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Empowering indigenous communities driving force for EHF Fellow
Entrepreneur

Empowering indigenous communities driving force for EHF Fellow

Kaye-Maree Dunn, EHF Fellow, champions indigenous empowerment, weaving economic and social progress from her rich Maori legacy.

By Edmund Hillary • 4 min read • Thu, 17th Aug 2017
Why the right infrastructure is crucial to your DevOps success
DevOps

Why the right infrastructure is crucial to your DevOps success

The best way to improve efficiency, reduce costs and quickly respond to infrastructure demands is with automation.

By Harry Kingma • 4 min read • Fri, 11th Aug 2017

Global Stories

Opinion stories

Business interruption - now a costly claims business for insurance companies
Virtualisation

Business interruption - now a costly claims business for insurance companies

Natural disasters push insurers to scrutinize costly business interruption claims, with losses hitting £1.4bn.

By Nathan Steiner • 5 min read • Thu, 24th Aug 2017
It's all fun and games in the sharing economy, until the taxes aren't done
Fintech

It's all fun and games in the sharing economy, until the taxes aren't done

The IRD is cracking down on undeclared income and it's very easy for them to see what services a company is offering online.

By Grant Linton • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Aug 2017
Five ways hybrid cloud can improve your disaster recovery capabilities
Disaster Recovery

Five ways hybrid cloud can improve your disaster recovery capabilities

Hybrid cloud offers new hope for robust disaster recovery strategies, merging affordability with seamless backup management.

By Marina Brook • 4 min read • Mon, 21st Aug 2017
Dell EMC: Your future workforce needs plans not fortune telling
Network Infrastructure

Dell EMC: Your future workforce needs plans not fortune telling

If the aim is to create empowered and productive employees, it makes sense that the process should start with them.

By Dr Joseph Sweeney • 4 min read • Mon, 21st Aug 2017
Should digital transformation be more actively pursued by APAC businesses?
Digital Transformation

Should digital transformation be more actively pursued by APAC businesses?

Bjorn Engelhardt, Riverbed senior vice president of Asia Pacific & Japan talks about digital transformation and the role of the CIO.

By Bjorn Engelhardt • 3 min read • Fri, 18th Aug 2017
The path to digital records & why it will help your disaster recovery plan
Disaster Recovery

The path to digital records & why it will help your disaster recovery plan

The threat of unexpected downtime is a constant concern for CIOs, but a modern backup and recovery solution can minimize risk.

By Bob Dunn • 5 min read • Fri, 18th Aug 2017
Four key steps to improving your cyber defence capabilities
Data Protection

Four key steps to improving your cyber defence capabilities

IT professionals suffering from breach fatigue must rethink cyber security strategies and focus on cyber defence.

By Jim Cook • 4 min read • Thu, 17th Aug 2017
Why DDoS attacks show no signs of slowing down
Distributed Denial of Service

Why DDoS attacks show no signs of slowing down

The scale of devastation can have a lot to do with how attackers use resources, such as IoT devices, to launch wide-scale attacks.

By Robin Schmitt • 4 min read • Wed, 16th Aug 2017
Equinix talks how to handle the subsea cable building boom
Network Infrastructure

Equinix talks how to handle the subsea cable building boom

It took the world a couple decades to reach a zettabyte in annual traffic, but Cisco projects we'll more than double that by 2020.

By Keith Shaw • 4 min read • Tue, 15th Aug 2017
Objective-defined storage & instant disaster recovery for the new enterprise
Virtualisation

Objective-defined storage & instant disaster recovery for the new enterprise

Disaster recovery is undergoing a massive paradigm shift with Objective-Defined Storage platforms leading the charge.

By Greg Wyman • 2 min read • Tue, 15th Aug 2017
Will a robot take my job? Automation has more to give than it will take
Robotics

Will a robot take my job? Automation has more to give than it will take

Since the introduction of automation, robots and artificial intelligence (AI), people have feared being outdone, and entirely replaced.

By Jimmy Fitzgerald • 5 min read • Sat, 12th Aug 2017
The AI incentive of moving to the cloud – a dealbreaker?
Document Management

The AI incentive of moving to the cloud – a dealbreaker?

The pressure to adopt cloud solutions over legacy ERPs may be about to increase with the growing importance of AI.

By Igor Matich • 4 min read • Fri, 4th Aug 2017
Are you cloud ready? How objective-defined storage & AI simplify cloud migration
Hybrid Cloud

Are you cloud ready? How objective-defined storage & AI simplify cloud migration

In most organisations, 50 to 80% of all data is cold or inactive. How much cold/ inactive data is sitting on expensive storage?.

By Greg Wyman • 4 min read • Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
How storage virtualization delivers data: Always on, always available, always fast
Virtualisation

How storage virtualization delivers data: Always on, always available, always fast

Consider this, 50 to 80% of all data is inactive, cold or stale – yet it is sitting on expensive storage – why?.

By Greg Wyman • 4 min read • Thu, 3rd Aug 2017

Stories from Other Regions

Opinion stories

Overcoming the roadblocks to an agile transformation
Microsoft

Overcoming the roadblocks to an agile transformation

Companies like Microsoft and Spotify have embraced agility as a way to enable themselves to compete in their disruptive environment.

By Renae Craven • 4 min read • Fri, 4th Aug 2017