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Research released Monday by a cybersecurity services provider reveals how widespread the risks are to executives and the organizations they ramrod from data brokers collecting sensitive data about them The provider, BlackCloak, published in a blog the results of an analysis of 750 of its customers, most of them executives and board members at Fortu...

One of the largest IT companies in Ukraine has been waging its own informational defense against Russian propaganda since the start of the incursion When the Russian invasion began, digital marketing firm Netpeak, made a redirectional web page on its website for Russian users. That site reflected insights regarding Russian propaganda and evidence o...

My analyst life has an interesting ebb and flow, as do most professional lives, I believe. My most productive times are when I work head-down on a project, drilling into sometimes arcane aspects of the market. From that comes unique information that I share with clients first, then more generally later. Other times, I'm swimming in the general pool of CRM, explaining my research and learning from others...

In this edition of the latest open-source software industry news from LinuxInsider: With cybersecurity training more urgent than ever, The Linux Foundation's partners bring more free security classes to the internet....

Elon Musk presents himself as a free-speech absolutist. In other words, he believes everyone should have a voice He has certainly had issues with critics, brutally going after a whistleblower and a first responder, among others. So, like a lot of people in power, he feels strongly no one should take away his voice or someone that he agrees with, bu...

No-code platforms are a key tool for organizations to better secure their own mobile apps Mobile software is frighteningly insecure, warns Tom Tovar, CEO and co-creator of Appdome. This is not a tenable situation for mobile app publishers....

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced it seized the website and user database for RaidForums, a popular English-language cybercrime forum that sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world's largest data breaches since 2015 The DOJ also charged the alleged administrator of RaidForums -- 21-year-old D...

RebornOS is a Linux distro hopper's dream computing machine. It is also a great alternative for seasoned Linux users looking for a new option and for newcomers who do not mind tinkering One of my pet peeves with Linux distributions that support multiple desktop environments is the hassle of swapping out different installation DVDs (ISOs) to check o...

Though the pandemic isn't exactly in the rearview mirror yet, we are beginning to understand the effect it's had on B2B firms across the country -- and around the world One of the biggest paradigm shifts is an increased appreciation for the customer base. We can't take our customers for granted -- ever. Investing in customer success (CS) isn't a ni...

Increases in B2B fraud, cyber insurance complacency, and governance gaps in the work-from-anywhere model are among the top cybersecurity threats faced by businesses in 2022, according to a report released Tuesday by Forrester On the B2B fraud front, the company noted that fraudsters are increasingly not just impersonating people but creating shell ...

Worldwide PC shipments declined during the first quarter of 2022, but revenues, fueled by enterprise desktop sales, increased during the period Despite the first decline in PC shipments since 2020, computer revenues increased 15% during Q1 of 2022, according to global market research company Canalys....

It's no secret that consumers flock to Amazon for their online shopping needs; last year, the e-commerce giant accounted for more than 40 percent of all digital revenue, while overall sales have grown year after year Many brands, though, have unrealistic expectations about selling on Amazon. Some are too pessimistic, assuming Amazon sales are canni...

Qualcomm went to Washington, D.C., last week to host an event focused on preserving and protecting the United States' unique leadership position in the technology market The keynote and panel were populated by ex-government officials and experts on trade and technology who pointed out that, regardless of which party is in power, the government is i...

The EdTech, or education technology, industry is learning new lessons for using web apps in the wake of the pandemic. Innovative technologies are pushing learning limits for academia and enterprises alike App-based education platforms such as Codeacademy and Duolingo, for example, were already widely used prior to Covid-19. This form of EdTech is t...

The supply chain issues incepted in late 2021 have continued into the new year. Most companies still face issues of product availability and delayed shipping, along with the potential of over and understocking shelves That said, not all companies face the same supply chain issues -- or even any issues at all, so not communicating supply chain statu...

Nothing strikes fear into a cryptocurrency trader like being forcibly disconnected from the cloud. Technology downtime insurance provider Parametrix would like to make traders less fearful The insurer announced Tuesday that it's offering cloud downtime insurance for crypto companies. If a crypto exchange, wallet, DeFi or platform becomes inaccessib...

Delivery drones will be buzzing the Texas skies beginning Thursday, April 7 Wing, which is operated by Google’s parent company Alphabet, on Monday in a company blog written by CEO Adam Woodworth announced the launch of the first commercial drone delivery service in a major U.S. metropolitan area....

Object storage in the cloud is one of the significant options for organizations looking for a more efficient solution to their growing digital and cloud transformation needs. Its search capabilities and unlimited scaling make object storage ideal for unstructured data Nasuni, a cloud storage company headquartered in Boston, focuses on taking advant...

Up until last week, discrete graphics, the high-end parts you would use if you were into gaming, CAD/CAM, AI development, metaverse creation, picture and movie editing, architecture, animation, or any other field (like engineering) that required high-performance graphics, you had a choice of two vendors: AMD which was the leader in value and more bang for the buck, and Nvidia which tended to lead in absolute performance...

Brands must empower a new sense of customer engagement to meet evolving consumer expectations. Otherwise, they will fall short of business outcomes and revenue goals, according to a wide-ranging research effort The Braze comprehensive customer engagement platform is one tool business leaders can use to help foster a higher, more successful engageme...