Dell and Faction have announced new multi-cloud storage and data protection solutions for enterprises looking to monitor their critical data from a centralised location. “Protecting against ransomware and other cyber attacks is quickly rising in importance for both IT and business executives,” said Joe CaraDonna, CTO of public cloud and APEX offerings at Dell Technologies. “With the average cost of […]
Archives for March 2021
Intel and DARPA to build advanced cloud encryption
Intel has announced it is working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to help develop the ‘holy grail’ of encryption. Intel and DARPA, a research and development US government agency, will work together to develop an accelerator for fully homomorphic encryption (FHE). FHE is essentially encryption that allows users to perform calculations on encrypted data without decrypting […]
Enabling Your Workforce for the Digital Workplace
Building the digital workplace helps increase agility and resilience, but there are distinct steps to implementing it effectively, especially on an accelerated timeline. Image: Shutter2U – stock.adobe.com The COVID-19 pandemic suddenly derailed many businesses’ carefully laid plans. Amid a scramble to maintain business continuity and shift to remote work, long-term digital strategy took on immediate […]
Compare Amazon Lightsail vs. EC2 for your web app needs
Developers use Amazon Lightsail to quickly build websites and applications through a packaged set of capabilities. It’s less configurable than Amazon EC2, but it’s easier to deploy and estimate costs. Lightsail is a virtual private server (VPS) that bundles compute, storage, networking and DNS. It also has built-in capabilities that include a managed database, load […]
Upskilling and leading in the tech industry as a woman of 40
The tech sector is changing and in many ways it is for the better today more companies and organisations are encouraging women into executive roles than even a few years ago. Jaqualine Kennedy, head of networking and collaboration at CANCOM, joined the industry in 1994 and upskilled to progress at age 40. Here she tells us what it […]
IoT : Driving greater productivity, revenue and safety
The Internet of Things (IoT) has the power to not only cause a digital revolution, but a fundamental shift in the way businesses and enterprises operate across the world. With IoT Analytics predicting the industrial sector will invest around US$310 billion (€261.21 billion)into emerging technologies over the next two years, the popularity of IoT is […]
Blockchain and trade finance
<!– –> Share this post: According to the 2020 Global Trade Survey from the International Chamber of Commerce, trade and trade finance are in a state of global uncertainty, in part due to COVID-19. While many banks surveyed expressed concern over pandemic-related declines in trade flows and revenues, the survey also found that lockdowns and […]
Ways to Take Representation of Women in Tech to New Levels
Despite ongoing efforts to further diversify who fills the ranks of tech jobs, seeing real results is taking a protracted amount of time. Today marks International Women’s Day, once again calling attention to women’s rights and highlighting movements to improve gender parity in technology roles. The topic is far from new but has grown into […]
Microsoft’s Apprenticeship Connector will help SMBs find digital apprentices
Microsoft has partnered with the job-seeking platform GetMyFirstJob to launch an online hub that will connect UK organisations seeking to recruit digital apprentices with a wide pool of prospective applicants. Apprenticeship Connector will simplify the recruitment process by listing vacancies across Microsoft’s network of partners and customers, which young jobseekers can access to seek new […]
Cybersecurity in 2021: Stopping the madness
The challenges are greater than ever. But security pros have learned a lot – and with luck, the right strategic defenses can help even the highest-value targets withstand severe attacks.