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

December 2017

The digital transformation of AV infrastructure.
Rob Bamforth - Timefort 13 Dec 2017

This is the first in a series of articles exploring the challenges and opportunities facing the audio visual (AV) industry, which has its annual European flagship event, ISE2018, in February. This ...

VeloCloud takes aim at outcome-driven networking
Bernt Ostergaard - Quocirca 03 Dec 2017

Can corporate managers translate desired business outcomes into network performance requirements?

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Edge computing use cases must be driven by business value

For Schneider Electric and many other large enterprises that take a look at edge computing projects, the main criterion for ...

OT security brings new challenges in the age of IoT

We're diving into the IoT security challenges CIOs need to be aware of as a result of integrating OT devices, which often work in...

The changing role of the CIO

The shift to a digital economy is dramatically changing the role of the CIO, from trusted IT operator to business strategist.

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RPA security best practices include access control, system integration

Robotic process automation can revolutionize enterprise workflows, but if RPA security risks aren't controlled, bots could end up...

Researcher finds digital certificate fraud used to spread malware

A new certificate fraud scheme involves a threat actor impersonating company execs to purchase certs which are then resold to ...

6 types of insider threats and how to prevent them

Compromised, negligent and malicious employees put enterprises at risk. Here are six problems they pose and the insider threat ...

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Arista CloudVision 2019 from Arista Networks advances visibility

Arista Networks upgraded its network monitoring and management platform with new features that help automate and improve change ...

Cisco author says new CCNA exam undergoes largest change ever

Cisco said goodbye to most CCNA tracks, and hello to a consolidated exam. Here's what you need to know about the new CCNA, from ...

Cisco acquisitions in 2019 bolster service provider strategy

Cisco acquisitions in 2019 and 2018 include three that show the company preparing for when carriers will increase spending to ...

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New Dell EPYC servers embrace AMD Rome chips

Dell EMC goes from Naples to Rome with a new line of EPYC servers, including Ready Solutions for high-performance computing and ...

Can next-gen SIEM help cybersecurity initiatives?

More organizations are using SIEM, AI and cloud technology to minimize security breaches. Though despite interest, this ...

IBM z15 mainframe secures data across multi-cloud environments

IBM unveiled the latest in its line of mainframes capable of processing 1 trillion web transactions a day. The IBM z15 ...

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InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 expands open source time series database

While the core open source InfluxDB 2.0 project is still in alpha, InfluxData has advanced its cloud service to support new ...

New cloud and on-premises options for Oracle Autonomous Database

Oracle introduced new cloud and on-premises deployment options for its namesake database as the tech vendor’s Oracle OpenWorld ...

How big tech breakup would affect the tech industry

Breaking up the tech giants would be difficult and might create initial chaos in market, help smaller competitors and potentially...