With cloud computing continuing its journey as arguably the dominant technology of the current era, so too the way we use it and manage its capabilities continue to evolve. The cloud has given us new ways to think about lots of traditional IT habits and practices, and as more and more data finds its way into the cloud, this extends to subjects like business continuity, disaster recovery and general data security.
Gordon Makryllos | 03 Mar | Read more
The attractiveness of adopting cloud services continues to grow. Who can argue against access to the latest technologies, a pay as you go model, rapid provisioning/de-provisioning and on demand scaling? All of these benefits lead to improved agility, faster time to market and a business focus on the business (not managing IT). Many of the risks of cloud computing have become less frightening as organisations have become more comfortable with data sovereignty and availability issues.
Wayne Tufek | 16 Oct | Read more
In the age of cloud, internal IT departments are being continuously challenged to demonstrate value and alignment to business requirements and business needs.
Puneet Kukreja | 05 Aug | Read more
How does your organisation cope when your data has left the building — or the country? Data sovereignty can be a vital legal issue, because data becomes subject to the laws of the country it's stored in — and that changes the risk profile.
Stilgherrian | 03 Jul | Read more
In 1973 Peter Drucker in his book “Management Tasks and Responsibilities” defined strategic planning as: <i>“The continuous process of making present entrepreneurial (risk-taking) decisions systematically and with the greatest knowledge of their futurity..."
Puneet Kukreja | 04 Jun | Read more
Information Security, IT Security, Technology Security, IT Risk and Security and IT Risk Services are all names that organisations use to define a functional unit within their enterprise that is responsible for the security, integrity and operational assurance of their information assets and operating environment.
Puneet Kukreja | 15 Mar | Read more
Over the last 2-3 years cloud computing has promised, and in many instances delivered, a lower total cost of ownership. This has helped organisations return the focus of operation to their core activities—reducing the effort spent on managing IT infrastructure and applications.
Puneet Kukreja | 19 Dec | Read more
The Industrial Revolution transformed four key aspects of society—innovation, transportation, communication and financial markets—changing the world forever. Although it began more than 200 years ago, there are surprising some parallels between this historically transformative period and IT security. The dynamics of the threat landscape and the increasing complexity of IT environments have given rise to a new era: The ‘Industrialisation of Hacking’.
Chris Wood | 26 Oct | Read more
The steady rise of cloud over the last few years across the software, infrastructure and platform domains has forced most technology business leaders to stop and take note. The voracity with which the perceived value and adoption of cloud computing and cloud Services has grown should be viewed and actioned as a strategic initiative and not a tactical undertaking with short term goals and limited benefits. To move things along and provide context I turn to Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", that helps identify strategy elements required by executives and senior management grappling with the challenge of cloud.
Puneet Kukreja | 31 Aug | Read more
The word governance derives from the Greek verb κυβερνάω [kubernáo], which means to steer, and was used for the first time in a metaphorical sense by Plato (according to Wikipedia). Wikipedia further expands on the term, rightly calling it “the act of governing”. Governance relates to decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance.
Puneet Kukreja | 30 Apr | Read more
With major restrictions and inherent limitations in most IT environments, it’s become an attractive option for businesses. Concerns such as spending restrictions; immature capacity management; uncertain demand forecasting; duplication of capability; slow delivery of infrastructure and slow business application delivery all lead businesses to look wistfully at cloud computing.
Puneet Kukreja | 19 Mar | Read more
In today’s uncertain times, cost-savings are a primary focus for executives. Cloud services do seem to offer a silver bullet solution when it comes to infrastructure and ancillary IT services.
Puneet Kukreja | 14 Feb | Read more
ISPs in Australia have for some time been notifying users about the likelihood that their computers have been compromised by malware. Now under the icode, the system has been formalised. Education and remediation tools are being made available to suspected victims.
Peter Coroneos | 22 Jul | Read more
Australians are increasingly relying on the internet in their everyday lives, from banking and shopping, through to using emails, social networking and blogs to keep in touch with family and friends. They are using a range of devices such as smart phones, tablets, computer game consoles and other devices to go online.
Sabeena Oberoi | 15 Jul | Read more