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Vendor management and looking beyond SMB firewalls, anti-virus, and data backups

IT Toolbox

From servers to PBXs and everything in between, his company sells, installs, and manages entire network environments for its customers. I just had lunch with a long-time business colleague who specializes in IT consulting and network systems integration for small and medium-sized businesses.

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO Business Intelligence

These IT pros work closely with developers to ensure security measures such as firewalls, encryption, and intrusion detection systems are included in software, systems, networks, and applications. Average salary: US$145,416 Increase from 2021: 3.4%

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

This eliminates the need for complex network firewall configurations which are difficult to automate, cost more, and destroy the cloud-like experience users expect.” Organizations also need nontechnical skills such as cloud financial management and cloud optimization, Nathan says.

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ATMs Are IT Too!

Cloud Musings

The final trend is around management and overhead. As the traditional focus of IT support groups has changed from PCs, firewalls, routers towards the administration of an extensive network of remote self-service terminals, the scope of the required core competencies has changed tremendously.

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The importance of converging the Security Service Edge

CIO Business Intelligence

A VPN lets employees “tunnel” in through the corporate firewall using an encrypted connection that rides on top of the public internet. The approach also speeds time-to-market, since vendors can deliver – and users can implement – individual components faster, and thereby realize more immediate results. “A