Businesses searching for world class Internet of Things solutions will find that Telenor’s new operating model brings the best capabilities and competence to every customer, today and in the future. Telenor Group today announces it is unifying its IoT offering across the Nordics and internationally. The Nordic IoT portfolio and the global Telenor Connexion portfolio […]
Archives for March 2021
Tech projects for IT leaders: How to build a home automation project with RESTful APIs in Node-RED
In the previous installment of this home lab series, we used low-code programming to connect to an API to get local weather data. Now, we’ll use that data to run our IoT devices. Image: iStock/Melpomenem More for CXOs If you haven’t read the previous installment of this tech project series, it’s worth revisiting because it […]
Stay in control with Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
While the growing shift to cloud services lightens the data center footprint, the added responsibility to secure the expanded attack surface can weigh down the most diligent of administrators. Online services, such as Office 365 apps, are easily accessible through a browser without the need for physical access or a VPN. All it takes is […]
Coverage and Confusion: 5G and IoT Create New Tax Implications in 2021
By Toby Bargar, Senior Tax Consultant at Avalara. IoT and 5G are exploding, with use cases spanning from consumer goods to connected health to manufacturing. While the benefits are widely understood, there is a continued lack of clarity about what is and is not communications taxable. Should IoT connectivity really be classified as Internet or […]
Backup appliances the hot topic for Pas-de-Calais fire brigade
Every day the Pas-de-Calais (PdC) fire brigade receives requests for call recordings from the police and courts. Such emergency calls are all recorded and must be retained for 15 years. But the optical media used to store them had become increasingly onerous to use. Not least among the limitations was that it was incredibly time-consuming […]
Retailer FatFace pays $2m ransom to Conti cyber criminals
Fashion retailer FatFace has paid a $2m ransom to the Conti ransomware gang following a successful cyber attack on its systems that took place in January 2021, Computer Weekly has learned. The ransomware operators had initially demanded a ransom of $8m, approximately 213 bitcoin at the prevailing rate, but were successfully talked down during a […]
How AI is bringing 0% unplanned downtime into reach
Unplanned downtime is a million-dollar problem. Unexpected stops during production or operations can cost organisations on average $2 million (€1.70 million) a time, and 82% of companies experience at least one unplanned outage every three years (according to Aberdeen research). Each outage presents the risk of lost production hours, damaged products, additional labour costs and rush […]
Remote working burn-out a factor in security risk
The stress of remote working for 12 months during a global health crisis unseen in a century is causing more people to slip and make basic cyber security errors, according to a newly released report compiled for security firm Forcepoint. During the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the concerns of security and IT teams […]
‘Major’ security flaw detected in 5G core network slicing design
Network slicing will be one of the key drivers of 5G, offering the ability to construct private wireless networks, and is predicted to generate revenues of more than $20bn by 2026, but a research post from AdaptiveMobile Security has publicly disclosed details of a major security flaw in its architecture of 5G and that of […]
Microsoft Offers Up To $30K For Teams Bugs
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