Market research and consulting firm Gartner expects companies to increasingly draw on information technology “as-a-service.”
Companies increasingly opting for IT as a service
Centralized Procurement — Autonomy or Savings?
State agencies, public higher education institutions, and other government entities purchase billions of dollars of IT services using a centralized procurement function. Like any solution, there are essential advantages while the disadvantages are few. Key to those are changes to the single entity buying for many organizations.
Tags: Cloud Services // NASPO // procurement
Still in school and thinking about a job in IT?
Students currently taking courses in IT might be wondering about the skills they will need to get a good job when they graduate.
Tags: career // Cloud Messaging // HR // Internship // IT // jobs // New Jersey
Windows 10 now provides better protection against ransomware
Without shouting it from the rooftops in advance, Microsoft has built in a practical safeguard against ransomware in the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10.
Tags: Email Security // Patient Zero Detection
Common sense emailing
A lot has already been written and said about using email in a sensible way – and apparently there is a never-ending need for such wise words…
Tags: Email // User Education
Mobile emailing continues unabated
Deloitte has published selected findings from its “Global Mobile Consumer Survey 2017 – Mobile Evolution”.
Tags: Email Security // Enterprise SMS // Mobile Evolution // Transactional Email
Cyber crime especially costly for US companies
This year, Accenture and the Ponemon Institute released their “Cost of Cyber Crime Study” for the 8th time. It contains all manner of interesting findings.
Tags: Email Security // Patient Zero Detection
Plans for EU alert system: “Retailers need to optimize their product recalls”
Following the recent international egg scandal and lessons learned from other instances of food product impurities in the near past, the EU has now announced plans to overhaul its rapid alert system for product recalls. A reaction on the part of the authorities is long overdue, suggests Miriam-Carena Schmitt, a retail sector specialist at Retarus.
Tags: product recall // Retail
The Hurricane Effect: Battle of the Clouds
For those affected by the recent Hurricanes in the US, it is it reassuring to see how cloud providers can stand up to the devastation created by extreme storms. During Hurricane Irma, Retarus was tested for the resiliency and flexibility.
Tags: Cloud Services // crisis communication // disaster recovery
How to ensure that your email communication is GDPR ready
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come fully into force on May 25th, 2018. With the help of Retarus E-Mail Services you ensure that your email communication is GDPR ready.