As is the way of most technological paradigm shifts, the phenomenon of virtualisation emerged in advance of any standards initiatives. One solution to the challenge of making the pieces fit together neatly is, of course, to rely on a single vendor, with the attendant risk of being locked into on approach, vulnerable to the vicissitudes [...] [...more]
Wireless Security - advancing from the traditional “one-size-fits-all” approach
As we have seen, mobile devices and network technologies have evolved in recent years, giving the executive road warrior, field service representative and teleworker access to corporate networks, databases and applications from virtually anywhere.
Despite these advances many organizations are still unfamiliar with the latest remote access [...] [...more]
New Challenges, New Requirements
The combination of concerns on security coupled with the need for mobile and wireless being up in the top three of the priority list for CIOs and IT managers, suggests that analyzing the degree of mobility within the workforce is key to selecting the appropriate infrastructure solution.
IT managers have mobile workers [...] [...more]
The expected April Fools variant of the Conficker worm reappearing is a technology scare possibly on par with planes falling out of the sky at the turn of the millennium. Will it infect me? Will the Internet break? Will it restart the Large Hadron Collider, create a black hole and suck us [...] [...more]