Research

Research: Information Security Industry Set for Explosive Growth

5/9/2008

Driven by compliance and public confidence issues, information security is expected to expand dramatically over the next few years, according to new research released by Frost & Sullivan and (ISC)². Worldwide, the number of information security professionals will grow from 1.66 million in 2007 to about 2.7 million in 2012, experiencing a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent. Read More

SaaS Most Important Enterprise Software Trend

5/9/2008

According to a recent survey of 850 "enterprise software customers," software-as-a-service (SaaS) continues to be the most important enterprise software trend, followed closely by Web services/service-oriented architecture (SOA), then offshoring/globalization, open source software and software industry consolidation. Read More

Next-gen WiFi Expected To Be in 99% of North American Campuses by 2013

5/2/2008

Although the wireless standard 802.11n is found in less than 3 percent of North American universities currently, it will be available in 99 percent by 2013, according to a new study by ABI Research. According to the research firm, the increases are driven by a variety of needs and demands in both K-12 and higher education. Read More

Consolidation Bringing IT Budgets Down in 2008

4/29/2008

Information technology executives are focusing on cutting costs rather than investing in technology this quarter, according to a report released this week by research analysts at IDC. Read More

CIOs See Declining Budgets in Q1

4/10/2008

Although IT budgets are expected to grow in 2008 overall, about a fourth of CIOs in the United States reported decreases in their budgets in the first quarter of 2008, according to a survey released by Gartner this month and highlighted at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo: Emerging Trends event this week in Las Vegas. Read More

Gartner: Virtualization 'Highest Impact' Tech Through 2012

4/4/2008

When it comes to infrastructure and operations, research firm Gartner says that virtualization will be the most significant trend through the next four years. Read More

Honeywell Survey Shows Security Convergence Popular but Elusive

4/1/2008

A survey by Honeywell released in March reveals that although some organizations are integrating physical security measures such as video surveillance and access control with traditional IT security system, significant barriers to convergence still exist. Read More

Research Has Chilling Effect on Hard Drive Encryption

3/14/2008

Since you've encrypted the data on your laptop, it's safe even if your laptop is stolen, right? Wrong. Researchers at Princeton have demonstrated ways to hack your encrypted data using your own DRAMs against you. Read More

Mobile Broadband Internet Use Growing Dramatically

3/11/2008

The number of computers using mobile broadband technology to access the Internet grew by 154 percent in the 4th quarter of 2007 versus the same period in 2006, according to comScore, a research firm. comScore, which measures online behavior, said the total number of computers going online through mobile broadband technology grew to 2.1 million from 854,000. Read More