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Does big data mean big risks for businesses?
Now that businesses have collected and stored all of this data, how are they going to protect it? And most importantly, how are they going to use if safely and legitimately? ISF's Steve Durbin outlines...
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Stealthy startup Bluebox gets $9.5M to secure a BYOD world
A startup called Bluebox has raised $9.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz and Andy Bechtolsheim, among others, although the world will have to wait a little longer to hear about the technology...
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Exclusive: SpiderCloud lands NEC contract to build private 3G networks
SpiderCloud Wireless just closed a big $35 million funding round, but it’s about to reveal a deal arguably of much bigger importance. On Thursday, SpiderCloud will announce a new contract with NEC to...
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Survey: Outside the office, workers turn to the tablet over the PC
When enterprise employees finish up their work at home they're increasingly turning to tablets rather than powering up their laptops or desktop PCs, according to new survey from Alfresco. The tablet...
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Box scores a big $125M payday
Box will use the $125 million to expand its international presence beyond a new London office, says CFO Dylan Smith. The Series E cash influx led by General Atlantic Partners, brings total funding for...
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BYOD-friendly or BYOD-adverse? Critical criteria for picking a cloud vendor
In our increasingly BYOD world, employees expect to have open and mobile access to their work and apps. Meanwhile, IT still needs to keep sensitive business data secure. What's a stressed out CIO to...
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Ting isn’t just supporting Sprint phones, it’s hinting at a much freer device...
Radical virtual network operator Ting is at it again. The company with innovative cellular plans will let customers bring their own Sprint device to the service. But that's short term; long term, Ting...
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VMworld shows a VMware in flux
Nearly all the news out of VMworld 2012 shows a company in flux. With a new CEO and its core server virtualization market commoditizing, VMware continues to push into new areas -- end user computing,...
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It’s a BYOD world, but you still need to eat your own dog food
Does it make good business sense for Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon (or any high tech company) to make its employees use its products alone? The great dogfooding debate rages on anew in the...
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Accel pumps $50M into Tenable Network Security
Some of the largest companies in the world use Tenable Network Security's vulnerability-management software, and now the company has a $50 million investment from Accel Partners. Between its voluminous...
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Do you really want your CMO in charge of IT?
It makes sense for the CMO to help pick which technology marketing uses -- but marketing is just one of many departments of a company. In this age of BYOD, all that autonomy will lead to more "rogue"...
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Cloud, consumerization of IT makes life tough for CIOs
CIOs that try to thwart user demand for latest-and-greatest consumer technologies in the workplace could be an endangered species, according to speakers at Structure Europe. Better to accommodate and...
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6 ways big data is helping reinvent enterprise security
What's true in the rest of the world is true for security software, as well: more data means more intelligence. Thanks to the emergence of new techniques for storing, collecting and analyzing data,...
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Sprint starts assembling a connected car dream team
Sprint's approach to the connected car is certainly odd for a carrier. Instead of focusing on connectivity, Sprint wants to become an automotive infotainment and telematics systems integrator. To...
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Guess what Mr. CIO? One in five of your employees uses Dropbox at work
Given Dropbox's huge popularity -- it claims 100 million users -- it's not surprising that many workers use it at the office. But that trend is worrisome to IT departments concerned with security...
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Citrix, now all about mobility, buys Zenprise to boost BYOD effort
Credit the BYOD boom with this one: Citrix is buying Zenprise for its mobile device management expertise. Citrix launched a new push on enterprise mobility at its Synergy conference last spring....
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Surprise! Consumer apps get IT approval in small businesses
Employees are driving business apps selection in many small and medium businesses, according to new research. A good percentage of productivity, social and collaborative apps now sanctioned by IT in...
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Want to run Windows through an HTML5 browser? Mikogo has you covered
The screen-sharing operation just released Mikogo Cloud Desktop, which lets businesses access full-fat Windows desktops on tablets, smartphones and other desktops. And yes, that can mean Windows 8 on...
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Podcast: How enterprises can build successful BYOD programs
The latest GigaOM Research podcast examines the value of BYOD in enterprises and how companies can address security, privacy, and the latest technologies. Podcast: How enterprises can build successful...
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Ionic Security raises $9.4M to make BYOD safe
An Atlanta-based startup called Ionic Security has raised a $9.4 million Series A-1 round to develop its technology that aims to let employees access data on whatever devices and networks they want...
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