bloffin, Author at Bloffin Technologies

06 Jun 2023

13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

IT leaders too often find themselves behind on business-critical transformation efforts due to gaps in the technical, leadership, and business skills necessary to execute and drive change. Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. Equally telling...

02 Jun 2023

What is federated Identity? How it works and its importance to enterprise security

Federated identity can be hugely beneficial for creating a solid user experience and better security, but it can be more costly and complex to implement. At the very heart of enterprise security is the tension between convenience and safety. The business longs for the ease of users, in competition with the demands of security. Authentication...

30 May 2023

Why cybersecurity is now a key ingredient in business resilience

As threats rise, businesses can only withstand cyber attacks with a security strategy that adopts the right technology and services – and breaks down silos. Successful businesses are increasingly realizing that the critical aims of growth and innovation must be coupled with a digital ecosystem that can cope with an ever-rising tide of cyber threats....

26 May 2023

Samsung bans staff AI use over data leak concerns

Samsung has reportedly issued a memo prohibiting the use of generative AI systems like ChatGPT to prevent the upload of sensitive company data to external servers. Samsung has reportedly banned employee use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT in a bid to stop transmission of sensitive internal data to external servers. The South Korean electronics giant issued a memo...

23 May 2023

7 enterprise cloud strategy trends for 2023

The cloud’s outlook is bright but rapidly changing. Here are the top trends to follow concerning the cloud market and how enteprises are evolving their use of the cloud. There’s no denying the fact that cloud technology is headed in many different directions, all aimed at providing rapid, scalable access to computing resources and IT...

19 May 2023

What is predictive analytics? Transforming data into future insights

Predictive analytics can help your organization forecast future outcomes based on historical data and analytics techniques such as machine learning. Predictive analytics definition Predictive analytics is a category of data analytics aimed at making predictions about future outcomes based on historical data and analytics techniques such as statistical modeling and machine learning. The science of predictive analytics...

16 May 2023

General Dynamics IT takes multicloud strategy to the next level

Having closed its last data center, the aerospace and defense contractor’s IT division is delving deeper into cloud-native applications to optimize performance, scalability, and costs in the cloud. These days, to serve the backbone corporate needs for more than 100,000 employees globally means betting big on the cloud. That’s what James Hannah, SVP and global...

12 May 2023

Ransomware attacks are increasing with more dangerous hybrids ahead

The re-emergence of REvil and anticipated convergence with business email compromise actors are among reasons why ransomware gangs are still dangerous. Over the past several years, the emergence of big-ticket, destructive ransomware attacks jolted the U.S. government into action to circumscribe the predominately Russian-based threat actors behind the scourge. At the same time, ransomware has...

09 May 2023

Top technologies that will disrupt business in 2023

From AI to IoT, advancements, convergences, and new use cases are giving rise to new avenues for IT innovation across industries, thereby transforming the business landscape to come. Despite economic uncertainty, the 2023 State of the CIO survey from Foundry reports that the vast majority of CIOs (91%) expect to maintain or increase their tech budget this...

05 May 2023

10 highest-paying IT jobs

Despite economic headwinds, demand for IT talent continues to rise. The following IT roles take home the most pay today, thanks to unique combinations of leadership, technical, and business-oriented skills. The past year was rough for the tech industry, with several companies reporting layoffs and the looming threat of a recession. But despite the bumpy year, demand...