Pandemic pushes about 90% Indian IT leaders to secure organizational data: Survey

Maximizing the value of data is important as businesses continue to navigate an unprecedented worldwide situation. As organizational reliance on data continues to rise amid the pandemic, Druva’s 2020 Value of Data Report uncovered rising concerns among Indian businesses about data protection, the growing need to enhance resilience, and the role data agility plays in enabling organizational... By CIO&Leader

One third of businesses exceeding their cloud budgets by as much as 40%: Survey

More than one-third of businesses have cloud budget overruns of up to 40%, and one in 12 companies exceed this number, according to Pepperdata survey.  The survey was conducted to better understand how organizations run their big data applications and workloads in the cloud. Companies polled ranged in size from 500 to more than 5000 employees, and spent from USD 500,000 to more than USD 10... By CIO&Leader

Microsoft, Amazon, Google account for over half of today's 600 hyperscale data centers: SRG

The total number of large data centers operated by hyperscale providers increased to 597 at the end of 2020, having more than doubled since the end of 2015, according to Synergy Research Group. In terms of location, the US continues to account for almost 40% of the major cloud and internet data center sites. The next most popular locations are China, Japan, Germany, the UK and Australia, which... By CIO&Leader

Top trends in cybersecurity in 2021

There are key trends that will shape the cybersecurity industry in the coming year. With evolving tactics that increase the risk and impact of ransomware and phishing, combined with the New Normal of remote workforces, Cyberinc CEO Samir Shah believes that remote browser isolation (RBI) will prove its value as a critical must-have enterprise technology in 2021. “As mass-scale... By CIO&Leader

IT security recommendations for businesses in 2021

Remote work will catalyze a shift from the corporate perimeter concept to micro-office security certification. Outsourcing of IT and cybersecurity functions will be crucial to solve expertise shortages and save budgets. To coordinate managed service providers along with using multiple cloud services, cloud security and management skills will become a ‘must have’. These and other cybersecurity... By CIO&Leader

Indians feel most secure while ordering food online; least while online dating: Study

While the shift to a digital-first life was brought on by the global pandemic, Indian consumers have shown an increased online footprint, with activities like online banking (68%), financial planning (55%), and personal shopping (63%) at the top of the list, according to McAfee’s 2021 Consumer Security Mindset Report. With the increase in activities online, consumers are potentially... By CIO&Leader

WFH-related phishing email attacks on the rise: Study

Work-related email subjects such as corporate policy changes are becoming more popular with the coronavirus pandemic continuing to keep more people working from home, according to KnowBe4 study. Covering the entire fourth quarter, real phishing emails that were reported to IT departments related to working from home are on the rise. Social media messages are another area of concern when it... By CIO&Leader

Global IT spending to grow 6.2% in 2021: Gartner

Worldwide IT spending will total USD 3.9 trillion in 2021, an increase of 6.2% from 2020, according to Gartner. Worldwide IT spending declined 3.2% in 2020 as CIOs prioritized spending on technology and services that were deemed “mission-critical” during the initial stages of the pandemic. The unprecedented speed of digital transformation in 2020 to satisfy remote working, education... By CIO&Leader

Automation and no-code driving future of business operations: Study

Enterprises are placing increasing value on business operations, according to Tonkean-Lucid’s study, tilted State of Business Operations. More than 95% of respondents indicated that business operations have become a more important function in their organization in the past year. The survey of 500 IT and business operations professionals at large and mid-sized companies, fielded in November of... By CIO&Leader

API abuse a leading threat; enterprises unprepared for bot traffic: Study

Global organizations are struggling to maintain consistent application security across multiple platforms, and they are also losing visibility with the emergence of new architectures and the adoption of Application Program Interfaces (APIs), according to Radware’s 2020-2021 State of Web Application Security Report. A major factor in these challenges was the need to adjust rapidly to a new remote... By CIO&Leader

2021: An Enterprise IT Odyssey

After last year’s extraordinary times, this year comes to us with a lot of hope. For the last six months, we have been talking about the New Normal. Of course, there is a lot of debate around what this New Normal will be – for a company, an industry and the world of business in general.  There are some broad agreements. At least, the discourse has found some common grounds. We will... By Shyamanuja Das

2021: The Year of Hope

“Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday,” said popular American actor of yesteryears, John Wayne. We have no option but to make our tomorrow hopeful. Never have we—in our lifetimes—seen such a short period teaching us so much, as we have seen in the pandemic-stricken 2020.    It is for us to make sense of the change.   Some changes were just... By Shyamanuja Das