Category Archives: IT Security, Risk & ESG
Juggling Performance, Availability and Security
By Tony Lock A recent report from Freeform Dynamics illustrates that many corporate networks are[...]
Controlling Application Access
Application performance, availability and security challenges are quietly creeping up in the context of internal[...]
The Security Education Dilemma
By Charles Brett Security covers many dimensions, including the physical and logical. As such many[...]
Are we barking up the wrong mobile data protection tree?
By Charles Brett Professional IT prefers disciplined approaches which back up, or copy, all enterprise[...]
Software Defined Networking (SDN) continues to move forwards
By Charles Brett and Tony Lock During an Analyst Briefing at the IBM Development Laboratory[...]
The Business Value of Data Protection
By Tony Lock The data held in every business is valuable and in the current[...]
Device Proliferation and Data Fragmentation
By Tony Lock Bring your own device (BYOD) continues to attract considerable attention, but the[...]
Data fragmentation challenges for CIOs
By Tony Lock A recent survey by Freeform Dynamics confirmed that access to accurate information[...]
The End User Security Jigsaw
Organisations of all sizes are trying to understand the security implications of mobile working, device[...]
The Data Protection Imperative
In this short paper, we spell out why the time has come to adopt a[...]
Data Protection as a Business Enabler
While the importance of business information is almost universally recognised, few organisations have enjoyed either[...]
Storage Anywhere and Everywhere
With more departmental applications, collaboration and sharing environments, and even cloud-based services, with access via[...]
Managing expanding business – Critical Linux workloads
Evidence from users in the real world shows that for large workloads, the mainframe offers[...]
DCIM and Energy Management
By Tony Lock Over several decades IT management has focussed almost exclusively on keeping servers[...]
Workload placement in a hybrid world
Research shows that you are going to mix your platforms and deployment models in the[...]
Security, privacy and data protection
By Tony Lock Many businesses today are faced with the challenge of rapidly fluctuating operating[...]
Your local Public Cloud
By Andrew Buss A few weeks back we looked at the role that private and[...]
Freedom without Anarchy
Empowering employees through the delegation of authority and trust can enhance innovation and productivity. But[...]
Analytics and Big Data
By Tony Lock ‘Big Data’ is a hot topic receiving considerable attention from the marketing[...]
Why you need an interactive archive
Many organisations today only archive data when there is some external legislative driver forcing their[...]
Big Data and Analytics
Results of a web survey illustrate the state of business information and analytics today. Just[...]
A more intelligent approach to security
At the RSA Conference 2012 in London, one of the key themes to emerge was[...]
Datacentre in a box – Something for everyone?
CIOs have a tough job delivering an expanding range of services to ever more demanding[...]
The Big Data Revolution
Big Data suffers misuse but at its heart is really about getting more value from[...]