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Seven tips for avoiding VoIP Toll Fraud
Unified Communications

Seven tips for avoiding VoIP Toll Fraud

VoIP tech offers cost savings for businesses, but opens doors to toll fraud. Discover how to shield your telephony from hackers with seven key tips.

By Team • 4 min read • Thu, 2nd May 2013
IT pros advised 'lock the front door'
Distributed Denial of Service

IT pros advised 'lock the front door'

IT security can overwhelm even the most seasoned security expert when headline-grabbing threats like 'Spamhaus DDoS' are brought to the forefront by media.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 2nd May 2013
Microsoft advert mocks rival fanboys
Microsoft

Microsoft advert mocks rival fanboys

Microsoft takes a swipe at Apple and Samsung fans in new ad, featuring a wedding brawl over whose device is better.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Thu, 2nd May 2013
Telecom: Gen-i rumours 'completely false'
Unified Communications

Telecom: Gen-i rumours 'completely false'

Telecom denies Gen-i severance rumors as completely false, reaffirms plans to acquire Revera for $96.5 million.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 30th Apr 2013
Why you should make more mistakes
Education, Learning & Training

Why you should make more mistakes

LinkedIn says big errors are burned into our memory so that we can learn from them. And even the most successful people make major missteps.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 30th Apr 2013
Are you as popular a CEO as Tim Cook?
Apple

Are you as popular a CEO as Tim Cook?

Bidding reaches US$600,000 for the chance to sit down and have coffee with Apple's CEO - but would you be as popular?.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 30th Apr 2013
Should CIOs explore design-thinking techniques?
Information Communication & Technology

Should CIOs explore design-thinking techniques?

Human-centered design thinking and approaches gaining mainstream credence among private sector decision-makers focused on innovation.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 29th Apr 2013
Zuckerberg a sucker? Not a chance
Facebook

Zuckerberg a sucker? Not a chance

Mark Zuckerberg opts for a symbolic USD $1 salary, but with USD $2.3 billion pocketed from stock options last year, he isn't feeling the pinch.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 29th Apr 2013
Extreme changes at the top for Networks
Apple

Extreme changes at the top for Networks

Extreme Networks names Charles Berger as its fifth CEO in seven years, following Oscar Rodriguez's resignation amid declining market share.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Apr 2013
Apple bows to investors after beating Wall Street
Apple

Apple bows to investors after beating Wall Street

Apple to double shareholder returns after smashing Wall St forecasts, promising a share of its $145bn cash from robust Q2 earnings.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Apr 2013
Is Microsoft bluffing over Office 365 claims?
Microsoft

Is Microsoft bluffing over Office 365 claims?

Industry analysts question software company's claims that Office 365 is flying off the shelves, demanding facts over fiction.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Apr 2013
Microsoft raise the stakes with US$2 billion investment
Microsoft

Microsoft raise the stakes with US$2 billion investment

Company shares reach a seven-month high, stemmed from a cash injection by activist investor group ValueAct Capital.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Apr 2013
Security breach? $100 says sure thing
Information Communication & Technology

Security breach? $100 says sure thing

Would you stake $100 of your own hard-earned cash on your company not suffering a data breach within the next six months?.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Apr 2013
Back to the Start for struggling Windows 8?
Microsoft

Back to the Start for struggling Windows 8?

Microsoft mulls Start button's return to Windows 8.1 amidst dire PC sales decline, revealing struggles against a changing market.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 23rd Apr 2013
Woz: Apple will 'surprise and shock us all'
Apple

Woz: Apple will 'surprise and shock us all'

Steve Wozniak maintains optimism over Apple's falling share price, confident that the company has surprises in store.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 23rd Apr 2013
StorageCraft simplifies MS Exchange management and recovery
Storage

StorageCraft simplifies MS Exchange management and recovery

StorageCraft's release of ShadowProtect GRE 7 revolutionizes MS Exchange management, offering speedy recovery of mailboxes and messages.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Apr 2013
Aussies prefer in-house ICT
Risk & Compliance

Aussies prefer in-house ICT

Aussie CIOs keep ICT in-house, defying trends towards outsourcing, reveals Ovum. 74% of ICT activities are managed internally, despite cloud's rise.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 22nd Apr 2013
Is Apple CEO Cook smoked?
Apple

Is Apple CEO Cook smoked?

Wall Street sources say Apple executives are secretly searching for a new CEO in a bid to turn around company fortunes.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Apr 2013
Leading Lenovo set for IBM acquisition?
Lenovo

Leading Lenovo set for IBM acquisition?

World's second-largest PC maker considers acquisition of IBM's X86 server business, rumoured to cost as much as US$6 billion.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Apr 2013