The latest quarterly report from First Research reveals the US information technology (IT) industry includes about 95,000 companies that generate about $175 billion in annual revenue and the average annual revenue per employee is close to $160,000.
Information Technology departments are always looking for ways to make more efficient use of an organization’s computer systems. Historically, it has been extremely difficult for researchers to confidently survey a sample population of IT professionals because of fraudulent survey respondents. In fact, more than 40% of online IT panels contain survey takers who are not really in IT.
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9. Project Management and Project Portfolio Management
10. Web and Video Collaboration
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F-Secure, the global leader in providing security as a service through Internet Service Providers and mobile operators, recently announced the results from its annual Online Well-being Survey conducted using Zoomerang. The study questioned Internet users worldwide on the respondents ‘security IQ’—their knowledge of online security issues.
The majority of respondents—92% across all the countries, and 90% in the US—said they have security software installed on their computers. At the same time, only 21% of all the respondents and 14% of US respondents knew that antivirus definitions need to be updated multiple times per day. This indicates that a large population of users may have a false sense of online security, even though 67% of all respondents and 76% of US respondents stated they were aware antivirus alone couldn’t keep them safe. In addition, almost 90% knew that they can get infected by visiting a malicious website, even if they don’t download anything.
The results also revealed that people rely on their security software for online safety and secure websites to ensure the safety of their online shopping and banking. Surprisingly, only 20% of respondents across all countries and 15% of US respondents realize that appropriate online behavior on their own part also plays a big role in online security.
I think the results of this Zoomerang study show how important personal responsibility is when it comes to your life online. In the end, security tools are only as good as you let them be.
A communications satellite belonging to US company Iridium collided with a defunct Russian military satellite on February 12, 2009. According to NASA the satellites crashed into each other in an unprecedented collision, creating clouds of space debris which pose a slight risk to the International Space Station. The chief of Russia’s Mission Control says clouds of debris from the collision will circle Earth and threaten numerous satellites and the Federal Aviation Administration has received numerous reports of falling debris across Texas.
The image above is a computer-generated artist’s impression of the space debris currently orbiting the earth and you can view another impressive image at the MSNBC PhotoBlog. In researching this topic I also came across some interesting facts at the CBC website that helps putthis recent event in perspective:
600 – Pieces of debris estimated to have been released into space in the collision between the U.S. communications group Iridium Satellite LLC and a Russian Cosmos-2251 military satellite.
900 – Number of pieces of debris created when China destroyed its Fengyun 1-C satellite in January 2007.
100 years – Approximate amount of time debris in orbits that are more than 621 miles above the Earth’s surface will continue to travel around the Earth. Debris travelling in orbits below 372 miles falls to Earth after several years. At altitudes below 248 miles, the debris is likely to fall to Earth before it has even been detected or identified.
As a follow-up to my previous Web 2.0 In Business Survey post I came across an interesting presentation on Web 2.0 that I wanted to share. I think it offers a good overview on defining and implementing Web 2.0 technologies.
Over 50% of the executives surveyed said they were pleased with the results of their investments; however the early movers were much more satisfied than those that started out later. The general consensus was that the majority of respondents wished they had started Web 2.0 a lot earlier. Of all the Web 2.0 technologies, web services seemed to be the most popular with collective intelligence and peer-to-peer networking coming in a close second.
A breakdown by industry showed that Retail and Hi-tech are the front-runners when it comes to future plan in Web 2.0 investments. In the Region category, India leads the pack with an 80% of respondents stating that they have plans to implement Web 2.0 technologies over the next year.
Another interesting observation was the end use for these technologies. 70% of the respondents said they use it for interfacing with customers, 51% use it to interface with suppliers and partners and 75% for managing collaboration internally.
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