Public Sector IT

January 2012

Cosy cloud coterie snuggles into top nob govIT jobs
Mark Ballard 27 Jan 2012

Mmmmmits snug at the top. Especially for Julian David, IBM's top UK salesman, who was picked last week to be the next Director General of Intellect, the ICT oligopoly's trade association.It's only ...

Hope shines through crack in lid of open standards coffin
Mark Ballard 12 Jan 2012

Woah there, cowboy. The UK hasn't broken its open standards pledge quite yet.

Microsoft hustled UK retreat on open standards, says leaked report
Mark Ballard 06 Jan 2012

The British government withdrew its open standards policy after lobbying from Microsoft, it has been revealed in a sensitive Cabinet Office brief obtained by Computer Weekly.

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BPM tools mitigate business disruption amid digital transformation

A major challenge in digital transformation is avoiding harmful disruption to the business while doing the work of creating a new...

Next-gen RPA bots automating job roles, not just tasks

Robotic software is moving beyond automating tasks to automating big pieces of certain job positions. Case in point: Automation ...

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 ...

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ConnectWise plugin flaw exploited in ransomware attacks on MSPs

GandCrab ransomware infected several managed service providers, thanks to an old a ConnectWise manage plugin vulnerability, but a...

Palo Alto Networks to acquire SOAR vendor Demisto

Palo Alto Networks announced its plan of acquiring SOAR vendor Demisto for $560 million to accelerate its Application Framework ...

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 ...

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What you need to know about intent-based networks

This compilation explores five pertinent questions about intent-based networking, including those about its benefits, why ...

AI in networking presents opportunities for service providers

Network installers and managed service providers can reap key benefits with AI in networking, including better productivity, ...

SD-WAN cost savings hinge on underlying WAN technologies

SD-WAN marketing almost always mentions the benefit of cost savings. Cut through the hype and discover how SD-WAN works with MPLS...

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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.

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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 ...