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Security Awareness Training Is Not Effective, New Research Suggests

About one-third of end users do not think they are responsible for cybersecurity, and just half find security awareness training effective, Tessian report finds.

July 26, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Organizations’ IT and cybersecurity professionals are struggling to spread security awareness and build security into their workplace culture, with a shocking percentage of employees responding to a recent study that they are simply unaware of cybersecurity issues and don’t find security awareness training effective. According to a recent report from cloud email security software provider […]

Use These Windows 11 Onboarding, Test Kits To Make Upgrading Easier

Microsoft has released new Windows 11 onboarding and test kits designed to help IT pros navigate a Windows 11 upgrade.

July 26, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In yet another effort to push more users toward Windows 11, Microsoft is releasing two new downloadable onboarding and test kits designed to help organizations plan, deploy, and support a Windows 11 environment as well as labs and evaluation software to help test the new operating system. The new sources from Microsoft include the Windows […]

Spam Filtering 101: An Important Part of a Nutritious Breakfast

Careful planning is the most important part of any effective anti-spam deployment. Here's some key tips to maximize your chances of success.

July 25, 2022 Link Porterfield Leave a Comment

The first spam email was sent 44 years ago, and the threat posed by this sinister practice has grown to reach a scale that few, if any, could have envisioned back in the late 1970s. The spam problem goes far beyond annoying solicitations for questionable products and unwanted adverts from presumably well-meaning, but misguided and […]

Cisco Launches New Webex Partner Program

The new Cisco Wholesale Route-to-Market partner program for Webex is designed to help service providers serve SMBs.

July 22, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cisco is launching a new wholesale plan for service partners designed for small and medium-sized business end customers that includes a single commercial agreement with each partner and a self-service platform for service providers to deliver managed services for Webex. The San Jose, Calif.-based IT giant says the new offering also provides service providers with […]

Use These Windows 11 Simulations to See How it Works Before Upgrading

Microsoft has released a guided, click-through simulations to help end users and IT pros become familiar with Windows 11.

July 22, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Ever since Microsoft officially began rolling out Windows 11 last year, upgrading to the Redmond, Wash. IT giant’s newest operating system has become one of the biggest items on any IT pro’s lists. With restrictive hardware requirements, some organizations will be forced to purchase new endpoint devices for their users or upgrade specific components in […]

Why IT and Business Leaders Need to Solve Their Disconnect

Proposed SEC rules require organizations to report cybersecurity data, so companies need to solve the disconnect between IT and leadership.

July 20, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In March, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to its rules that are designed to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident reporting by publicly traded companies. However, a historic disconnect between IT and business leaders could make them difficult to implement. If adopted, the rules would […]

Study: IT Departments are Limited by Observability Issues

IT teams are forced to use several different tools for observability, but they are too narrowly focused, IDC research says.

July 20, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As organizations add more and more technology to their IT stack, a unified view of digital infrastructure is becoming more important, but harder to achieve, according to a new study from market research firm IDC. The study, sponsored by IT management software provider Riverbed, found that nearly all of IT teams use observability tools, with […]

Google’s Chrome OS Flex Is Now Available To Repurpose Old PCs and Macs

Chrome OS Flex, Google's cloud-first operating system designed to repurpose older PCs and Macs and reduce waste, is now available.

July 18, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is officially releasing Chrome OS Flex, its cloud-first operating system designed for PC and Macs that allows organizations to repurpose older machines with Google’s cloud-based operating system. The company first introduced Chrome OS Flex in February in early access channels, saying the offering is essentially a new version of CloudReady, an operating system built […]

Gartner: Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 3% in 2022

Gartner research shows worldwide IT spending to grow 3% and purchasing preferences among CIOs to shift from ownership to service models.

July 15, 2022 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Research firm Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending to increase 3% this year, however at a much slower pace than in 2021. Spending cutbacks on PCs, tablets and printers by consumers and spending on devices is projected to shrink by 5%. John-David Lovelock, a distinguished research vice president at Gartner, says inflation and currency exchange rates […]

Akumina Announces 86% Year-over-Year SaaS Bookings Growth as Q2 Brings Record Revenue and New Enterprise Customers

July 13, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

NASHUA, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Akumina, the industry leading employee experience platform (EXP), announced today that it celebrated yet another milestone for 2022: its best quarter in the company’s seven-year history. This continues a growth trend for the company, with three of the last four quarters surpassing the last as ‘record-breaking.’ Akumina’s leadership attributes its continued and accelerated […]