Frank J. Ohlhorst

Defining context and performing risk analysis have become the cornerstone of building effective cybersecurity. After all, today’s ideology of risk avoidance has become one of the major methodologies for eliminating the threats posed by the latest attack vectors. Yet identifying attack vectors—as well as building resilient systems—takes a witch’s brew of analytics, data science and […]

The rise of global compliance regulations such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is forcing enterprises to look at privacy issues in a new light. One of the biggest challenges facing organizations attempting to protect privacy comes in the form of data in motion, […]

Open networking software developer Pica8 has launched the Pica8 Nymble Automation Framework, which bundles together server-based tools and agents to automate software installation and configuration across open, white box and brite box switches. Nymble has the potential to displace industry network switching leaders, such as Cisco and Aruba, by bringing advanced automation tools to lower […]

Data has a story to tell–at least to those who know how to listen to it. However, data scientists who can connect the dots and bring forth insight from a mashup of unstructured and structured data are a rarity in today’s world. Many businesses are looking to supplement the capabilities of  data science pros using […]

Quantum computers will be able to instantly break the encryption of sensitive data protected by today’s strongest security, warns Arvind Krishna, director of IBM Research. “Anyone that wants to make sure that their data is protected for longer than 10 years should move to alternate forms of encryption now,” said Krishna. Krishna was speaking at […]

Seattle-based Marchex is looking to vastly improve how businesses interact with customers, increasing lead conversion, improving the customer experience and establishing repeat business. These are goals that are not lost on those trying to grow businesses in today’s highly competitive market. Bringing Additional Value to Business to Customer Interactions Many organizations have discovered that interacting with […]

Digital transformation had become one of the largest disruptions to how businesses deal with information technology. After all, the road to digital transformation is littered with speed bumps created by new technologies, such as hybrid, private, and public clouds, which can introduce the very silos that digital transformation seeks to destroy. What’s more, the prerequisite […]

There is no denying that cyber-security has become an overly complex beast to manage. Dozens, if not hundreds, of cyber-security vendors all claim to have the most important pieces of the cyber-security puzzle, yet most lack any type of unified cyber-security offering. In other words, enterprises today have to use multiple vendor products to address […]

Management thinker Peter Drucker once said: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” These are words of wisdom that still resonate across businesses today. Nowhere is that quote more apt than in the ever-growing world of wireless IT, where IT departments have struggled to keep mobile workers connected to company resources to remain […]

Businesses are facing a huge challenge when it comes to deriving actionable insights from their business intelligence platforms. That challenge is exacerbated by numerous issues, such as noisy data, questionable relevance and scattered data sources. What’s more, most BI platforms on the market only offer a static look at the data and lack the ability […]

Vipre Cloud Applies Artificial Intelligence to Endpoint Security It’s no secret that endpoints are constantly under attack from an ever increasing array of online threats. Yet few IT Pros seem to realize that their tried and true endpoint security applications are not evolving rapidly enough to counter the sophistication of those threats. Vipre Security aims […]

Comodo AEP Applies AI to Constant Battle Against Ransomware, Malware Comodo’s Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) brings multiple cloud and endpoint technologies together to battle malware threats. AEP combines a cloud-based IT and Security Manager (ITSM) console with an endpoint client (Comodo Client) and an artificial intelligence-powered file analytics platform called Valkyrie. ITSM is designed to […]