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May 2019

Gov.uk Verify is the Theresa May of digital government
Bryan Glick - Editor in chief 08 May 2019

Gov.uk Verify is the Theresa May of digital government. The embattled Prime Minister faces calls to quit from all around – her own Conservative MPs, grassroots Tory activists, the right-wing press ...

Huawei furore leads inevitably to a global polarisation of the tech sector
Bryan Glick - Editor in chief 02 May 2019

The sacking of defence minister Gavin Williamson is another indication of how technology is influencing politics, and vice versa. While his crime was to leak details from a national security ...

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14 potential costs of shadow IT
The use of unsanctioned software can cost enterprise -- a lot -- and not always in obvious ways. Here's a look at shadow IT costs...
5 ways to improve the CIO-CISO relationship
CIOs and CISOs need to work together for the benefit of the whole organization. To break the mold of hostility, C-suite leaders ...
Litigants face tough road with antitrust lawsuits
As big tech companies like Google and Facebook fight antitrust lawsuits in court, experts are divided on whether core antitrust ...

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Gartner analysts debate ransomware payments
During Gartner's IT Symposium, analysts discussed the complex factors companies face when deciding whether or not to give into ...
5 questions to ask when creating a ransomware recovery plan
These 'five W's of ransomware' will help organizations ask the right questions when creating a ransomware-specific disaster ...
'LightBasin' hackers spent 5 years hiding on telco networks
A state-sponsored hacking group has been moving undetected on the networks of more than a dozen telecommunications providers, ...

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Aruba introduces the distributed data center switch
Aruba's CX distributed switch, available in January, provides security through the embedded Pensando ASICs. Services powered by ...
Static IP vs. dynamic IP addresses: What's the difference?
Static IP addresses are typically used for servers, routers and switches. Dynamic IP addresses, however, are commonly used for ...
4 categories of network monitoring
Network teams should routinely monitor the states of their networks. The type of network monitoring strategy used depends on the ...

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Bust latency with monitoring practices and tools
Improve latency across your data center's infrastructure by exploring its causes, a handful of best practices and tools you can ...
Best practices for container security in the data center
Container sprawl and container repositories can introduce new vulnerabilities to a data center. Here's what organizations should ...
How to check your CPU in a Linux system
You can issue commands through your Linux CLI to gather CPU information, including detailed information on cores, class, ...

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Aiven raises new funding as cloud data service demand grows
Oskari Saarenmaa, CEO of Aiven, explains why the open source cloud database-as-a-service vendor raised new funding and where ...
The challenges of cloud data management
Cloud platforms are expanding rapidly, causing organizations to face new cloud management challenges keeping pace with cloud data...
Couchbase Capella brings new managed DBaaS capabilities
The NoSQL database vendor launched a DBaaS platform providing a fully managed cloud database aimed at users who don't want to ...

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May 2019

Gov.uk Verify is the Theresa May of digital government

Huawei furore leads inevitably to a global polarisation of the tech sector