According to ESG’s 2010 IT Spending Intentions data, 55% of midsized (i.e., less than 1,000 employees) and enterprise (i.e., more than 1,000 employees) organizations will increase spending on information security products and services in 2010. Great news for the industry, but further analysis provides a more succinct picture: while 61% of enterprises will [...]
In the midst of the global recession, I found the RSA 2009 Conference to be a big snooze. Not much was new and the show lacked focus. I doubt whether this year’s conference will be as lethargic. Security spending is on the rise and new regulations around data protection and breach notification are [...]
In order to steal accounts from archrival Symantec, McAfee cooked up a new sales campaign recently called, “Bring McAfee to the Game.” The description of the program, which seems to pivot off the upcoming World Cup Soccer tournament, reads as follows: “McAfee will pay partner sales reps $100 USD just for telling us [...]
Yesterday the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced that it will no longer pursue the Trusted Internet Connect (TIC) initiative first announced in November 2007. TIC was considered one of the cybersecurity efforts making up the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) which was born out of National Security Presidential Directive [...]
I’ve written some not too flattering things lately about Cisco. Now I’ve got nothing against Cisco — I’m actually quite impressed with its broad portfolio, M&A strategy, and sales/marketing muscle. Cisco also has a lot of Chutzpah — taking on Dell, HP, and IBM on next-generation servers wasn’t a move you’d [...]
There is little doubt that President Obama and the 111th congress are prioritizing cybersecurity initiatives. The President outlined his plan last May and appointed Howard Schmidt as his Cybersecurity Coordinator late last year. As for the 111 congress, it passed the Federal Data Breach Bill (H.R. 2221) earlier this year and just last [...]
Last week, I participated in a webinar on virtualization along with Extreme Networks and Microsoft. During the session, 113 audience members were asked two polling questions. Here are the questions and the results: 1. In your opinion, which of the following factors is holding your organization back from using server virtualization more prominently [...]
Earlier this year, I reported that 49% of mid-sized (i.e., less than 1,000 employees) and enterprise organizations (i.e., greater than 1,000 employees) will increase network hardware spending in 2010. Well I went back and cut the ESG 2010 IT Spending Data for fun this week and here is what I learned:
Network hardware [...]
Cisco announced its financial results today, much to the delight of Wall Street. Cisco revenue beat estimates and posted 8% year-over-year growth. Net income rose 26% over last year. These stellar results prompted Cisco CEO John Chambers to declare, “we are hitting on all cylinders.” No doubt, these are impressive results, but there [...]
Microsoft built upon its Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) this week with an announcement at the Black Hat conference in Washington DC. With this announcement, Microsoft will provide a simplified implementation of SDL. The goal here is to spread the goodness of SDL to smaller or less sophisticated development organizations. Microsoft also extended its [...]
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