CIO OPINION
CIOs are putting more demands on their hardware and solutions partners to integrate this technology into their offerings so as to realize their maximum potential .
Robert Ramsey , CEO , Rain Technology
Harness the power of display technology to safeguard enterprise and personal data
Robert Ramsey , CEO , Rain Technology , on positively impacting data governance , security and user experience in one fell swoop .
There ’ s a tendency among CIOs to think of innovation and problem solving as the result of a series of iterative – and often small – software updates .
But this line of thinking misses the forest for the trees .
The unfortunate reality is that many IT departments invest so much time and resources looking for solutions via software that they ’ ve almost relegated hardware to an afterthought or even a constraint .
Encouragingly , many of today ’ s leading brands are realizing that they can harness the collective expertise of software developers , hardware developers and original equipment manufacturers ( OEMs ) to positively impact data governance , security and user experience in one fell swoop .
I ’ ve witnessed the benefits of this type of collaboration firsthand , particularly with display technology and data protection .
An estimated 97 % of Americans now own a mobile phone of some kind , 90 % of which own a smartphone .
Simply put , displays are everywhere .
This , in turn , has led to several threats that we simply can ’ t overlook or overstate .
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