N2Growth Blog

MARCH 8, 2017

Defining the position of the lead security person in an enterprise can be a challenging and sometimes confusing task. There are various job titles such as; Chief Security Officer (CSO), Chief Risk Officer, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), V.P., IT Security, V.P., Vendor management.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

Arwa Kaddoura has worked for nearly 20 years in cloud GTM strategies and scaling startups and large enterprises. ” In this context, the role of sales changes from pushing products to enabling customers to make informed decisions. Arwa Kaddoura. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Palo Alto Networks

MAY 22, 2020

Even the most security-conscious business remains at risk of an attack. With a cybersecurity landscape dominated by fragmented security vendors and tools, businesses struggle to protect themselves. Another example of cooperation in cybersecurity is Unit 42 , the Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence team.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2024

Create a framework to guide decisions Michael Bradshaw, who has held the CIO position at Kyndryl since the IT service management company spun off from IBM in 2021, developed a framework around five core guiding principles to facilitate key IT decisions. Digital Transformation, Enterprise Applications, IT Strategy, Software Development

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The global standard at lightning speed Based in Dublin, Ireland, Accenture specializes in digital, cloud, and security technology strategies, consulting, and operations, serving more than 40 industries in more than 120 countries. The lengthy process slowed feedback on solution design, as well as delivery times on changes.

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Palo Alto Networks

JANUARY 7, 2020

In our extensive work with security teams around the world, we’ve seen the best and the worst security operations (SecOps) practices. The first measure to make meaningful improvement is to take a step back and do an honest evaluation of how your security operations are structured and how they’re serving your business goals.

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Saviynt

APRIL 2, 2019

“Cloud migration,” “digitalization,” and “IT transformation” all refer to creating new cloud-based and hybrid information technology environments that ease business operation burdens and help drive customer engagement. To remain compliant, organizations need vendors who match their cybersecurity risk tolerance levels.

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

In this quarter, 74% of large enterprises report having FinOps teams and processes in place, up from 61% in 2022,” he says. Those enterprises reported a 30 to 35% cost savings in the first year after implementing FinOps teams and tools. Jensen says many large organizations already have built these organizations. “In

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

The following is an excerpt: When it comes to cybersecurity, what you don’t know about the nature and sophistication of threats can hurt your organization badly. RH: Part of our Cyber 360 is we look at the CISO, the security officer function. A lot of companies come in and they do very point specific types of assessments.

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Apiumhub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Cost Optimization: By providing insights into software usage and license compliance, software asset management tools enable organizations to optimize their software spending. This may involve reallocating licenses, negotiating better licensing agreements, or identifying opportunities to consolidate software vendors.

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Newgen Software

OCTOBER 20, 2023

But, before we dive into the details, let’s understand what a self-service vendor portal is and the transformative possibilities it offers. Understanding with a Use Case Think of your enterprise as a busy restaurant. A self-service vendor portal can greatly enhance the level of service provided by AP departments to vendors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Startups that don’t use a vendor management framework to oversee their tech stack are flying in a dense fog: There’s no easy way to know how much they’re spending each month or on what. Surviving the SaaS tsunami: Optimize your tech stack to reduce risk and free up cash flow.

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Ivanti

AUGUST 4, 2021

In an average month, an organization may spend 40 hours or more per SaaS vendor managing usage, overall spend, and contract renewals. Preparing a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement true-up can take two months and consume up to 120 hours of productive time. And ponying up for unused software is only part of the equation.

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CIO

JANUARY 3, 2024

An enterprise that bet its future on ChatGPT would be in serious trouble if the tool disappeared and all of OpenAI’s APIs suddenly stopped working. So enterprises looking for generative AI vendors have a lot of options to choose from. And it’s not just start-ups that can expose an enterprise to AI-related third-party risk.

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Capgemini

MAY 24, 2023

This is a subscription-based service, comprising multiple SAP components that join to form an Intelligent Enterprise with the primary purpose of enabling companies to take full advantage of the power of the Cloud within their core systems.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JANUARY 22, 2019

The serverless craze is in full swing, and shows no signs of stopping—since December 2017 alone, the technology has grown 22% , and Gartner reports that by 2020, more than 20% of global enterprises will be deploying serverless. Among the vendors to watch are Istio, HashiCorps, and Linkerd. Service mesh.

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Trigent

JULY 27, 2021

Incidents of cyberattacks continue to jeopardize data security. Not surprisingly, then, enterprises are now focusing on strengthening cybersecurity. A Gartner survey reports: “ With the opening of new attack surfaces due to the shift to remote work, cybersecurity spending continues to increase.

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Tenable

JANUARY 31, 2024

And, managing who has access to these systems poses a significant challenge. These are the findings from a commissioned survey including 262 IT and security professionals who have the final decision-making authority for their organization’s cloud infrastructure.

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What’s going to happen, then, if that point solution is acquired by another vendor — perhaps not your preferred supplier — and integrated into its stack? We’ve already seen what happened when HPE bought hyperconverged infrastructure vendor SimpliVity back in January 2017. Mergers and Acquisitions, Risk Management, Vendor Management.

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Tenable

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Center for Internet Security unpacks how to establish foundational cyber hygiene at a reasonable cost. Plus, the Cyber Safety Review Board issues urgent security recommendations on its Lapsus$ report – and announces it’ll next delve into cloud security. Moreover, are humans or AI better at crafting phishing emails?

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CIO

JANUARY 23, 2023

With technology now a pervasive enabler of all aspects of the business, CIOs have the end-to-end visibility and cross-functional insights that other executives lack, not to mention oversight of key enterprise assets such as data and analytics. “We How we’re running digital is different and should be different,” he explains.

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CircleCI

OCTOBER 31, 2019

At CircleCI, we care about security - last year, we became the first CI/CD tool to meet the rigorous security and privacy standards required by government agencies to get FedRAMP authorized. Now, CircleCI is SOC 2 compliant, adding another industry-recognized security accreditation. What is SOC 2?

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Kaseya

JUNE 29, 2021

Depending on the customer’s requirements, managed service providers can either oversee a single IT function, like network monitoring or cybersecurity, or oversee the entire IT environment. What Are the Benefits of Managed Services? What Are the Benefits of Managed Services? Managed Service Providers (MSP).

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The writing is on the wall: Traditional security tools and methodologies are ill-suited to protect cloud native’s developer-driven and infrastructure-agnostic multicloud patterns. It’s now time to enter the Age of the Cloud Native Security Platform (CNSP). The Demand for a New Security Paradigm.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 24, 2017

Making sure that your vendors are regularly monitored is essential. Today’s modern vendor management software provides all this information on an easy-to-understand dashboard, allowing you to see their performance in real time. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Automate Everything.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JUNE 16, 2021

You can use the synergy targets as an opportunity to develop a vendor management capability in IT. Use this as an opportunity to teach your team about SLAs, vendor scorecards, and cost optimization. Cybersecurity and Compliance. As we all know, securing the company’s IT assets is one of the CIOs most important jobs.

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KitelyTech

MARCH 11, 2022

Unfortunately, the proliferation of SaaS applications across many enterprises has led to some issues. Furthermore, IT managers within companies also struggle to keep up with the influx of new SaaS applications. The Benefit of SaaS Management Tools. Most of them were developed out of a need to manage spending.

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ParkMyCloud

MAY 29, 2019

As more and more enterprises drive value from container platforms, infrastructure-as-code solutions, software-defined networking, storage, continuous integration/delivery, and AI, they need people and skills on board with ever more niche expertise and deep technological understanding. Cloud Consultants.

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The Agile Manager

JULY 31, 2018

The majority of people working in enterprise IT today, that's who. Enterprise tech labor is highly codified (bounded responsibilities) and stratified (seniority). Over-exposure to enterprise change programs - or more likely, over-exposure to failed enterprise change programs - won't inspire enthusiasm for yet another one.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

What many people don’t realize is that CDS can be implemented at any level—function, business unit, subsidiary, enterprise. It’s a ‘sharp pencil’ capabilities system rooted in superior information. It’s easier, or certainly less risky, to focus on incremental improvement in specific areas than sweeping change across the board.

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CIO

APRIL 12, 2022

Even though Nvidia’s $40 billion bid to shake up enterprise computing by acquiring chip designer ARM has fallen apart, the merger and acquisition (M&A) boom of 2021 looks set to continue in 2022, perhaps matching the peaks of 2015, according to a report from risk management advisor Willis Towers Watson.

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Kentik

MAY 17, 2021

Today, we are excited to announce the launch of Kentik Cloud , our latest innovation enabling network and cloud engineers to easily visualize, troubleshoot, secure, and optimize cloud networks. Security has no visibility. Why 1,000 different cloud monitoring solutions don’t help network engineers. Network Teams Are Called in Too Late.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Louis-based KnowledgeLake, a cloud-native enterprise content management (ECM) platform provider. Democratize — and take care of your users The transition to cloud offerings means yielding some control to external vendors, but security, of course, remains paramount, says Porter. This doesn’t mean IT can drop the ball.

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