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A place for women in IT - opinion and debate on how to bring more women into the technology sector.

December 2019

Tackling the data science diversity gap
Clare McDonald - Business Editor 19 Dec 2019

GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Rhonda Textor, head of data science at True Fit talks about the changes she had to make to her hiring practices to close the data science diversity gap I ...

Breaking the boundaries – women in tech need to take charge
Clare McDonald - Business Editor 16 Dec 2019

GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Yaara Letz, partner consulting engineer at Tyk, explains why women in tech need to carve out their own career path rather than wait for diversity and ...

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How data science can help your company withstand the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is adversely affecting businesses worldwide, but data science can help you solve immediate problems and ...

A checklist for digital transformation success

Today's businesses must embrace digital technologies to survive. Use this checklist to assess your organization's readiness for ...

C-suite executives offer advice on working remotely during pandemic

C-level execs in industries from biotech and telecom to accounting and marketing are making sure their employees have the proper ...

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Zoom takes new security measures to counter 'Zoombombing'

Zoom has implemented two key security and privacy measures in order to counter 'Zoombombing.' One enables passwords in meetings ...

Microsoft warns hospitals of impending ransomware attacks

Microsoft warned "dozens" of hospitals with vulnerable gateway and VPN software that an infamous ransomware group known as REvil ...

4 essential AI-enabled security concerns for buyers and vendors

Experts offer four concerns for enterprises and vendors to discuss in order to deploy and run AI-based cybersecurity tools.

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Supporting remote workers in your pandemic response plan

To support employees working from home, network teams should carefully monitor VPN traffic, review firewall rules and rely on ...

Take a look at 6 top VPN service providers for remote work

The right VPN connection ensures workers can do their jobs with an efficient and secure connection. Explore the leading options ...

How free Wi-Fi hotspots help in emergency response situations

Emergency and disaster response require teamwork among businesses, governments and community groups. In these times, free Wi-Fi ...

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Build a migration plan for enterprise edge infrastructure

Micro data centers are essential to edge computing use cases. Build an effective migration plan through site selection, ...

Tech giants aim supercomputers, clouds at finding a COVID-19 cure

The new COVID-19 HPC consortium comprised of tech giants, national labs and academia are using supercomputers and clouds to speed...

Top vendor SDDC certification programs for admins

If you decide to grow your knowledge of software-defined data center technologies, VMware, Nuage Networks and Microsoft offer ...

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PlanetScale extends multi-cloud database as a service

Open source-based PlanetScaleDB adds support for Microsoft Azure, enabling a multi-cloud database as a service platform that ...

Oracle NoSQL database comes to the cloud

Another Oracle database is coming to the cloud with the general availability of Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service as the demand...

MariaDB SkySQL enables cloud-native database as a service

MariaDB brings back an old name for its cloud-native database-as-a-service platform. MariaDB CEO Michael Howard details how he's ...