Author: Russ Banham

Hackers used to be the nerd equivalent of charming rogues—math whizzes wielding simple algorithms to wreak havoc primarily for the bragging rights. But today, hacking is big business. Networks of…

Data center capacity is growing at a rapid clip to serve the vast needs of online businesses. The problem is that these data centers are consuming far more power than…

Organizations that leverage predictive analytics can pinpoint soft skills and cultural fit qualities of top performers to use for future hiring needs. Predictive talent analytics is giving HR the means to recruit…

Automation, integration, and mobile tools allow background screening providers to perform their critical role better than ever. Nearly every month in the United States this past year, more than 150,000…

Set aside the frightful articles about the Dickensian culture, employees responding to urgent texts in the wee hours or weeping at their desks from the workload. Forget for the moment the stark comparisons to…

Property and casualty insurers are rich as Croesus, awash in capital and having a tough time figuring out where to put it. They can certainly invest (and largely do) in…

You’re a hacker, and you have two targets in mind. One is the website of a large multinational company. The other is the website of a small law firm. The…

The alternative reinsurance market is on steroids, bulking up to represent an estimated 12 percent of the global reinsurance market, according to estimates from Aon Benfield. This may seem like…

Every chemical, oil and gas company is beset by assets that fail to attain full production potential due to downtime. If a particular asset’s availability is 97 percent, that remaining…

One would think the insurance industry—the most data intensive of all businesses—would be leading all others in applying predictive analytics to better price and market its products and services. Think…