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Encrypt

Why the Government needs to leave Apple and Google encryption alone

Mon, 22nd Feb 2016
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It doesn't make any sense to put so much pressure on Apple or Google when in the end, they don't control all the keys to the kingdom.
Audit tablet

An audit is not a disaster: testing disaster recovery for regulation AND the real world

Wed, 17th Feb 2016
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Many well regulated industries have DR compliance requirements imposed on them which, if not met, can have serious implications on a business.
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Discussing bimodal IT, digital business and IT budgets with CIOs

Mon, 15th Feb 2016
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Gartner's Peter Sondergaard participated in the recent Wall Street Journal CIO Network conference in California, which produced a number of insights.
Hand holding globe

How will the next major meta trend in networking cause global change?

Mon, 15th Feb 2016
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In order to support the next twenty years of innovation, the coming major meta trend will reshape businesses and organisations around the world.
Emotion business analytics

Getting emotional with business analytics

Thu, 11th Feb 2016
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
A quantitative, analytic and evidence-based approach is inhibited by the fact that people are predominantly emotional decision makers.
Iot

Attacks against IoT, Dark Web indexing, and other tales from Ground Zero

Tue, 9th Feb 2016
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cybersecurity
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threat intelligence
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opinion
I've uncovered Israeli innovation countering soaring IoT attacks and Dark Web's underworld market indexing—key battlegrounds in cyber warfare.
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CryptoWall 4.0 - briefly explained and analysed

Tue, 9th Feb 2016
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CryptoWall 3.0 has been hugely successful – netting cybercriminals nearly $490 million NZD in its debut year. Now its successor has arrived.
Nbc rollout

Australia's NBN rollout on track, but it is still early days

Tue, 9th Feb 2016
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The rollout of the Australian-government funded NBN network is accelerating, with growth speeding up in the later stages of 2015.
Selfie

Belong to the 'selfie' generation? You are probably oversharing

Fri, 5th Feb 2016
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
Such data leaks can easily lead to trouble, ranging from phishing emails or loss of social network account access to identity theft and extortion.
Sun shining through cloud

Cloud First Licensing – boosting Microsoft's race to the cloud

Fri, 5th Feb 2016
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microsoft
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cloud services
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licensing
Microsoft's 'Cloud First Licensing' strategy accelerates, reshaping the tech giant's cloud race with key licensing updates.
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Facebook turns 12: Bigger, better and more secure

Fri, 5th Feb 2016
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facebook
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social media
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opinion
Hard to believe it but Facebook has only just turned 12, meaning it is still young enough to have not been around at the turn of the millennium.
Ai

Analyst Opinion: Applying artificial intelligence to digital processes

Fri, 5th Feb 2016
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Enterprises should develop their expertise in AI and cognitive computing and begin applying it as part of their digital initiatives.
Cloud computer

Cloud-ready WAN made easy

Wed, 3rd Feb 2016
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sdn
The movement to cloud-based services is advancing rapidly, yet most corporate WANs are still built for the pre-cloud world.
Iot ball

What's next after the Internet of Things?

Tue, 2nd Feb 2016
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The era of the Internet of Things is ending; we are now entering the era of the Pervasive Digital Presence, according to a security analyst.
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Digital banking: Balancing security & convenience – without getting creepy!

Tue, 2nd Feb 2016
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Banks are constantly adopting new and innovative technologies, but what is the impact on security? Can personalisation become creepy?.
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Ransom32, the Next Step in Ransomware-as-a-Service, explained

Tue, 2nd Feb 2016
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malware
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gaming
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ransomware
The Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) business model is still seeing growth in an industry that is rapidly changing every day.
History flight

What can IT professionals learn from the history of flight?

Wed, 27th Jan 2016
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storage
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dc
The history of flight machines shares parallels with storage architectures, modern application storage needs and datacentres in general.
Lightbulb idea

10 trends from CES 2016

Wed, 27th Jan 2016
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The 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas provided a glimpse of new technology and innovation to come during the rest of the year.
Iot

IoT Innovations at CES 2016 present a host of new challenges

Tue, 26th Jan 2016
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healthtech
CES 2016's IoT explosion poses daunting tasks for networks, with connected devices strain prompting crucial IT adaptations.
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In plain sight: Avoiding loss of visibility and security in virtualised environments

Thu, 21st Jan 2016
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network infrastructure
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Network Packet Brokers are key to mitigating enterprise network blind spots – but unless chosen wisely, they can compromise visibility.