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Management Matters

Discussing the IT strategy and management issues facing CIOs, CTOs and CDOs.

August 2014

Government needs to play the Game of Thrones
Caroline Baldwin - Business Editor 13 Aug 2014

Game of Thrones (soundtrack) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Government is dependent on the big IT players, but they need to stand up for their share of power. Speaking to Duncan Jones principal analyst ...

Information sharing in government - stop scaremongering and let it happen
Caroline Baldwin - Business Editor 04 Aug 2014

The Telegraph has reported that the government is considering implementing an information sharing system across Whitehall. An information system similar to customer databases used by Amazon and ...

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How AI cybersecurity thwarts attacks -- and how hackers fight back

IT leaders are using AI to take security to the next level. But how much security can AI provide? David Petersson examines where ...

Accenture predicts post-digital age where trust is the differentiator

The latest Accenture Technology Vision report calls out 'DARQ' technologies as the new must-have for CIOs and underscores the ...

Succeed at implementing RPA: Top tips from execs at IBM Think

Implementing RPA requires planning and coordination between multiple parts of the business to be effective. Execs at IBM Think ...

SearchSecurity

Explore multifactor authentication products in-depth

Discover some of the best multifactor authentication products currently on the market based on target industry and main features ...

Google Play security improved by targeting repeat offenders

Google this week attributed security improvements in Google Play to both automated processes and human reviewers. The ...

Astaroth Trojan returns, abuses antivirus software

Cybereason's Nocturnus Research team has discovered a new strain of the Astaroth Trojan that attacks antivirus software to steal ...

SearchNetworking

Latest SD-WAN features offer better management, security

Enterprises looking to buy software-defined WAN products should evaluate the SD-WAN features that vendors offer. But the market ...

How to assess an SD-WAN product and determine which you need

Two main differentiators have emerged in SD-WAN products. Learn how they work and how an IT manager can use them to assess ...

Cisco earnings, revenue show strength of product roadmap

Cisco earnings and revenue show customers are putting aside global uncertainties and buying into the company's shift toward a ...

SearchDataCenter

How to prepare your data center for an HCI appliance

Vendors tout hyper-converged infrastructure as a plug-and-play offering, but before you install anything in your data center, be ...

Hone these top 5 data center skills in 2019

As data centers become more software-based, admins should prepare themselves by learning about the cloud, containers, DevOps and ...

Carbon Relay debuts AI-based software for data center cooling

Newcomer Carbon Relay has introduced two products that use artificial intelligence to help IT pros manage data center efficiency.

SearchDataManagement

Originators form group to boost Presto SQL query engine

The Presto engine arose as an alternative to Hive for big data queries. Now, the Presto Software Foundation has formed to promote...

5 best practices for managing real-time data integration

Real-time data integration isn't like traditional data integration -- "it's moving, it's dirty and it's temporal," cautions one ...

Web integration platform eases way to machine learning models

StoryFit data scientists employ machine learning algorithms to gauge film script scenarios' prospects. They use Import.io tools ...