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Quocirca Insights

Experts from analyst firm Quocirca examine the changing nature of enterprise IT strategy and offer advice to IT leaders.

February 2015

Stepping up to the cloud
Rob Bamforth - Timefort 23 Feb 2015

A key reason behind cloud is flexibility.

Avoiding a piecemeal mobile strategy
Rob Bamforth - Timefort 16 Feb 2015

To get enough future flexibility to bring the best out of mobile working, this type of strategy and support model needs to be put in place today, rather than enduring the chipping away of IT ...

Samsung's bold ambitions to transform office print
Louella Fernandes - Quocirca 11 Feb 2015

At its recent press event in Monaco, Samsung outlined its latest plans to expand its foothold in the enterprise printing market. As a company, Samsung is already in the midst of looking for new ...

Getting value from video conferencing
Rob Bamforth - Timefort 10 Feb 2015

"quality of the overall experience is an important factor for boosting adoption of video"

SearchCIO

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 ...

SearchSecurity

Enzoic for Active Directory brings continuous password protection

Updates to Enzoic for Active Directory include NIST-compliant Continuous Password Protection, checking passwords against a live ...

Understand the basics of email security gateways

Email security gateways protect enterprises from threats such as spam and phishing attacks. This article explains how these ...

CyberArk brings updates to privileged access security offering

CyberArk introduces CyberArk Alero to its privileged access management product lineup, in addition to other endpoint management ...

SearchNetworking

An introduction to smart NICs and their benefits

This introduction discusses how smart NICs work and how they can benefit data center servers. It also explores the smart NIC ...

What are the features and benefits of 5G technology for businesses?

In addition to high speeds and low latency, the emergence of 5G cellular technology could put some pressure on the market prices ...

Why did operator NFV adoption lag so much?

NFV adoption was hampered by high costs and deployment issues, according to one industry insider. Also, learn about the latest on...

SearchDataCenter

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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11 real-time data streaming roadblocks and how to overcome them

Experts detail common challenges that IT teams encounter when deploying and managing real-time data streaming platforms and offer...

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 ...