Enterprise News Spotlight: Enterprise Cloud Adoption, IoT Profit Center, Malware Reality
Technology hype is often a double-edged sword. On one hand, it helps build interest in innovative solutions that could revolutionize enterprise organizations, but there’s also the risk that the same technology could fizzle due to the nature of this industry. This week’s selection of articles focuses on technology trends that surmounted the hype and changed the way companies do business, particularly in the case of enterprise cloud adoption.
Other stories include how to turn the Internet of Things into a profit center, whether mobile malware is a real danger, cyber risk in the financial market and new ways channel partners can sell these new technologies.
Verizon Says Focused Cloud Strategy Working
As more enterprises and small to mid-sized businesses are growing comfortable moving workloads into the clouds and relying on cloud-based apps, Verizon Enterprise Solutions says it’s able to steadily grow business by focusing on customers specifically looking for high reliability and security in accessing multiple clouds in a hybrid environment. (LightReading)
How to Make the IoT Pay
The challenge of managing the information generated by Internet of Things devices is an opportunity for managed services companies and data scientists. The analytics and management aspect will turn out to be lucrative for many businesses; however the key to success is going to be demonstrating how these services add value for customers. (Decoding the New Economy)
Is Mobile Malware Protection Worth the Money?
If studies show that malware detection software is not all that effective and other studies show mobile malware is not that big of a threat, is it worth bothering about at all? The answer depends on how much the user is willing to gamble on the likelihood that he or she won't be attacked by malware. (Washington Examiner)
Risk of Cyberattacks Loom Large on the Finance Industry: What is the Way Out?
The Verizon 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) shows that the majority of data security incident can be classified into one of nine patterns. Just three of these categories account for two thirds of all incidents in the finance industry, with DoS and crimeware making up half of all attacks. (DataQuest)
Verizon Expands Public Sector Partner Program
Verizon is expanding its partner program into the public sector and has made a strategic hire as well as signing on Carahsoft as its first government provider. The channel program allows Verizon’s program members to offer the company’s cloud, mobility, Internet of things, advanced communications and intelligent networking solutions to the government market. (Washington Technology)
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