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IT departments pose the biggest security risk to business

8 years ago By Real Wire

More than a third of IT professionals (35%) see themselves as the biggest internal security risk to networks within their organization, according to new research from Balabit, a leading provider of Privileged Access Management and Log Management solutions. IT professionals may understand what their most valuable assets are, but they are still struggling to safeguard IT assets against the unpredictability of human behaviour. Whilst HR and finance departments are the easiest target for social engineering, it is in fact IT staff who pose the biggest insider risk to networks, whether caused by accidental or intentional actions. This is largely due to IT staff often possessing higher access rights than other users.

Network Security Threatens Operator Revenues

8 years ago By Real Wire

Bristol, November 29: Research commissioned by Evolved Intelligence shows that an overwhelming 80 percent of mobile subscribers would lose trust in their mobile operator’s brand if it suffered an attack by hackers and fraudsters hijacking the network signalling system known as SS7. Indeed, some 25 percent of the customers said it was likely they would change their mobile operator as a result.

What’s more, when the research focussed solely on the customers who had suffered any form of attack, it found that 33% percent had changed or intended to switch provider. 

Invenias Continues to Pioneer Innovation with New GDPR Module

8 years ago By Real Wire

29 November 2017, London - Invenias, the leading cloud-based platform for executive and strategic hiring, has today announced the Invenias GDPR Module, which is the latest update to its flagship product Invenias 9. The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018 will materially impact the way in which data is captured, stored, shared and moved. As a result, the working practices of the executive search profession will be required to be fully aligned with the requirements of the new legislation.

Major new study reveals the true ROI of database DevOps

8 years ago By Real Wire

DevOps is moving into the mainstream, and the database is now being included, but what holds many C-level executives back is the thorny issue of calculating the Return on Investment. They need to know that a change to the software development process as well as the tooling used will deliver tangible results.

To directly address this concern, Redgate Software today launched a new research study that reveals the benefits different stakeholders can expect from DevOps, and provides a powerful methodology for calculating the ROI of introducing DevOps for the database.

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Review of Intel's Revolutionary New 3D Xpoint Storage Technology

8 years ago By Kaya Johnson

The computer world has been rocked recently by one of the biggest leaps forward in storage in over a decade. Intel have announced their revolutionary new 3D Xpoint technology, a format that can potentially provide up to 1,000 times the storage of an SSD card. It’s a major progression and what does it mean for the tech world?

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Hybrid Cloud Business Solutions Are Best For Protecting And Backing Up Data

8 years ago By Eric Dalius

Data is the most significant asset of organizations, and it has to be protected and secured from theft, loss or disasters. Moreover, as the economy is now turning real time, it becomes imperative that data must be available easily so that authorized employees can access it quickly for better productivity and improved customer service that forms the crux of digital business today.

Curvature to offer new range of read-intensive, enterprise class SATA SSDs

8 years ago By Real Wire

CHARLOTTE, United States - November 9 2017 - Curvature, the world's largest provider of third-party maintenance and multi-vendor network and data center IT lifecycle services, has announced a new launch of enterprise-class Solid State Drives (SSD) that stand fully compatible with all major manufacturer servers (HPE, Dell EMC, Cisco, IBM, etc.) using a single firmware.

Nuance Communications Recognized as Ingram Micro Emerging Vendor of the Year in the United States

8 years ago By Real Wire

LONDON, UK., November 7, 2017 - Nuance Communications, Inc. is proud to announce it has received the Emerging Vendor of the Year award - Software from Ingram Micro Inc., the world's largest wholesale technology distributor. Presented during Ingram Micro Experience 2018, the win celebrates the increasing demand and brand awareness within the IT channel for Nuance’s Imaging department.

70% of European IT decision-makers see Brexit as a business opportunity

8 years ago By Real Wire

London, UK, 6th November 2017 - Interoute, the global cloud and network provider, has revealed new survey results showing almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of businesses across Europe are anticipating high growth in the year ahead. Reassuringly despite its turbulent outlook, the UK was only slightly behind the European average at 61 per cent. As the political climate presents opportunities for those countries and companies that can move at pace, on average 70 per cent believed Britain leaving the EU was an opportunity for their company.

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