5 Ways CIOs Can Build a More Sustainable IT Environment in 2025
Sustainability is moving from boardroom aspiration to IT execution. CIOs are uniquely positioned to lead that charge, and it starts with only a few high-impact moves.
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By Patrick Gamble | Jul 01, 2025
Sustainability is moving from boardroom aspiration to IT execution. CIOs are uniquely positioned to lead that charge, and it starts with only a few high-impact moves.
By Patrick Gamble | May 08, 2025
There is no doubt that a high rate of threat detection is a crucial indicator of success for a security system. Detecting 100% of active threats would seem to be the hallmark of an ideal security solution. However, evaluating success solely on threat detection provides an incomplete picture and can ultimately lead to suboptimal outcomes.
By Patrick Gamble | May 06, 2025
IT hiring managers are almost always under pressure to deliver results fast, often with fewer resources. The old hiring model of posting job ads, interviewing, onboarding, and hoping the hire works out no longer cuts it. When entry-level talent lacks real-world experience, your senior engineers end up mentoring instead of building. That slows everything down and drives up your IT hiring cost.
By Patrick Gamble | Apr 15, 2025
Managing firewalls used to be simple, back when you had a few physical appliances in a centralized data center. Today, you're likely juggling physical firewalls at HQ and virtual next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) in public cloud environments. With that kind of sprawl, managing your firewalls without a unified strategy is inefficient and risky.
By Patrick Gamble | Mar 25, 2025
IT leaders steering their IT infrastructure and the personnel that support it understand that cyberattacks have become more frequent and targeted, employing automation, AI-driven techniques, and zero-day vulnerabilities. As your organization expands across cloud, hybrid, and remote environments, the challenge of securing digital infrastructure while maintaining business operations becomes a constant balancing act. Enterprises must match their pace with equally innovative solutions.
By Patrick Gamble | Mar 04, 2025
The growing complexity of cybersecurity threats makes traditional SOC methods less effective. The overwhelming volume of data and constant alerts can lead to analyst burnout and delayed response times. GenAI offers a solution by modernizing SOC operations, streamlining alert triage, and optimizing log management workflows.
By Patrick Gamble | Feb 20, 2025
Hybrid IT is the backbone of modern business operations. Data moves across on-premises infrastructure, cloud environments, and edge computing networks while employees log in from anywhere, accessing critical applications from multiple devices. This operational flexibility fuels growth, but it also expands the attack surface, introducing new security risks that traditional defenses were never designed to handle.
By Patrick Gamble | Dec 10, 2024
The tech industry faces a dual challenge: a growing skills gap and a need for more diversity in technology roles. These unaddressed issues can hinder innovation and inclusivity across the sector. In response, WEI has developed its IT apprenticeship program tailored to early-career professionals from diverse backgrounds. This program bridges the technical skills gap and fosters a more inclusive workforce.
Let’s explore how WEI’s IT apprenticeship solutions stand out, ensuring participants and employers reap long-term benefits.
By Patrick Gamble | Dec 03, 2024
In today’s hybrid workforce, businesses need technology that not only empowers employees to work from anywhere but does so with ironclad security measures. HP Digital Workspace, powered by HP Anyware, is a comprehensive solution that addresses this need by delivering high-performance virtual work environments.
When complemented with zero trust principles, HP Anyware provides a seamless, secure experience, aligning with today’s remote work demands while reducing cyber risk.
By Patrick Gamble | Aug 30, 2024
WEI CyberSecurity GTM Leader Todd Humphreys was recently featured in The CIO World’s magazine issue, The Most Trusted Cybersecurity Leaders To Follow, 2024. Todd, who joined WEI in 2023, details his career journey within cybersecurity, WEI’s unique approach to developing next-gen cybersecurity solutions, and why the WEI culture was a major factor in joining the award-winning IT solutions provider. Below is a brief excerpt from the feature article.
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