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IT Service Providers: What to Look for, Via Software CEO James Snow

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In an interview with Mortgage Finance Gazette, James Snow, a software CEO, explained why agility and flexibility are prime qualities to look for in an IT services provider when outsourcing company tasks. Third party providers should be able to embrace change quickly and improve upon feedback to meet evolving client needs. Without these capabilities, the provider will not improve profitability or enhance business growth for the client - which is its main role. According to Snow, the global marketplace Read more [...]

Healthcare and IT Services Outsourcing: More Companies are Considering

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The healthcare industry is recognizing the benefits of outsourcing their IT services to expert third party providers as a means to reduce costs, improve efficiency and free up resources for growth. The healthcare industry in particular is becoming more reliant on third party partnerships for IT activities, as federal and industry mandates are increasing IT requirements in all medical centers. Recent changes to industry standards are calling on healthcare providers to deliver more with fewer resources, Read more [...]

Outsourcing IT For Improved Security Solutions

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One common outsourcing partnership companies make with IT providers involves the deployment of security solutions to protect networks from internal errors, external infiltration and loss. Rather than hiring full-time staff to monitor network management and safety procedures, companies are looking to third party providers to stay abreast of the latest security innovations and keep companies well protected. However, when outsourcing security protocol to IT services providers, executives should ensure Read more [...]

Study: High-level executives not taking cybersecurity seriously

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The 2012 Carnegie Mellon CyLab governance survey revealed that cybersecurity is still not receiving adequate attention from many high-level business executives. However, with the evolving threat landscape, decision-makers need to ensure they have strong IT risk management policies in place.According to the study, chief executive and chief information officers are neglecting to implement top-level security policies and reviews of IT security budgets. In fact, less than one-third of respondents said Read more [...]

Hard drive theft may affect millions of California patients

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The Sutter Medical Foundation, a network of healthcare providers throughout northern California, recently disclosed a data breach that could affect as many as 4 million patients who received care as far back as 1995, according to the Sacramento Bee.A desktop containing patient information was stolen from Sutter Medical's location in Natomas, the newspaper reported. The machine was password protected, but the information was not encrypted, which has caused some to call the provider's IT Read more [...]

Poor IT risk management causes data breaches, report finds

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Many companies that have suffered data breaches blame their own IT risk management measures and policies, according to a recently released report from Amplitude Research.In a poll of more than 300 IT decision-makers at companies that have suffered breaches, 17 percent said the main cause was a lack of adequate data security and data loss prevention practices. Another 14 percent blamed hackers, and a combined 23 percent said the cause was either negligent employees or the unauthorized access of confidential Read more [...]
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