Navigating the Path to Secure Apps

08/02/23 • 38 min

In recent months, various industries and organizations worldwide have been hit by numerous high-profile security breaches. These breaches have included unauthorized access, data leaks, ransomware attacks and other forms of cyberthreats targeting applications and their underlying infrastructure.

Respondents in our Senior Leadership IT Investment Survey, 2022 cited IT security as the top priority for the fourth consecutive year, outlining both the importance of security and the complexities facing many businesses. When looking at new product launches and updates, security is at the front and centre of the messaging as a core capability on offer from many software providers.

For this episode of the CCS Insight podcast, I was joined by VMware's Darran Rice, Tanzu Executive Advisor, and Michael Coté, Senior Member of Technical Staff. Clive Howard, Chief Technology Officer at Huozhi, a provider of a humanitarian fintech platform, and associate analyst at CCS Insight, also joined the discussion.

Our conversation explored the difficulties facing organizations looking to secure their IT workloads and how they can navigate the technical debt and older technologies. As businesses update these systems, new security vulnerabilities arise and require a further review of the profile.

The podcast episode unpacks:

The main security complexities faced by businesses across industries
The best strategies that are working for securing application delivery
The importance of people in an organization as a core, understated security risk.

CCS Insight has also produced a free report detailing the key points of the podcast discussion, available here.

The podcast episode unpacks:

The main security complexities faced by businesses across industries
The best strategies that are working for securing application delivery
The importance of people in an organization as a core, understated security risk.

CCS Insight has also produced a free report detailing the key points of the podcast discussion, available here.

Previous Episode

Achieving Customer Success in the Face of IT Complexity

Today's IT solutions are more complex than ever, with enterprises navigating how to introduce new capabilities like cloud, mobile and Internet of things to a foundation of traditional technology. Maintaining an open and clear line of communication with an IT partner can make all the difference in this process, assuring the best chance of success for both parties. Also, a good partner should help its client organization bring specific skill sets in-house, becoming more self-sufficient and capable of developing at pace.

For this episode of the CCS Insight podcast, I was joined by IBM's Natalie Denyer, Director of Client Engineering, and Chris Oldacre, Customer Success Director. We also spoke to Clive Howard, chief technology officer at Huozhi, a provider of a humanitarian fintech platform. Clive is also an associate analyst at CCS Insight.

You can also find the episode on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.

Our discussion unpacked the cooperative relationship between IBM's Client Engineering and Client Success teams, and how the company's approach has adapted over the decades to keep up with the demands of the ever-changing IT industry.

The podcast episode explores:

What a fit-for-purpose customer success operation or programme looks like in today's complex IT environment.
How best to measure success in a partnership engagement, embracing open and clear communication inside a customer organization, but also between partner and client.
What are the core tenets of IBM's approach to customer success and the standout features that can address ever-evolving customer demands.

Next Episode

Industrial Edge Computing: Strategies That Scale

Edge computing is quickly becoming known for its ability to improve business operations by reducing latency, delivering high performance and providing real-time insights. But despite its promise, many businesses — especially in the industrial space — struggle to successfully adopt edge computing.

One challenge is that industrial edge computing can be complex to scale. Although it's relatively easy to get started with a few edge devices, managing a large-scale edge computing infrastructure can be daunting. Additionally, the lack of a single edge computing standard can make it difficult to integrate edge devices and applications from different suppliers.

To overcome these challenges, businesses need to take a strategic approach to edge computing adoption. This includes carefully planning their edge computing architecture, selecting the right edge devices and applications and implementing a robust management and orchestration framework.

I recently talked to Christina Cardoza at insight.tech, alongside Dan Rodriguez, Vice President and General Manager of the Network and Edge Solutions Group at Intel, about the edge computing landscape. We discussed the state of edge computing across different environments, how businesses can successfully approach edge computing, key challenges and how to solve them, and what the future holds for edge computing in this space.

This episode touches on topics including: