Sunday December 22, 2024

Many companies lack basic security protocols, such as two-factor authentication

Companies are increasingly reliant on third-parties to notify them that their security has been compromised. Companies are continuing to find cyber attackers sooner. In the latest annual cyber-threat report the average time a company takes to detect a data breach fell to 205 days in 2014, down from an estimated 229 in 2013 and 243 […]

Apple-IBM Partnership Sprouts Latest Set Of Apps At Mobile World Congress

 When Apple and IBM announced a partnership last year, more than a few jaws dropped, but the two have been working together to create a new wave of enterprise-friendly apps — and announced the latest round to come out of the affiliation today at Mobile World Congress. At first glance, the meeting of these two […]

Silent Circle Outs Blackphone 2, Blackphone+ Tablet As It Zeroes In On Enterprise Security

 A sequel to last year’s pro-privacy Android smartphone Blackphone has just been announced, here at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, along with a tablet device, called Blackphone+. Read More Tweet This Post

GuideSpark Raises $22.2M To Create Customized Videos That Make HR Less Tedious And Confusing

 GuideSpark, a startup that helps human resources teams communicate with the rest of the company, announced today that it has raised $22.2 million in Series C funding. CEO Keith Kitani told me that GuideSpark works with HR to create videos and interactive content covering things like employee benefits and compensations. While parts of those videos […]

New Firm Combines Wearables And Data To Improve Decision Making

 Humanyze, a unique new firm spawned in the MIT Media Lab, has developed a system that uses a smart employee badge to collect employee behavioral data, which it links to specific metrics with the goal of improving business performance. It announced $1M in seed funding today. The funding was led by Romulus Capital with contributions from Boston Seed and dunnhumby […]

New RelateIQ Reporting Shoots For Deeper Insight

 RelateIQ, a tool that helps growing businesses manage their sales, announced a major update today that brings advanced reporting to the tool. This is a feature that has been long overdue. The company, which was sold to Salesforce.com last July for $390M provides CRM services for small companies. Its differentiator to this point has been […]