Best Practices for Secure Use of Windows XP Now That Support Has Ended

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Microsoft’s support for Windows XP ends yesterday, April 8, 2014. However, Gartner estimates that one-third of enterprises currently have more than 10 percent of their systems remaining on XP. In today’s blog post, Neil MacDonald, vice president and Gartner Fellow, says the issue is not whether the continued use of XP entails risk. It does. The issue is whether the continued use of XP represents manageable and tolerable risk to the enterprise. Mr. MacDonald said: Any system, supported or not, carries risk. For the majority of use cases, XP can…

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Redefining network security

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How trends in application security are challenging the traditional notion of a network’s organisational boundary. A recent survey of more than 400 small, mid and large-sized enterprises carried out by Freeform Dynamics on behalf of Barracuda Networks highlighted escalating pressure on enterprise IT systems. Security emerged as a clear concern with changing access patterns, a range of external threats, escalating costs and the unintended consequences of virtualisation, which are all hampering the management of its management. More than half (52 percent) of those surveyed admitted that managing security is a…

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Europe more open to the cloud than US

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Avere Systems finds less organisational resistance to cloud solutions across Europe. Avere Systems, a provider of enterprise storage for cloud-enabled datacentres, has released the European findings of its ongoing original study into cloud adoption conducted at the recent Cloud Expo Europe 2014. While respondents across both sides of the pond agreed that cost savings and disaster recovery were the main drivers of cloud storage adoption, more than half (53 percent) of US respondents cited organisational resistance as a major barrier to adoption, compared with just 11 percent in EMEA. On the other…

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7 steps to ITSM goodness

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IT managers need clear, effective common-sense advice and practical guidance for IT service management (ITSM) and IT service delivery. While there is good advice and knowledge in the many best practice frameworks, the key messages can get lost in the sheer quantity of information, guides and certification programs. The special value of ITSM Goodness (part of web site of Barclay Rae) resides in simplifying and summarizing this knowledge and providing practical guidance. Barclay Rae delivers simple, fast & inexpensive consulting services to help customers achieve success with ITSM & service…

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The EU’s ongoing battle over data retention

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The European Court of Justice rules that citizens’ telecommunications data can be retained only in cases of severe necessity, overturning EU guidelines. The issue has proven highly controversial in Germany. The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday (08.04.2014) that current EU guidelines on the mass retention of citizens’ telecommunications data are not in accordance with the basic rights to which Europeans are entitled. The judges described the directives, which stem from the European Commission, as a “particularly serious” infringement of the “respect for private life and to the protection of…

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Latest News and Trends – ERP

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Enterprise Resource Planning Goes to School The global enterprise resource planning(ERP) software market is predicted to hit almost $70 billion by 2017. More and more enterprises are depending on ERP solutions and systems, and tomorrow’s business finance and account executives have to know how the software works, if they are going to succeed. UCLA is working to make sure its students will have the hands-on knowledge they need to work with the software solutions that will run tomorrow’s businesses. Epicor Software Corporation, a world leader in business software solutions, will be collaborating with UCLA…

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Windows XP users face end to Microsoft support

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As the hours tick away Microsoft has been encouraging people to ditch Windows XP. Support for the venerable Windows XP operating system ends this Tuesday. It means that there will be no more official security updates and bug fixes for the operating system from Microsoft. Some governments have negotiated extended support contracts for the OS in a bid to keep users protected. Security firms said anyone else using the 13-year-old software would be at increased risk of infection and compromise by cyber-thieves. Old code Statistics suggest 20-25% of all users have stuck with…

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Magic Carpet

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In nearly every country, the percentage of people over 60 is growing faster than any other age group. An interesting experiment by Intel-QE Care Innovations, a joint venture between two of the world’s largest corporations, focuses on “aging in place” devices and technologies designed to enable seniors to live at home as long as possible. The company has prototyped a technology called the Magic Carpet. It’s a literal carpet, outfitted with sensors and accelerometers, that can be installed in the home of an elderly person. For the first week, the…

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Business Technology Spending Market will Reach $330.4 billion by 2017

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Power in technology purchases shifting from CIO to CMO, CFO, VP of Sales and line executives International Data Corporation (IDC) today announced a new report, “United States Technology Buyer Forecast by Vertical: 2012 to 2017”, which  examines technology spending by 12 buying segments and how this new technology purchasing behavior differs by 15 vertical industries. According to the new report, the business technology spending market will grow at 6.9% 5 year CAGR from $236.6 billion in 2012 to $330.7 billion by 2017, while enterprise IT grows slowly at a 1.9% 5 year…

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Battle of the big screens: Can phablets replace the smartphone?

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There’s no denying smartphones are getting bigger, but will so-called phablets ever catch on for business? The phablet is not quite a smartphone, not a tablet, yet it is gaining momentum as people begin replacing two devices for one. The Samsung Galaxy Note family of devices and BlackBerry’s new Z30 serve as a prime examples of what you can expect to see in a phablet device. That’s not to say that devices such as Apple’s iPad and Microsoft’s Surface products are no longer in demand. More so that some users…

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