Organizations are seeing integration challenges hinder digital transformation initiatives

While 97 percent of organizations are currently undertaking or planning to undertake digital transformation initiatives, integration challenges are hindering efforts for 84 percent of organizations. Close to half of all respondents (43 percent) reporte… Continue reading Organizations are seeing integration challenges hinder digital transformation initiatives

IT and security professionals unprepared for Windows 7 end of life

An Avecto survey of over 500 individuals from Europe, the United Arab Emirates and the United States revealed that, while some organisations have already migrated to Windows 10 and are using the move as a catalyst to improve their security posture, man… Continue reading IT and security professionals unprepared for Windows 7 end of life

Legacy government networks stifle cloud migration

67 percent of government agencies’ legacy network infrastructures are simply not prepared to handle the cloud migration lift or keep pace with the changing demands of cloud and hybrid networks, according to MeriTalk. One of the biggest areas holding ag… Continue reading Legacy government networks stifle cloud migration

DevOps and digital transformation initiatives are creating insecure apps

WhiteHat Security released its 2018 Application Security Statistics Report, “The Evolution of the Secure Software Lifecycle,” which identifies the security vulnerabilities and challenges introduced into the enterprise through traditional applications, … Continue reading DevOps and digital transformation initiatives are creating insecure apps

Modern application architectures create vast business benefits

Adopting a modern application architecture is critical to business success and a significant driver of profit growth in today’s digital economy, according to the results of a global survey of 1087 IT and business executives conducted by Frost & Su… Continue reading Modern application architectures create vast business benefits

IT chiefs keep obsolete systems running just to keep data accessible

89 per cent of IT decision makers in UK enterprises admit they are keeping old or legacy applications alive just to keep the historical data accessible, according to a new study. They recognize, however, that retaining these obsolete systems leaves bus… Continue reading IT chiefs keep obsolete systems running just to keep data accessible

How to close the security update gap

Security patching is hard and patch fatigue is real. So what can be done to make the process more simple, less disruptive, and more likely to be performed in a timely manner? According to the results of a recent survey by ACROS Security, those responsa… Continue reading How to close the security update gap

880,000 payment cards, user info hit in Orbitz data breach

Expedia subsidiary Orbitz has revealed that a legacy Orbitz travel booking platform had been compromised and personal user information and payment card data might have been accessed by unauthorized parties. The security incident was discovered on March… Continue reading 880,000 payment cards, user info hit in Orbitz data breach