NEXT100 Winner Snehal Kumbhar joins Highbar Technocrat as Director - ERP Solutions - Prime Business Unit
Snehal Kumbhar has joined Highbar Technocrat as Director - ERP Solutions - Prime Business Unit. Prior to this, he was Vice President at Lodha Group where he served for seven long years. Earlier, he was associated with various companies like Highbar Technologies, L&T Infotech, Lodha Developers (Mumbai), Harshada Project Management Consultancy and Larsen & Toubro Limited (ECC Construction... By CIO&Leader
Consumer attitudes to privacy and purpose changing during COVID-19 pandemic: Study
The COVID-19 crisis is being defined by four distinct consumer behavior segments, according to the first edition of the EY Future Consumer Index, a survey of 4,859 people tracking consumer sentiment and behavior across the US, Canada, the UK, France and Germany. These are “Cut deep,” “Stay calm, carry on,” “Save and stockpile” and “Hibernate and spend”. Consumers that fall into the “... By CIO&Leader
WHO witnesses fivefold increase in cyber attacks, urges vigilance
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has seen a dramatic increase in the number of cyber attacks directed at its staff, and email scams targeting the public at large. Last week, some 450 active WHO email addresses and passwords were leaked online along with thousands belonging to others working on the novel coronavirus response. The leaked... By CIO&Leader
“Strategic assumptions” still the top concern for senior executives in Q1, 2020: Gartner
“Strategic assumptions” remained the top concern for senior executives in first quarter of 2020 as numerous other risks are set to be exacerbated by the current COVID-19 crisis, in Gartner’s latest Emerging Risks Monitor Report. Gartner surveyed 107 senior executives across industries and geographies on the top concerns facing their businesses with results showing that “strategic... By CIO&Leader
Are bots exploiting coronavirus fears?
Coronavirus is a pandemic that the world has not witnessed in quite some time. International borders are closed. Major sports leagues have suspended their games. Employers have asked their workers to work from home. Normal life has been upended and will remain so for the foreseeable future, as the world struggles to get ahead of the deadly COVID-19 virus. As the information on the novel virus... By Nikhil Taneja
Application performance a key enterprise concern in 2020 for organizations implementing SD-WAN: Study
Application performance, impacted by network complexity at the edge and in the cloud, is the key enterprise concern this year for organizations implementing SD-WAN, according to Aryaka’s fourth annual global 2020 State of the WAN report. “Modern applications are being distributed across on premises data centers, multiple public clouds (IaaS & SaaS) and edge locations. This is creating more... By CIO&Leader
Global IT spending to decline for nearly every industry in 2020 due to COVID-19: IDC
Worldwide IT spending to decline 2.7% this year due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to IDC. While every industry will be affected by the global slowdown, some will reduce their IT spending more than others. Not surprisingly, hospitality and tourism-heavy industries like transportation and personal and consumer services are expected to be the most negatively... By CIO&Leader
Bad bot traffic rises, financial services industry hit hardest: Study
Bad bot traffic has increased compared to previous years, comprising almost one quarter (24.1%) of all website traffic and most heavily impacting the financial services industry, according to Imperva Research Lab’s annual report, titled 2020 Bad Bot Report: The Bad Bots Strike Back. The report investigates the automation that wreaks havoc on websites and mobile apps and is based on 2019 data... By CIO&Leader
Huge gaps in security visibility evident during large-scale shift to remote work: Survey
More than 64% of respondents reported suffering at least one successful attack within the last year, and 59% believe a lack of network visibility poses a high or very high risk to their operations, according to ExtraHop-SANS Institute survey, titled Network Visibility and Threat Detection. Perhaps most concerning in light of the recent large-scale shift to remote work, 44% of respondents see... By CIO&Leader
IT leaders need to enable reliable and consistent virtual meeting experiences during COVID-19: Gartner
With the rapid adoption of enterprise-grade digital meeting and workstream collaboration solutions in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Gartner has identified three steps for IT leaders to improve current operations. Business leaders looking to support a newly remote workforce are relying on collaboration tools to ensure productivity and mitigate business disruptions. “The... By CIO&Leader
Over half of Indian organizations expect moderate to large negative business impact in the next six months due to COVID-19: Study
Amid the growing concern over COVID-19, 57% of organizations in India expect a moderate to large negative impact on their business in the next six months, while 46% expect this to last over a 12-month period. Signalling the long-term business impact of the coronavirus, 19% expect such an adverse impact to last over a two-year period, according to a ‘COVID-19 India Readiness Survey’ by Willis... By CIO&Leader