The promise of the Internet of Things (IoT) is an insatiable one – but what price to pay for attempting to do too much too soon? According to new research, three quarters of CIOs fear performance problems with IoT rollouts could ‘significantly’ damage business operations and revenues.
The figures come from software company Dynatrace, who polled 800 global CIOs at businesses with more than 1,000 employees. 78%...
What makes a DDoS successful? I asked myself that question at the end of August when the central bank of Spain, Banco d’Espana, was hit by a DDoS attack that took its website temporarily offline.
The bank issued a statement acknowledging the attack and stating that “no damage” had been done and its operations, as a central bank with no commercial arm, were not affected, implying that the attack was not successful. Meanwhile, the hacktivist group, Anonymous Catalonia, claimed responsibility...
Last year, we saw one of the most aggressive ransomware attacks on healthcare institutions around the world. WannaCry went viral on May 12, causing widespread disruption to global IT systems and raising serious questions about the preparedness of the National Health Service to deal with such incidents.
According to the NAO’s published report earlier this...
From refrigerators and lamps to door locks and heating, the Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionised the way we live and work, making a truly robust ecosystem of smart devices a reality.
Indeed, IoT has quickly become one of the hottest technology topics around, expanding into all manner of industries as the rate of innovation shows no signs of slowing down.
Within the home, IoT has turned everyday objects into connected products designed to make our lives easier, more convenient, and more comfortable. The...
BlackBerry and Samsung are rekindling their long-standing partnership and are setting out a ‘multi-year strategic relationship’ to help businesses accelerate digital transformation and ‘Enterprise of Things’ initiatives.
The key facet of the move will see joint enterprise customers being able to manage their wide collection of Samsung devices – be they phones, tablets, or wearables – out of the box through BlackBerry’s UEM (universal endpoint management) platform...
Bottom line: Zero Trust Security (ZTS) strategies enabled by Next-Gen Access (NGA) are indispensable for assuring uninterrupted digital business growth, and are proving to be a scalable security framework for streamlining onboarding and systems access for sales channels, partners, patients, and customers of fast-growing businesses.
The era of Zero Trust Security is here, accelerated by NGA solutions and driven by the needs of digital businesses for security strategies that can keep up with the rapidly expanding...
Research by network control company Infoblox found that connecting IoT and personal devices to enterprise networks expose the networks to massive security risk including malware injection, phishing and social engineering hacks.
In the research, 35% of enterprises in the US, UK and Germany stated that every day their networks see over 5,000 personal device connections. On the contrary, only 16% of enterprises in the UAE report to have over 500 personal devices connected to their networks. On a typical day,...
The Company Has Moved on from Its Windows and Office Silos
CEO Satya Nadella kicked off the event by highlighting Microsoft's vision for developers, which focused on the "intelligent cloud and intelligent edge", terms he first introduced at Build 2017.
This was followed by two days of announcements. Here we focus on just a few. For a full report on the event please see Event Report: Microsoft Build 2018.
The pace of digital transformation in the manufacturing industry is relentless. But digital transformation is not just about deploying emerging technologies – it’s about using the data collected to create new business opportunities, better understand and meet customer expectations, and put in place a future-proof digital strategy.
The Columbus Manufacturing 2020 report, released in March, brought together industry leaders, academics and end users for...
