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Opinion stories - Page 277

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Expert opinion: What you can't see could kill your network

Mon, 19th Sep 2016
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CIOs & network admins often view the network as an inhibitor to achieving the business agility they recognize as vital to digital transformation.
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Expert insights: Data is the untapped opportunity for resellers

Mon, 19th Sep 2016
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Every successful company collects data, which is processed, analysed and transformed into information for real business value. How can you use it?.
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Are you sick of shadow IT's ever-looming digital danger?

Thu, 15th Sep 2016
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planning
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There is a worrying trend for businesses to look at shadow IT as great examples of becoming digital. But in truth it is the exact opposite.
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Managed IoT services will accelerate IoT adoption

Wed, 14th Sep 2016
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partner programmes
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This is not the norm, but it is clear that a growing portion of enterprises understand the value of connecting assets and processes.
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Business-oriented use cases help vendors and customers realize IoT's potential

Wed, 14th Sep 2016
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TBR developed a taxonomy for Internet of Things (IoT) use cases that can help vendors and potential IoT customers structure their IoT initiatives.
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Why aren't executives taking cybersecurity seriously?

Tue, 13th Sep 2016
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virtualisation
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it automation
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Cybercrime is perhaps the most serious threat today, yet many executives still underestimate the risks that it poses to their organisation.
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Inspiring students through a passion-based curriculum

Tue, 13th Sep 2016
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microsoft
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opinion
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The Microsoft in Education team will continue to seek out new ways for technology to connect students with their passions.
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Enterprise architecture should be an important enabler of business and IT transformation

Fri, 9th Sep 2016
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digital transformation
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Experts urge firms to optimise enterprise architecture, bolstering both business and IT through strategic support and smart transformation.
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The impact of IoT, cloud and mobility on data center power and cooling infrastructure

Wed, 7th Sep 2016
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datacentre infrastructure
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iot
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byod
Take a snapshot of your data center's current power and cooling infrastructure. In five years, it is likely to be radically different.
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How to give your social media security an important boost

Wed, 7th Sep 2016
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cybersecurity
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social media
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opinion
Social media has become an important part of modern life - one that can cause serious headaches if you're sharing with a wider audience than intended.
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What enterprise needs to know about the future of the web

Wed, 7th Sep 2016
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The sharing of basic files & the increasing instances in which sharing was required, started to drive the evolution of what the internet would become.
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Developing new business models for success in the IoT

Tue, 6th Sep 2016
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iot
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software development
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licensing
It only takes a few moments of reflection to realise that with the rise of IoT, business has adapted, developed new models, & they are capitalising.
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What's the business case for digital ethics?

Tue, 6th Sep 2016
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digital transformation
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ethics
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Digital leaders like YouTube, Facebook, Uber, AirBnB, and Google are pushing ethical boundaries to make money.
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Could the FinTech revolution lead to more collaboration?

Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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cybersecurity
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pwc
Today, the payments sector is one of the most digitally disrupted in the world. Transactions are made through third-party apps.
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Teaching teachers: the new Google for Education Certified Trainer Programme

Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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google
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For the last few years Google has provided a programme for people who wanted to earn an official training certification from Google for Education.
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Tech-hungry businesses need to find their inner child

Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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is enough innovation coming out of our big companies? The world loves emerging technologies, but have businesses lost their sense of play?.
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Measuring the high costs of web malware protection

Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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malware
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cybersecurity
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The costs of recovering from a ransomware or other cyberattack are well understood…but how much should an organization spend to prevent one?.
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What to do? A little ERP? A little IOT? A little big data? Who Know...Who Cares?

Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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data analytics
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iot
Amid a tech investment muddle, is IT truly firing up productivity or just a shot in the dark? Let's disentangle the ROI riddle.
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Dell + EMC = $80B+ IT product behemoth

Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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network infrastructure
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cloud services
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emc
Dell's landmark $67 billion acquisition of EMC would create the world's largest IT product company, knitting together a broad range of IT assets.
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It isn't easy being a RAN vendor these days, and that probably won't change

Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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samsung
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motorola
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opinion
As mobile operators consolidate and grapple with revenue growth, RAN vendors have had to struggle with increasingly limited market opportunities.