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Malware

Ransomware: What your clients need to know

CryptoWall, Locky, TeslaCrypt. To make sense of today's tech headlines, you have to learn an entire new vocabulary. Here's a few basics.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 26th May 2016

Logicalis

Three ways to use IT operations management to empower business innovation

According to a recent survey of 400 CIOs and IT directors in 24 countries, businesses today are at a tipping point of IT department transformation.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Mon, 16th May 2016

Firewalls

Should the Government regulate cybersecurity?

Trying to codify cybersecurity regulations can be a lot like trying to paint a racecar as it zips around the track.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Fri, 13th May 2016

Global Stories

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Network Infrastructure

Five easy steps to prep business for a software-defined WAN

Software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) tech is the latest advance in a steady evolution that continues to make business communications easier.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 19th May 2016

Data Protection

Data-centric security for the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) & its dependence on the cloud has created new, critical security challenges in the escalating fight against cyber-crime.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 19th May 2016

Customer Relationship Management

The customer experience expectation gap

Last Monday afternoon, as I rode to JFK Airport en route to a conference, I realized that I'd left my travel credit card on my dresser.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Mon, 16th May 2016

Mobile Device Management

Has IoT increased our exposure to cyber threats?

Cybersecurity is already top of the agenda for many corporate boards, but the scale and scope of the Internet of Things escalates security risk.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 12th May 2016

PC Hardware

Acer works to maintain lead in competitive PC market

Acer battles for supremacy in the fierce PC industry, positioning itself as an innovator amidst giants with clearer visions.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Mon, 9th May 2016

Health Technologies

The key to digital success is time

Accenture reveals patience is essential for digital prowess, as time-honed strategies yield market leadership in new study.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 5th May 2016

Windows

Three steps to compliance for end-of-life systems

Each time a vendor terminates support for an OS or solution, organisations are put at risk of failing to meet regulatory and compliance mandates.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd May 2016

Malware

Companies fear data breaches caused by compromised credentials

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) report reveals that compromised credentials are the main cause of data breaches, according to surveyed security professionals.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 2nd May 2016

Fintech

Financial services in the age of IoT

Even if your company doesn't provide technology as an end product, pretty soon, your products and services will be inseparable from technology.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Fri, 29th Apr 2016

Auckland Transport

Auckland local board to establish tech innovation hub

Auckland's Waitematā board seeds tech growth, investing £12,000 to kickstart a local innovation hub in Uptown/Newton.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Gaming

Hands-on Review: MicFlip's Reversible Micro USB Cable

MicFlip revolutionises device charging with the first fully reversible Micro USB cable, promising durability with its gold-coated, tangle-free design.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Apr 2016

Virtualisation

How the channel can turn converged stacks into converged sales

Offering integrated cloud packages featuring your own services, is a fantastic opportunity for the channel says Trend Micro's Indi Siriniwasa.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Unified Communications

Spark, Vodafone and 2Degrees announce merger

New Zealand's infrastructure investors to merge into 'Spark2Fon' WHERE id = ending industry disputes, says Telecom Minister. Prices expected to drop. #satire.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 1st Apr 2016