Judy Redman

Judy Redman

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Judy has been a technology writer for more than 20 years on a variety of topics including software, telecom and computing in general.

jdodge just commented on So in the end, security is in IT Performance

So in the end, security is BOTH a constraint and a value add, no?

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 15:15

jdobbs just commented on I think it depends somewhat in IT Performance

I think it depends somewhat on your industry. For instance, for banks, credit card companies, hospitals and others that utilize personal or financial information, good security is a competitive advantage. My bank regularly reminds me that the “security of your personal information is important to us.” This is a double-edged sword, however. Boast too much about how secure you are and you will likely invite cyber attacks. Hackers love a challenge. If you are in the R&D business, protecting your intellectual property has a direct long-term impact on your bottom line. For some industries, heavy equipment manufacturing for instance, security is more of a defensive proposition. The most likely damage a hacker could do is disrupt your production schedules. No distinct competitive advantage but a business necessity.

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 15:08

jimgardner just commented on There's no doubt that in IT Performance

There's no doubt that security is a value-add, but its also table stakes.

In my area, SaaS, essential security is presumed - table stakes. In that way, its a defensive move. Offensively, the incremental improvements, vertically oriented enhancementts, transparennt communications, that's all offensive manuvering for the security team.

Just last week, HP SaaS CISO Nir Yitzak sat down with HP Cloud STrategist Christian Verstratae to discuss many of these same issues. That an be viewed here: http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Grounded-in-the-Cloud/Security-and-Software-as-a-Service-discussed-at-HP-Discover-2013/ba-p/610037

Ultimately, its about the company culture, and if security is more or less provided the stick (punishment for failure) or carrot (reward for finding workable solutions). I think there is a place for both in an enterprise (as a customer I don't want too many carrots offered, ass a businessperson, I don't want to discourage innovation).

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 15:02

RickBlaisdell just created content How businesses are addressing cloud BI data integration concerns

Although cloud computing solutions and services are widespread, business intelligence solutions have not been adopted at a large scale in the last five years, according to Howard Dresner's 2012 Wisdom of Crowds Cloud BI Market Study. The good news is that investments in cloud based BI are growing and cloud BI data integration is only at the beginning of a long trend.

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 13:09

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What you need to know about Hadoop

Mon, 10/01/2012 - 20:30

It’s no secret that big data offers big value. But enterprises know that to exploit it, they must capture a tremendous volume of data, in myriad forms, and contain it in a database capable of running complex and comprehensive analyses.

Today, costs of scaling traditional systems have grown prohibitive. So the pressure is on to find a new solution. Enter: Hadoop.

How to achieve stronger cloud security

Thu, 09/27/2012 - 01:01

Despite growing cloud adoption in the enterprise, security remains a concern. How cloud vendors—and customers—approach security is still developing, and best practices and policies are just emerging.

What will the CIO become in the year 2020?

Thu, 08/23/2012 - 00:58

Technology has profoundly transformed the world in recent years. In the last decade alone, mobility, cloud, social media and big data have changed the landscape of IT dramatically. One group affected perhaps the most by the ever-changing landscape is the CIO.

3 principles for gaining agility through DevOps

Fri, 07/27/2012 - 16:28

There’s a lot of noise out there about DevOps right now—and with good reason. With its goals of removing IT bottlenecks and putting the business back in charge of innovation speed, DevOps focuses on putting new ideas and tools into action faster and more efficiently. The idea of extending “agility” from conception to delivery improves IT’s ability to respond to business needs.

Think about how its principles can yield meaningful results for your business.

6 steps to get your analytics system ready for big data

Wed, 07/25/2012 - 19:10

The business intelligence insights your organization has in all the data it stores can lead to game-changing opportunities--if your analytics system has the power to uncover them. Traditional data analytics are often maxed out by big data, unable to return results in a timely fashion, resulting in missed business opportunities. Business and marketing leaders can’t execute on new ideas to generate more revenue because IT can’t support their requests to add new data sources to existing queries.