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Management Matters

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

June 2015

Want more women in technology? Alter the entire pipeline.
Clare McDonald - Business Editor 30 Jun 2015

During London Technology week a panel on how to get more women into technology highlighted the importance of education, mentors and a change in industry attitude.

Europe: What are we doing to lose our title as the Earth's e-waste capital?
Clare McDonald - Business Editor 22 Jun 2015

This is a guest blog by Niclas Rydell, director of product certification, TCO Development According to the United Nations University's (UNU) 2014 Global E-Waste Monitor report, Asia generates the ...

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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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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 ...

Cisco engineer: Why we need more women in cybersecurity

Progress on the cybersecurity gender gap has been slow but steadier recently. Cisco engineer Michele Guel explains how to hack ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The 5 network security basics you need to know

In this compilation, learn what network security is, as well as how it differs from cybersecurity, common -- and potentially ...

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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 ...