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eWEEK DATA POINTS: While shadow IT isn’t a new phenomenon, it has definitely grown more complex and more difficult to manage since the pandemic forced organizations to quickly adopt new work-from-home policies.

eWEEK DATA POINTS: According to Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report, vulnerable web apps are the main cause of retail data breaches, meaning brands would be wise to prioritize the security of their e-commerce apps and software to create a safer…

eWEEK NETWORKING ANALYSIS: The magic of 5G may be available to you now, depending on your device and your carrier, but whether it’s magic is another question entirely.

eWEEK SMARTPHONE TEST AND REVIEW: There are important reasons to consider an iPhone 12 for your company now, with the most important being 5G.

eWEEK TOP COMPANIES: The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has really torn open the online event and conferencing business. Many new and older providers are finding they have all the clients they can handle going into 2021.

eWEEK DATA POINTS: As IT teams under pressure to meet stringent service-level agreements look to migrate apps to the public cloud, many are running into unexpected challenges.

eWEEK SECURITY ANALYSIS: Consumers cannot be too careful when shopping online. Hackers are sitting in wait for excited buyers who unknowingly use fake-front sites that can come back to bite them.

eWEEK STORAGE NEWS: New capabilities and applications, along with other KumoScale control-plane services, are deployed and managed via what the company calls a Kubernetes “micro-cluster.”

eWEEK DATA POINTS: Deception systems look at security differently; they dismiss most false positives by looking for anomalies, but the events are reduced to “yes” or “no" instead of infinite possibilities.

eWEEK DATA POINTS: Most organizations are not cybersecurity experts. That’s why many enterprises today use—or are considering engaging with—managed detection and response (MDR) providers.

eWEEK NETWORKING ANALYSIS: Start-up emerges from stealth mode to shake up the enterprise networking space.

eWEEK LAPTOP ANALYSIS: HP builds PCs for personas, and this laptop is built for the Office Navigator. The Office Navigator is someone who needs a lot of flexibility both in applications and office spaces.

eWEEK NEW-PRODUCT ANALYSIS: New workstation from NVIDIA brings accelerated computing capabilities to workgroups.

eWEEK DATA PROTECTION NEWS: Platform secures data lakes built on Amazon Web Services and S3, will be adding more cloud options in future.

eWEEK EXECUTIVE Q&A: IBM's Denis Kennelly is one of the most influential executives in the data storage industry. eWEEK contributing writer Charles King, a principal analyst with PUND-IT, discusses trends and the roadmap ahead for Kennelly and IBM.

eWEEK PRODUCT OVERVIEW & INSIGHT: The "UX" (user experience) becomes more and more valuable as time rolls on, and Catchpoint is an expert in making good experiences into great ones for enterprises.

eWEEK IT SCIENCE CASE STUDY: Building a multi-gigabit connectivity solution for high-speed, high-density deployments in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, was a big challenge, due to many historic properties in the area that had to be handled with extreme care.

eWEEK SECURITY PRODUCT ANALYSIS: Fortinet and Bitglass power Masergy’s managed SASE offering.

eWEEK PRODUCT REVIEW: Samsung definitely has been the most productive smartphone developer and producer in the world here in this strange year 2020. And the top-of-the-line Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G is a pretty tough flagship to follow--for any phone maker.

eWEEK DO-IT-YOURSELF CASE STUDY: Regardless of whether you build with AMD or Intel parts, the effort of building a new desktop PC is worth it. And when you are done, a great deal of the benefit is just able to control an outcome during these anxious times.

eWEEK NETWORKING NEWS: New MIMO antenna system sets table for future networking by enabling 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz with UWB, BLE and IoT options.

eWEEK DATA POINTS: What goes into building a custom data center and what to evaluate when considering your own.

eWEEK APPLE NEWS ANALYSIS: Apple puts up some pretty impressive performance claims around its new PC processors, but it remains to be seen how they will do when the real use cases come into play.

eWEEK ANALYSIS: The 100-year pandemic has fundamentally influenced the ways that people and businesses utilize technology tools and solutions.

eWEEK DATA POINTS: While there are many visibility tools on the market, they mostly operate on the application and infrastructure layer and miss the mark on providing detailed visibility into data endpoints (databases, pipelines, data warehouses, etc.).…

eWEEK STORAGE ANALYSIS: Big Blue spares little expense in its own testing and development to bring new storage tech to markets.

eWEEK PRODUCT ANALYSIS: Intelligent handling of machine data enables IT to move at digital speeds.

eWEEK IT HARDWARE NEWS: This is the company’s first PCIe 4.0 client solid-state drive (SSD) series for notebooks, desktops and workstations.

eWEEK SECURITY PRODUCT ANALYSIS: As cybersecurity becomes an essential function for connected businesses, mSMBs (micro, small and medium businesses) are still struggling to protect their digital assets. Sectigo aims to lessen this burden with an integrated…

#eWEEKchat PREVIEW: Plan to join us on Tuesday, Nov. 10, for an #eWEEKchat about “New Tech to Expect in 2021,” and how IT will continue to innovate in the post-pandemic world--whenever that will begin.