Think like an attacker — not a consultant
Security specialist Daniel Ayers said that consultants need to give clients what they need,as opposed to what they want.
Calling Lara Croft: Researchers use lasers to uncover lost jungle city
An Australian research team has used a laser-based remote sensing technology to uncover an ancient metropolis buried beneath the Cambodian jungle.
Huawei unveils first SOC in Indonesia
Service Operation Center designed for telecom operators aiming to increase end-user satisfaction.
Japan's NHK develops robot camera array for Matrix-like effects
Japan's public television broadcaster, NHK, has developed an array of video cameras that are synchronized to create "bullet time" shots like those popularized in the film The Matrix.
Savvis, Digital Realty open certified data centre in Hong Kong
Joint venture property awarded Uptime Institute’s Tier III Certification of Design Documents.
Regional mobile roaming improves in Asia Pacific
Countries join hands to address the growing demand for mobile broadband.
US officials: Surveillance programs helped stop 50 terrorist plots
NSA surveillance programs are subject to rigorous oversight by courts and Congress, officials maintain.
Study cites iOS as preferred platform for enterprise
But Android is expected to gain further market share.
Most data in organisations is "junk," difficult to get context: CommVault
Back-up vendor recommends adopting an open minded approach when looking for value in unstructured data.
Start-up tackles advanced persistent threats on Microsoft, Apple computers
CrowdStrike's Falcon allows for range of responses to enterprise network attackers.
Honeywell increases productivity for terminal operators
Announces OneWireless Terminal Solution.
SMBs having problems with backup, recovery: study
Cost and complexity of implementation are among the challenges that keep SMBs from implementing backup and recovery measures.
5 ways to evaluate your IT outsourcing maturity
Answering these questions will help you determine your IT organization's outsourcing maturity in order to improve your IT service provider outcomes.
UK spy agency reportedly intercepted email of delegates at G20 meetings in 2009
The British intelligence agency targeted email accounts, computers and phones used by foreign delegates, leaked documents allegedly show
Singapore Government to release more data to the public
The move aims to bring about greater convenience and deepen co-creation efforts with the public.
Cloud-based productivity apps —'don't believe the hype' says Gartner
Gartner, however, predicts that a major shift toward cloud office systems will begin by the first half of 2015.
MANAGEMENT CENTRE
HP shakes up management team of PC division
Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets.
Internet should be prepared for 'militarisation': UK ministry report
Stephen Bell looks at a report on cyber-conflict called The Global Cyber-Game.
IT capital spending rises, but not for PCs
Modest gains in IT hiring, but it's still flat at user firms.
Swedish court OKs Pirate Bay co-founder Svartholm Warg's extradition to Denmark
The decision to extradite the Pirate Bay co-founder can be appealed
How to evaluate the risk of outsourcing locations
IT organizations and CIOs don't contract and outsource to countries, they contract and outsource to companies. Given that, it's time to stop assessing location-based risk in a vacuum because sometimes the 'riskiest' suppliers may have the most innovative solutions.
Scope creep a major issue for Singapore CTOs and CIOs
Prominent causes for scope creep include poor project management, staff continuity and changing regulatory environment.
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RESOURCE CENTRE
Venture firm Accel makes another huge Big Data bet
$100M Big Data Fund 2 looks to build on current platforms
Forrester: PaaS makes developers happy
Study finds familiar cloud players Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce.com lead emerging PaaS market.
Savvis, Digital Realty open certified data centre in Hong Kong
Joint venture property awarded Uptime Institute’s Tier III Certification of Design Documents.
How to fix Web pages that print too small
When pages look right onscreen but end up tiny on the printed page, try these fixes.
GE thinks it's time to put industrial data in the cloud
The company is introducing a platform for collecting and analysing data from industrial gear
EU institutions' sites move toward compliance on cookie-tracking laws
Europe’s top law-making body is working to bring its websites into line with the cookie tracking laws it enforces on other entities.
Nvidia updates programming tools to boost mobile device speed
Version 5.5 of the CUDA tools for the first time support ARM CPUs, which are broadly used in smartphones and tablets.
BSkyB and Microsoft back new 'white space' spectrum organisation
Preparing for the M2M boom.
Microsoft slashes Surface RT prices by 60% for schools
Entry-level 32GB Surface RT costs $199, less than cost of goods.
Australians fleeced out of $93 million in 2012: report
Advance fee scams and computer hacking were the most commonly reported to the ACCC.
Samsung mass produces 1.4GB/s PCIe flash cards
Latest Samsung flash card exceeds SATA 6Gb/s bandwidth.
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BLOGS
BLOG: 70% of Indian CIOs will report into CEOs by 2016
I recently analyzed 60 companies in India to understand the CIO reporting structure and the key projects that these organizations are focused on.
BLOG: 10 things the CEO can do to drive digital
Forrester held its European Business Technology Forum in London this week -- a convocation ofCIOs, Enterprise Architects, Infrastructure and Operations Professionals, Security and Risk Professionals, and Sourcing and Vendor Management Professionals.
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Replication technology enables information sharing between primary and backup servers. This whitepaper discusses different replication methodologies and how they pair up with multi-tiered computing environments.
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This paper provides a basic understanding of business continuity—from understanding the concepts of disaster recovery and information availability to calculating the business impact of downtime and selecting the right software solution.
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Effects of virtualization on Data Centre physical infrastructure and Methods on achieving power usage efficiency.
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Ernst & Young 2012 Global Information Security Survey (GISS) - Fighting to close the gap
Based on responses from 1,836 information security executives in 64 countries the 2012 GISS suggests that organizations are taking steps to enhance their information security capabilities but few are keeping up with an ever-changing risk landscape.
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