It’s common for third-party vendors to require access to company systems, resources, or facilities in order to provide service or maintenance, support company functions and personnel, or engage in security or monitoring endeavors. The purpose of this Vendor Access Policy, written by Scott Matteson for TechRepublic Premium, is to establish appropriate guidelines for providing, monitoring, ...

Whether your business is a well-established powerhouse or just barely getting off the ground, you’re going to need a professional, functional, and inviting website. No matter what business you’re in, it’s essential to have at least a minimum presence on the internet. Trying to conduct business without that presence places your organization at a great ...

For many businesses, 5G technology will be the key to unlocking the full potential of the Internet of Things, real-time mobile streaming, autonomous vehicles, immersive virtual reality, and a slew of other technological advances necessary for a mobile, always-connected world. Business enterprises that can apply 5G technology to their products and services early in the ...

Wearable devices are becoming more common as a result of technological advancements and new capabilities. These devices may exist in the form of clothing, watches, or eyewear and can serve as standalone gadgets or may link to another device such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop. This Wearable Device Policy, created by Scott Matteson for ...

Vendors are key to the success of almost every information technology consultant. Strong vendor relationships help good consultants excel, but a dysfunctional vendor alliance can sink even the most astute of consulting firms. Thus, vendor relationships are critical, yet their importance is often (and easily) overlooked. So what’s a time-pressed consultant to do? This checklist, ...

The security benefits of blockchain technology when applied to business operations are just too effective to ignore. Therefore, many organizations are looking for ways to integrate blockchain databases into daily operations. The process of developing, implementing, and maintaining blockchain solutions requires a particular type of engineer. The blockchain integration specialist must not only have the ...

Whether your enterprise is dealing with a business environment measured on a global scale or one that is confined to the local level, you will always have to deal with people. Changing economic fortunes, social interaction, and other factors too many to name can cause stress and, unfortunately, lead to people acting out in inappropriate ...

Artificial intelligence may be about to transform the world. But there are security risks that need to be understood and several areas that can be exploited. Find out what these are and how to protect the enterprise in this TechRepublic Premium feature by Drew Robb. Featured text from the download: LLM SECURITY WEAKNESSES Research by ...

Successful enterprises of all sizes embrace and encourage the development of a diverse workforce. Diversity can generate solutions to problems that reflect different perspectives, different levels of experience and, most importantly, different thinking. Stagnant thinking leads to a lack of innovation, which leads to inertia and possible enterprise irrelevance. Workforce diversity helps to avert that ...

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning have become huge buzzwords in the business world. While many people use these terms interchangeably, they actually mean three different things, and it’s critical that business leaders understand the distinctions as we enter this new era of rapid AI development. Kara Sherrer, writing for TechRepublic Premium, defines the ...