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How companies can make security controls more effective

February 8, 2015February 8, 2015 enews

A financial website unexpectedly changed its log-in process and revealed a paper-thin commitment to the narrative of online security. … … Security controls are only helpful when the users and the service agree on what they mean. In this case, a financial services company’s customers must ignore the fact that the new log-in prompt does exactly what the old system vehemently warned them against. Image: Paco Hope Verifying a site vs. verifying the purchaser of a certificate In the past, their login prompt used personalized security images. Customers would select…

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Google Glass is dead

February 8, 2015February 8, 2015 enews

Google Glass failed at marketing rule number one, ride the hype and sell to your customers while your product is still hot. Believe it or not, Google announced Glass almost two years ago in April 2013, with thunderous applause and put itself well ahead of the game in the wearable tech scene. But, this was followed by an extremely slow and staggered roll-out that allowed a small select few z-list celebrities and developers to get their hands on it. BIG MISTAKE. Now you would think that Google would have learnt…

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Top 10 Data Center Predictions for 2015

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 enews

As much as some things will change, others will frustratingly stay the same. 1. Cloud Won’t Doom Data Centers The impending doom of the data center industry has been greatly exaggerated. A few bright minds have shared their thoughts that the cloud is quickly taking over the delivery of IT services and our future offering data center services is bleak. As much as cloud is gaining momentum, FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) alone will prevent a seismic shift away from traditional data center services. An optimized hybrid model of both is…

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Etihad airways sees surge in fleet-wide inflight connectivity usage

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 enews

Etihad Airways, which next month becomes one of the few airlines in the world to offer fleet-wide inflight connectivity services, has witnessed a dramatic surge in Internet and mobile phone usage in 2014. Reflecting the broader trend for people to use their personal devices for work and entertainment when travelling, the growth was largely driven by people logging onto Etihad Airways’ Wi-Fi network, with usage rising by 80 per cent last year. Increased demand for onboard mobile services also contributed to the surge in usage, with 2.6 million devices connecting…

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SAP Unveils the Next Generation of Enterprise Software with a New Business Suite, SAP S/4HANA

February 4, 2015February 5, 2015 enews

SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA), the next-generation business suite to help customers run simple. SAP S/4HANA is a new product fully built on the advanced in-memory platform, SAP HANA and is designed on the most modern design principles with the SAP Fiori user experience (UX) for mobile devices. SAP S/4HANA brings unprecedented innovations and simplifications to customers, combined with more than 40 years of experience across industries, in a completely reimagined business suite only possible with SAP HANA. SAP S/4HANA will offer…

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Dell, FireHost partner in secure private cloud services push

February 4, 2015February 5, 2015 enews

Dell and FireHost have announced plans to partner in order to boost the security of private cloud services. Announced on Wednesday, Dell and the UK-based secure cloud services firm say that the collaboration will result in the delivery of secure, fully managed private cloud services with a direct focus on companies becoming compliant with today’s security standards. Specifically, FireHost and Dell Services will focus on security and compliance-driven corporate requirement which is becoming crucial as the risk of cyberattacks increases. While FireHost focuses on secure cloud environment development, Dell’s Cloud…

How Will The Internet of Things Affect You?

January 29, 2015January 30, 2015 enews

You can’t escape the Internet of Things (IoT). In fact, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts there will be 200 billion connected devices by 2021, with more than 30 billion being autonomous devices. Simply put, the IoT is a network of Internet-enabled devices that communicate with one another to understand what we’re doing and operate automatically based on that information. The first mention of the IoT came from Kevin Ashton, a British technology pioneer, during a presentation he made to Procter & Gamble in 1999. Here’s how Ashton first explained the IoT: “If…

A Big Data use case

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 enews

This is a great use case that describes the benefits of building a Big Data Repository and then applying the right set of predictive analytics and filtering models against 80 years of historical data. The Los Angeles Police Department Predicts and Fights Crime with Big Data When the movie Minority Report was released in 2002, the predicting and consequently preventing of crime was still science fiction. It was far away and criminals-to-be had not to fear about predictive analytics being used by the police. Fast-forward to 2014 and things have…

How Virtual Reality will go from Geeky to Cool

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 enews

The more revolutionary a technology, the more ridiculous it seems at the start. Looking at the history of technology adoption, there is usually a period of a few years from a new technology’s introduction before it really takes off. Over time, we have become more enamored with technology, adopting each new invention faster than the last , and while virtual reality (VR) will likely continue this pattern and reach 25% of the American population within five years, VR presents an adoption issue that many other technologies did not have to face – it…

Smart phones are the new cigarettes

January 27, 2015January 28, 2015 enews

I only smoked for a short period in my life – somewhere between the ages of 15 and 23. And really, I don’t think I could ever call myself a proper smoker. Even at my most nicotine infused I probably smoked no more than 5 cigarettes a day. Back then you could smoke everywhere of course. Not just in bars, but on tops of busses, in cinemas, even in airplanes. I always thought it was faintly ridiculous to have a smoking section on planes but hey… The thing is though,…