How’s your network? If you’re typical of the organizations surveyed for Dimension Data’s annual Network Barometer Report, there’s plenty of room for improvement.
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In a new survey of midsize and large enterprises (those with 1000 to 20,000 employees) about their use of managed service providers (MSPs), it’s clear that IT wants to get rid of some of their least-favorite chores. The most common functions outsourced by respondents were storage backup and recovery (56 percent) and service/help desk support (44 percent). The later topped the list of functions respondents are planning to move to MSPs, and twice as many smaller organizations are likely to make that change than large companies. Executives were 2.3 times more likely than their non-executive peers to be thinking about outsourcing storage/recovery management chores.
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According to a new survey conducted by Dimensional Research, enterprise adoption of iPads and tablets is growing strong. Nearly a quarter (22 percent) say they have formally deployed such devices, and an additional 22 percent will deploy tablets this year. If plans become reality, more than three-quarters (78 percent) of respondents’ organizations will have tablets in use by the end of 2013.
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According to a survey of 94 network engineers, IT managers, and executives attending Interop conducted by Network Instruments, migrating to cloud computing continues to be popular, growing 20 percent since last year’s survey.
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When it comes to keeping and managing system logs, a new SANS Institute report makes it clear the relevant word is “more.” IT is collecting more information from more sources and want to use the data for more far-reaching purposes.
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Why is the cost of online storage so expensive when the cost of physical hard drives is falling as capacity rises? Why are some cloud storage vendors shutting down their service?
According to the executives I talked to at Symform, it’s because the pricing model and technology are all wrong.
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A global survey released today by Courion Corporation reveals that one-third of the 1,250 IT decision makers in large enterprises don’t think their enterprises have accurately assessed their level of IT risk from both internal and external threats.
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A new survey sponsored by Q1 Labs is full of surprises, and not the kind of surprises you’d hope to find.
For example, more than 75 percent of the 291 IT and IT security practitioners in global energy organizations surveyed say they have experienced at least one data breach in the last year, and more than two-thirds of organizations think a data breach is likely or very likely to occur in the next year.
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