Nov 2, 2015
Old-fashioned attempts to protect data by building impenetrable firewalls are impractical in the age of big data. It’s just too expensive and, anyway, business success increasingly means opening up to customers and business partners. By Godfrey Kutumela, head:...
Oct 30, 2015
Video surveillance is an increasingly important part of any comprehensive security system. However, in large spaces or areas where a high level of detail is required there are a number of challenges, writes Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies....
Oct 30, 2015
In today’s fast-moving world, technological advances happen faster than legislation can keep up, and will continue to do so for many years to come, writes Christoff Smith, senior software engineer at Entelect Software. As software engineers, the onus lies on us,...
Oct 22, 2015
A remarkable amount of the ‘futuristic’ technology seen in the film has come true, even if it has yet to become mainstream, says Gary Newe, technical director at F5 Networks. Looking back at the tech predictions made in Back to the Future II, it’s...
Oct 22, 2015
Today the true power of the computer comes from being connected, and with more devices connected, so power grows exponentially. We see this today with cloud computing and increasingly with the Internet of Everything (IoE), which is creating unprecedented opportunities...
Oct 15, 2015
While some companies can be pretty strict about their cyber security policies, and risk that at the end of the day this might be counterproductive, others apply more flexible approach. The problem with being too rigid is that it could be like trying to control the...