Ten best practices for managing technology assets Ten best practices for managing technology assets As the pandemic continues to linger and disrupt, enterprises are settling into a new operational model that has work-from-anywhere as its core driver. Employees and their technology will continue to work in either a fully… Read More
How Ready Are You for a Hybrid IT Environment? How Ready Are You for a Hybrid IT Environment? Working in the enterprise IT domain has always been interesting; regardless of how prepared you think you are there is always some new disruptive technology or event that manages to keep everyone on their toes.… Read More
How IT Audits Can Reduce Your Attack Surface How IT Audits Can Reduce Your Attack Surface For many CIOs and their IT teams, audits are a painful inconvenience. Traditionally audits involved building detailed spreadsheets with data manually collected from various IT asset management systems. A modern technology management platform can transform… Read More
Glossary: Frequently Used Acronyms in Enterprise Technology Management (ETM) Glossary: Frequently Used Acronyms in Enterprise Technology Management (ETM) CCPA - The California Consumer Privacy Act adds another layer of complexity to compliance related to risk mitigation. The associated requirements can trigger a shift in internal processes and/or policies related to CCPA oversight, such… Read More
Crush Every IT Audit Through Enterprise Technology Management Crush Every IT Audit Through Enterprise Technology Management The annual or semi-annual IT audit is about as enjoyable as a root canal. Counting devices and licenses. Checking on status of assets and systems. Counting up all the cloud infrastructure and SaaS log-ins. Audits… Read More
Enterprise Technology Management and Cybersecurity Enterprise Technology Management and Cybersecurity We are living in the era of the fully connected enterprise, and of near-constant cybersecurity threats. CTOs and CISOs have long since realized that data and information trapped inside of silos is far less valuable… Read More
Workflows and the Rise of True Holistic Integration Workflows and the Rise of True Holistic Integration Every business runs on workflows. Whether you process mortgages, manufacture machinery, provide health care, or nearly anything, your business output is the result of one or more workflows. Workflows are divided into steps, with different… Read More
IT Business Value: Three Paths IT Business Value: Three Paths For the last decade, tools to count and manage IT assets have been viewed as cost centers. Managing ITAM, UEM, CMDB, SAM and MDM tools was a necessary requirement to passing audits, maintaining compliance, and… Read More
Ready for Real-Time Compliance? Ready for Real-Time Compliance? What's even more challenging than periodic compliance? Real-time compliance. Many IT teams and CIOs view System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 compliance as a painful annual exercise. This is understandable. SOC-2 is a rigorous reporting… Read More
Remote Work: Managing Technology Sprawl Remote Work: Managing Technology Sprawl With remote work a reality for more employees and companies than ever before, technology has become far more critical as the glue that holds teams and businesses together. Even prior to COVID-19, remote work was… Read More
The Big Picture on IT Asset Management The Big Picture on IT Asset Management There are multiple, pervasive trends driving how enterprises interact with their IT ecosystem. These trends affect everyone’s day to day workflow, as well as any experience of their customers. Understanding the big picture that’s driving… Read More
Ransomware On The Rise: Is Your IT Organization Ready? Ransomware On The Rise: Is Your IT Organization Ready? One of the leading healthcare institutions fighting the COVID-19 scourge, the University of California at San Francisco, was shaken down by ransomware gangs in late June to the tune of $1.14 million dollars. A malicious… Read More
