The technology industry has changed more in the last five years than in any other period in IT’s history. Virtualization has redefined the data center; the network edge has become predominantly wireless; and consumers are calling the shots with regard to business devices. However, two of the areas that have yet to evolve are the
Today, less than 1 percent of things in the physical world are network connected. In the near future the growth of the Internet of everything (IoE), which Cisco defines as the convergences of people, process, data, and things, will make networked connections more relevant and valuable than ever before, creating unprecedented opportunities for countries, businesses,
The IT industry is increasingly recognizing and leveraging the value and utility of packet-level analysis—also called Deep Packet Inspection or just Packet Analysis—for quickly and accurately identifying the true source and nature of network and application reliability and performance problems. Packet analysis involves ‘capturing’ (making a copy of) and inspecting network packets that flow between
Access to high quality video technologies is essential for TeleMed2U to provide clients with real-time virtual access to specialist physicians. The multi-specialty board-certified physicians use state-of-the-art technology to enable members to work in tandem with affiliated medical facilities to provide medical consultations when patients need it most. Founder Javeed Siddiqui, MD is one of the
The nature of business has changed radically over the past few years, with technology playing an increasingly important role in all aspects of the business, from product design and creation, supply chain management and manufacturing through to sales and inventory management, go-to-market partners and customer management. The pace of business is accelerating, and IT is
Seeking the business benefits generated by private cloud and to free themselves from the rigid silos of traditional IT infrastructures, organizations are turning to an approach that extends virtualization to all compute, network, and storage resources in their datacenters. This approach requires pooling and aggregating resources into a single utility that can be provisioned, operated,
Your website is your shop front, your brand on display and an essential sales and marketing tool. You spent a lot of money building it and attracting visitors. It is business critical: it would be a disaster if that shop front were smashed, your reputation was tarnished and visitors stopped coming. This is why website
In 2013 attention was focused on cyber-espionage, threats to privacy and the acts of malicious insiders. However, the end of 2013 provided a painful reminder that cybercrime remains prevalent and that damaging threats from cybercriminals continue to cast a shadow over businesses and consumers. Eight breaches in 2013 each exposed more than 10 million identities
In 2012 Symantec performed more than 1,400 website vulnerability scans each day. More than half the websites scanned were found to have unpatched, potentially exploitable vulnerabilities. Of the vulnerable sites, a quarter were actually infected with malware that could infect visitors and lead to the sites being blacklisted by search engines. These figures show that
Nearly a quarter of IT managers simply don’t know how secure their website is. However, with the rising number of web-attacks blocked per day, it’s vital for businesses to understand the part their website plays in the distribution of malware to clients, customers and the wider online community.