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Winning in Vegas with cloud
When you stage a conference in Las Vegas, there is always the risk that the attendees succumb to the evil lure of temptation that ‘Sin City’ offers them. After visiting [...]
The future of security
Last month, I’d the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion at our Security Strategist event. The panel comprised chief security officers and security vendors, and the moot point was whether [...]
Stay afloat with big data
When the Oracle team asked me to join them in Italy to watch Oracle Racing sail in the Americas Cup World Series, I thought what possible relevance could that have [...]
Changing the game
Most of the global headlines of the past month were stolen by IT infrastructure leader Dell’s acquisition of SonicWall, the security vendor that creates solutions, including firewalls, access control, email [...]
Do you have a cloud career plan?
The explosive growth of cloud technologies is shaking up IT departments everywhere. This technology shift is creating a new professional skills market that’s in high demand and short supply. For [...]
A billion thanks
Sixteen years ago, few imagined that a handful of people at a Linux start-up in North Carolina were laying the groundwork for an open source business with more than a [...]
And the winner is…
If you haven’t put together an awards programme like ours, let me give you the run-down on what really goes on behind the scenes and how we go about selecting [...]
10 reasons why your business needs a blog
When I started blogging in 2006, posting news and views on the advertising and marketing industry in the Middle East, many thought I was crazy. To them, blogs were personal [...]
Examining distrust
Security plays a hugely influential part in our lives. On a normal morning we’ve encountered it on numerous occasions before even starting work. Unlocking the door to leave the house, [...]
A fragmented entity
Earlier this month, HP conducted its first Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas, USA. It had earlier been conducting these partner gatherings in a regional format; this was the first [...]
Fulfilling the prophecy
In Mexico I learnt that the world will NOT end in 2012 yet I’m not so optimistic about the state of cyber security.
Big boys toys
The Big Boys Toys Exhibition was billed as the ‘ultimate playground’ – and it didn’t disappoint. We were invited to the event at the Atlantis, which was a show and [...]
Speed thrills
As a journalist who ekes out a living writing about enterprise networking, Cisco Live is always one of the not-to-miss events in my calendar. Cisco, whether we admit or not, [...]
Disappear not on social media
Remember what life was like without social media? I joined Facebook when I went to university around four years ago. Just four years – and I honestly don’t know what [...]
Lost and found
Weekends normally mean a reprieve from a strenuous work environment but a recent trip to the movies turned out to be an all new learning experience. In keeping with tradition, [...]
