Pandemic saw majority of businesses scrap digital transformation plans
Most businesses understand the benefits of digital transformation and have plans (in motion) to digitally transform their operations. However, as we move into the second year of the pandemic, it is getting clearer to these businesses that their current plans are subpar and need overhauling. This is according to a new report from Fujitsu, based on a poll of 750 …
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Why businesses adopting digital are succeeding in this evolving business landscape
Delivery of intuitive, secure, personalized, and frictionless user experiences has long been table stakes in digital commerce, well before the era of Covid-19. As businesses harness the revolutionary power of digital technologies, they have pursued large-scale change to adapt to evolving consumer preferences (some more successfully than others, but that’s a blog for another day). Digital transformation is a term …
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More businesses willing to place trust in cloud since start of pandemic
A new report from cloud storage provider pCloud shows just how important cloud solutions have been during the pandemic. Polling 1,500 businesses in the UK, France and Germany, pCloud found that two thirds have more trust in the ability of cloud to keep their business running than before the pandemic. Further, 69 percent expect home working to be the default …
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Most businesses struggling to optimize public cloud
Businesses everywhere are becoming increasingly confident in the public cloud and are using it more than ever before. However, they are still struggling to optimize its performance, often unable to ensure seamless availability and always-on access. This is according to a new report from Barracuda, based on a poll of 800 global IT decision makers, which claims that almost four …
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Most businesses aren’t fussed about AI and automation this year
Most businesses do not intend to work on AI and automation with any sense of urgency this year, despite the fact that board members would generally love to prioritize the use of these technologies. This is according to a new report from technology services company GDS Group. Polling more than 300 senior leaders at global companies, including 150 IT leaders, …
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Public sector businesses could be facing serious legacy security issues
Applications used by public sector organizations contain more flaws than those used by private sector firms, which significantly increases the chances an attack might expose sensitive data. This is according to a new report from application security testing company Veracode, which claims that four in five apps used in the public sector have at least one flaw. The problem, according …
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Barely any businesses have a dedicated cybersecurity team
The smaller the company, the greater the chances it doesn’t have a dedicated cybersecurity team. This is according to a new report from Python development specialists STX Next. Polling 250 CTOs around the world for the report, STX Next found that just 20 percent of companies have an internal team dedicated to cybersecurity. Larger companies with greater resources are far …
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Businesses brace for Covid-related phishing surge next year
The majority of businesses in the UK expect an increase in cyberattacks next year, a new report from Centrify states. Polling 200 business decision-makers at large and medium-sized companies, Centrify found that almost two thirds (64 percent) of respondents expect even more Covid-related phishing emails next year, while half (52 percent) expect to incur more cyberattacks. In the report, Centrify …
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Up to 18,000 businesses hit in SolarWinds hack
Further complications have been identified in relation to the FireEye data breach, which we first reported on last week. It appears that not only was FireEye, together with a couple of US government agencies, breached as a result of a tainted SolarWinds update, but approximately 18,000 companies also fell victim to the attack. SolarWinds, whose internal networks were breached by …
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Two-thirds of businesses faced one or more insider attacks in the last year
Insider data breaches, in which employees and third-party contractors expose a company’s sensitive information, are becoming both more common and more expensive. This is according to a new report from AtlasVPN, which claims that more than four in ten businesses (41 percent) experienced at least one insider attack in the last 12 months. Some suffered up to five attacks in …
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