Arbor Networks’ 2013 research of DDoS activity in the Middle East has revealed that the average size of attacks in the region is 2.376Gbps and the average duration of an attack exceeds an hour and ten minutes.
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Only 1% of global CIOs have deployed blockchain technology: study
Only one percent of CIOs indicated any kind of blockchain adoption within their organisations, according to Gartner's 2018 CIO Survey. The study also found that only eight percent of CIOs were in short-term planning or active experimentation with blockchain.0 2760
CIOs: cost, complexity, impede true mobile gains in enterprise
The majority of today’s CIOs see value in mobilizing enterprise applications and in deploying mobile-related innovations such as GPS features, location-based services (LBS), mobile payments and QR codes.
IDC: IT managers shifting from servers to SaaS
IT managers want to cut the number of servers they manage, or at least slow the growth, and they may be succeeding, according to new data.
Mobile applications slowing mainframe operations, say CIOs
Mobile technology is increasing the complexity, usage and costs of mainframe applications, according to 350 international CIOs.
CIOs bypassed on ‘shadow spending’
IT departments are “significantly underestimating” the budgets allocated to technology in others parts of the organisation, as more business leaders bypass the CIO and IT staff to execute their own projects, according to research.
Bring on the services
There is an increasing emphasis on service-aligned approach to IT operations so that CIOs can deliver on the promise of partnering with business. Ashish Kuthiala, Chief Marketing Officer, Business Services Management Software, HP, talks about the value of a services aligned view of IT.
Sage advice: the easy way to say ‘No’ as a CIO
“Having the courage to say no is important. People will wonder who you really are if you’re always saying yes to everything.”
Accenture study: CIOs at loggerheads with CMOs
An Accenture survey of 252 CIOs and 405 CMOs shows that, despite IT’s years of work toward business alignment, it remains far removed from marketing.
SIM: IT leaders’ main concerns not in-sync with those of employers
IT professionals have plenty of reasons to be thankful these days: rising budgets, salaries and job tenures among them. But when it comes to IT management and spending priorities, they often don’t see eye-to-eye with their organisations.
A third of CIOs target CEO or COO as next move
Almost a third of CIOs in the UK are considering the role of COO or CEO as their next career step according to Deloitte’s first international CIO survey, which also suggested pressure is being lifted on the budget constraints of IT departments.