February 2013

February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13
Auditors bust founding myth of coalition ICT

An official audit has raised doubts about the coalition government's claim to have squeezed £800m of savings out of the ICT "oligopoly" immediately after it came to power in 2010.After making two ... Continue Reading
February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13
Computer Weekly User Awards

The deadline for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Networking has been extended to 8th February. Get the recognition you deserve! Continue Reading

How edge computing differs from decentralized computing

Edge computing isn't about sticking servers and storage in a branch location. Learn the critical differences between edge and ...

Facebook's Libra project -- why enterprises should prepare

Facebook's foray into cryptocurrency is setting off alarm bells in government and finance circles. The question is how could the ...

Ransomware attacks: How to get the upper hand

Ransomware attacks are on the rise. Can organizations play like Radiohead and refuse to pay? The answer from security experts is ...

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Claroty extends platform to include IoT device security

Claroty has upgraded Continuous Threat Detection to include support for IoT device security, keeping pace with the proliferation ...

The benefits of IAM can far outweigh the costs

Identity and access management is a critical piece of enterprise information security. But the benefits of IAM go beyond ...

E-commerce platforms used for domain spoofing against Best Buy

Despite efforts to flag spoofed domains imitating Best Buy, the sites are still active on e-commerce platforms like Shopify and ...

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Why streaming telemetry tops SNMP in tracking network performance

SNMP isn't going away anytime soon, but streaming telemetry is a much more effective way to generate critical alerts and measure ...

Top 5G use cases for business include fixed wireless, healthcare

While 5G is not fully baked yet, early business use cases are intriguing. Connections between branch offices and headquarters, ...

VMware tops Cisco in fast-growing SDN market

VMware surpassed Cisco in grabbing the largest share of the money spent on software-defined networking for the data center in ...

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3 ways to benefit from open source infrastructure

Using open source infrastructure can reduce operating costs and streamline upgrades, but it's important to weigh the pros and ...

IBM mainframes face competitive pressures inside and out

IBM's mainframe business continues to be under pressure from cloud-based competitors, and perhaps even its own Power server. ...

Linux features beyond server management

Due to its open source nature, Linux is constantly gaining new capabilities. Here's a look at some common use cases and features.

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Snowflake product VP expounds on data warehouse for the cloud

In this Q&A, Christian Kleinerman, vice president of product development at cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake, talks about ...

RavenDB Cloud automates database management

RavenDB's managed cloud database service, RavenDB Cloud, intends to automate security processes, reduce overhead and cater to ...

Big data containers gain wider appeal in system deployments

This handbook examines the use of Docker containers in Kubernetes clusters to run big data systems and offers insight on ...