EDITORS

People of certain personality types tend to gravitate toward certain careers. Such is the case with CIOs, and this gives us insight into their common behaviors and thought patterns. For today’s CIOs, self-awareness of personality aspects that have served them well, and those that may hold them back, is critical. A study from researcher Joe […]

In 2022, Amazon will become the largest company in the world based upon revenue. One could easily submit that this event will represent the demarcation point symbolizing the day the world moved from an energy and oil-based economy to a data driven economy. This transition from oil to data represents the most momentous economic and […]

As organizations have adapted to the new normal of increased remote workforces, cloud and digital transformation journeys have accelerated over the past year. With it, cost reduction initiatives have been put in the limelight and increased in importance. According to research from Deloitte, cost reduction initiatives have increased 74% since pre-COVID, with two of three […]

Last year may be in the rearview, but it’s a year that has permanently changed the way we live and work, to say the least. Even companies that decide to return to an office aren’t likely to completely go back to pre-2020 structure and will likely have at least some employees working from home at […]

The spate of ransomware attacks that have shaken the U.S. in recent weeks has generated a lot of media coverage, much of it focusing on the more sensationalistic aspects of the incidents and their fall out. Criminal cyberhacker gangs based in Russia. Gasoline shortages and hoarding in southeastern states in the wake of the Colonial […]

The raft of privacy laws worldwide — notably the California CPRA and EU’s GDPR — forces companies to inform users about how they collect and use personal information, and publish privacy notices on their websites. To meet these compliance regulations, privacy officers responsible for building policies typically rely on surveys and assessments to collect insights […]

Everything we buy will eventually break. It’s an axiom as old as business itself, and even today, planned obsolescence makes most of our technology short-lived by design. From a farmer purchasing a new tractor to a Silicon Valley startup procuring new software, the question has always been the same: How long will this last? But […]

The benefits of cloud computing aren’t lost on anyone. However, migrating identities and associated applications from on-premises systems to the cloud can prove daunting. Along the way, it’s not uncommon to confront issues that devour time, undermine necessary functionality, and produce security risks. While every business is different, it’s important to map out identity migrations […]

The world of data is changing, and changing fast. In the past few years, data privacy has become one of the most talked about topics. In the last decade, as Big Data grew to completely reshape the world of businesses, the focus has now turned to how this data is collected and used. With the […]

The gap between analytic aspirations and enterprise-scale ability is widening across a number of industries. Successful global market leaders are achieving returns above the cost of capital for their analytics investments, yet many companies are stuck in “pilot purgatory,” eking out small wins but failing to make an enterprise-wide difference. The economic shock created by […]