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Secure cloud migration with privileged access management
Privileged Access Management

Secure cloud migration with privileged access management

PAM can offer insight into risks that may be adjusted depending on the threat landscape, writes ThycoticCentrify chief security scientist Joseph Carson.

By Joseph Carson • 4 min read • Wed, 13th Oct 2021
How cloud monitoring delivers both challenges and benefits
Data Analytics

How cloud monitoring delivers both challenges and benefits

To ensure that cloud initiatives are performing to their potential, cloud monitoring takes several different forms.

By George Tsoukas • 5 min read • Tue, 12th Oct 2021
How businesses can maximise the use of their public cloud investment to emerge stronger
Public Cloud

How businesses can maximise the use of their public cloud investment to emerge stronger

Consider how your organisation uses cloud resources and whether you have the required level of insight and management, writes Tecala manager Kristian Yench.

By Kristian Yench • 4 min read • Tue, 12th Oct 2021
Rise of the machine identities
DevOps

Rise of the machine identities

Bots and infrastructure-as-code automation are common additions to the business landscape, and their explosion has not gone unnoticed by threat actors.

By Jim Cook • 5 min read • Mon, 11th Oct 2021
Workday announces new Skills Foundation solution
Human Capital Management

Workday announces new Skills Foundation solution

Over 1,000 organizations are now using Workday's Skills Cloud for skills-based people strategies, with a new packaged solution to aid adoption.

By Workday • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Oct 2021
How can businesses prepare for ransomware?
Malware

How can businesses prepare for ransomware?

Ransomware threat actors are using a 'name-and-shame' approach, increasing pressure on victims to pay up, warns cybersecurity expert.

By Alex Tilley • 5 min read • Fri, 8th Oct 2021
From ransomware to RansomOps: Why the 'new kid on the block' spells trouble for the unprepared enterprise
Malware

From ransomware to RansomOps: Why the 'new kid on the block' spells trouble for the unprepared enterprise

When teams have a clear view of all assets and treat them equally, then they are much closer to stopping attacks in their tracks.

By Chris Fisher • 5 min read • Thu, 7th Oct 2021
The foundations of a modern data-driven organisation: Obtaining a clear view of the customer
Customer Relationship Management

The foundations of a modern data-driven organisation: Obtaining a clear view of the customer

The key to understanding customers lies in listening to them and connecting through various communication channels, says expert.

By Daniel Hand • 3 min read • Wed, 6th Oct 2021
Data center infrastructure management – IT's resource gamechanger?
Opinion

Data center infrastructure management – IT's resource gamechanger?

Organizations adopt data center infrastructure management (DCIM) practices to improve efficiencies and save energy and management overheads.

By Ian Shearer • 4 min read • Wed, 6th Oct 2021
5G is a backup connectivity breakthrough
Unified Communications

5G is a backup connectivity breakthrough

While most of the public discussion of 5G is for primary connectivity, businesses are far more interested in its potential to act as a failover option.

By Oshadha Ranaweera • 5 min read • Wed, 6th Oct 2021
Anatomy of a supply chain attack: how to accelerate incident response and threat hunting
Supply Chain

Anatomy of a supply chain attack: how to accelerate incident response and threat hunting

Supply chain attacks show no sign of slowing down. But the right combination of platforms can help organisations get ahead of the threat.

By Anthony Stitt • 4 min read • Tue, 5th Oct 2021
From cloud competent to competitive advantage: how businesses can unlock cloud's true potential
Artificial Intelligence

From cloud competent to competitive advantage: how businesses can unlock cloud's true potential

Many enterprises are fast-tracking cloud adoption as it offers the computing power required to harness AI - which allows businesses to improve performance.

By Ashok Mysore • 4 min read • Tue, 5th Oct 2021
Why government departments must find the right SAP S/4HANA cloud migration approach
SAP

Why government departments must find the right SAP S/4HANA cloud migration approach

The right migration approach can have lasting benefits for government departments, writes SNP managing director for ANZ Brent Paterson.

By Brent Paterson • 3 min read • Fri, 1st Oct 2021
The importance of anticipatory design in mobile banking
Customer Relationship Management

The importance of anticipatory design in mobile banking

Applying technology allows banks to anticipate their customer needs, create value and exceed customer expectations.

By Adam Flesch • 4 min read • Fri, 1st Oct 2021
Email: Still the number one threat vector
Phishing

Email: Still the number one threat vector

Just as cyber-criminals are ever honing their methods to increase their chances of success, so must security teams.

By Resident CISO for APAC • 4 min read • Wed, 29th Sep 2021
How open ecosystem, card-linked loyalty programs are changing Australian retail
Customer Relationship Management

How open ecosystem, card-linked loyalty programs are changing Australian retail

As we transition away from cookie-based advertising, confusion around last-click attribution will dissolve in favour of card-linked platforms.

By Cary Lockwood • 3 min read • Wed, 29th Sep 2021
Unlocking the power of Kubernetes through observability
Virtualisation

Unlocking the power of Kubernetes through observability

The tech industry sees the value and potential of using Kubernetes, but its full potential is being held back by a lack of observability.

By Michael Fleshman • 4 min read • Wed, 29th Sep 2021
The network effect and the search for resilient email security
Email Security

The network effect and the search for resilient email security

Not only is email everywhere, but it is 'built-in' to our lives as a required mode of communication for too many activities to name.

By Graeme Slogrove • 5 min read • Tue, 28th Sep 2021
Data: the key to unlocking loyalty success
Marketing Technologies

Data: the key to unlocking loyalty success

Effective customer relationship leaders understand how to grow customer relationships by leveraging customer data to glean valuable behavioural insights.

By Billy Loizou • 5 min read • Mon, 27th Sep 2021