Articles

Consigned to History by the Smartphone

17 May 2012

It might seem hard to believe but the mobile phone was first introduced to the UK in 1985. Just twenty seven years later and the device that we now love is hardly recognisable to those first Motorola handsets. And it’s not just the size and battery life that’s changed. Let’s face it, if you were to upgrade your handset tomorrow, would you just be looking for one that can make calls!

Don’t Believe the Spin – Why Tape is Best for Archiving

16 May 2012

When it comes to creating the best long-term storage solution for data, one of the most important considerations is which medium to use; tape or spinning disk? Many suggest that spinning disk is the way forward. However, data tape has many benefits for long-term data storage, in particular Linear Tape Open (LTO) technology and the Linear Tape File System (LTFS) format.

The Hype around Big Data – What’s it all about?

16 May 2012

Why is everyone so hyped over Big Data?

Possibly it’s because people are now realizing the power of Big Data.

The security industry has realized that log data is an incredibly rich source of information for detecting security intrusions, and has since developed a taste for more and more logs.

To BYOD or not to BYOD – that is the question!

10 May 2012

There are currently two main schools of thought in the industry concerning BYOD – one convinced that it is the way forward across the enterprise, and the other forecasting that BYOD is perhaps not so much of a good thing as we once thought. Manish Sablok, Head of Marketing for CNE Europe at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, explains that the technology is there for CIOs to choose a pragmatic deployment strategy with due diligence and 360 degree assessment in order to pace their adoption of BYOD, based on business needs and user roles.

The Genesis of Privileged Identity - The Creation and Evolution of The Superuser

09 May 2012

When I think about managing identities and privileges within an organisation, one of my favorite analogies for the whole privileged identity lifecycle is biblical. Everything starts 'in the beginning' with a super user. Whether someone starts with a server or a workstation, creates on-premise solutions for their network infrastructure or builds out a cloud, they'll always have to start out with an account with god-like power that will control all other accounts accessing that resource going forward in the future.