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Trust will be the biggest challenge of the cloud, apps, big data and social age News
22.01.2013 The issue of trust will tower over the matter of struggling to manage the exponential growth in data and will define the cloud age and the consequent explosions in social media,...Categories: Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Digital Business, Data Management, Consumer Tech, CIO, Architecture, Apps -
Virtualisation can help organisations boost productivity News
22.01.2013 Virtualisation projects, usually done for tactical cost-cutting reasons, can also be strategic tools for the business, an IT services and consulting firm has said. -
The five minute CIO: Eddie Ormonde News
18.01.2013 The IT manager at Dublin Business School (DBS) Eddie Ormonde explains how moving to virtual desktops has met tactical and strategic goals: freeing IT budget for other projects... -
YouSendIt acquires Found Software – deal brings search to consumer cloud News
15.01.2013 YouSendIt Inc has acquired Found Software, an app firm that makes it easy to search for files and documents across your Mac and cloud services on one simple search platform.Categories: Storage, Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Communications, CIO -
Revealed: IT contractors’ handsome wages, and recruiters’ lucrative fees News
15.01.2013 A typical Dublin-based Java developer on a six-month contract will earn €52,200 during the course of the contract while the recruitment agency that placed him or her will earn...Categories: Web, Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, IT Management, IT Consulting, Internet, Global CIO, Financial, Contract, Consultant, CIO, Apps -
The five minute CIO: Fergal Kelly News
11.01.2013 Vodafone Ireland’s CTO Fergal Kelly says a mobility strategy that takes account of risks can be a success – and boost productivity.Categories: Telecommunications, Security, Mobility, IT Management, Internet, Enterprise, Data Management, CIO, Careers and Employment -
Tesco employs Microsoft Office 365 across company News
10.01.2013 Retailer Tesco will now be able to better communicate ideas and news to its multinational workforce with the implementation of Microsoft Office 365 for its companywide... -
Cloud computing: fact or fiction? (Infographic) News
08.01.2013 Cloud computing has nothing to do with the weather and while it’s not entirely safe from cyber attacks, the technology is creating IT jobs and millions of people are using the... -
BWG Foods invests €300k in cloud-based supply chain system News
07.01.2013 BWG Foods has awarded a €300,000 contract to Atlas Universal to automate its entire purchase to pay process, handling in excess of 4.8m transactions annually. BWG operates the... -
Dell SecureWorks reveals new cloud security service News
07.01.2013 Dell SecureWorks has revealed a new vulnerability management service and a new web application scanning service for the cloud and virtualised computing environments. -
2013 will be the year conventional approaches to IT security will be abandoned News
04.01.2013 It is the dawn of a new year and with the certainty with which you could set your watch, IT security firms are making somber threat predictions. The only thing they can agree on...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, Mobility, Mobile, IT Management, Intellectual Property, Data Management, CIO -
Ubuntu to unveil new mobile OS at CES – targets Android OEM heartland News
03.01.2013 Fast-growing operating system maker Ubuntu and Canonical have unveiled a new mobile OS that can be installed on devices made by OEMs manufacturing Android devices. It describes... -
Ireland listed among top FDI locations for BPO and managed services News
03.01.2013 Ireland has been named as one of the top 5 locations in the world for business services investments – an area that touches on foreign direct investments in the areas of IT,...Categories: Project Management, Outsourcing, Management, IT Management, Investments, Financial Results, Digital Business, CIO -
Information security in 2012 reflects constant change News
22.12.2012 Covering the area of information security for any length of time makes one trend very clear: the types of threat may change from one year to the next but the extent of the...Categories: Security, Risk Management, IT Management, Internet, Data Management, CIO, Careers and Employment -
IT security pros say firms most vulnerable to attack during Xmas holidays News
21.12.2012 Businesses are more vulnerable to attack than ever during the Christmas holidays, a survey of IT security and business professionals believe.Categories: CIO, Data Management, Digital Business, Global CIO, IT Management, Leadership & Management, Risk Management, Security, Servers -
IT professionals fear loss of control when it comes to cloud computing News
21.12.2012 IT professionals are still being deterred by the perceived risks of cloud computing with loss of control one of their biggest worries, a global study of 4,500 IT professionals... -
CIOs: don't get distracted by Flash, but focus on data agility News
19.12.2012 Solid-state storage will be a trend to watch in business IT next year, but CIOs have been urged not to focus on Flash hardware when evaluating their data strategies for 2013 and... -
Organisations have yet to master BYOD policies - survey News
19.12.2012 With 57pc of employees saying they use a smartphone or tablet to access company data, IT departments need to work with users in the business to meet the challenges of the ‘bring...Categories: Careers and Employment, CIO, Consumer Tech, Hardware, IT Management, Mobile, Risk Management, Security -
Hacker who put Scarlett Johansson images on internet gets 10 years in jail News
18.12.2012 A hacker who hacked the personal email account of Scarlett Johansson and other Hollywood celebrities and placed them on the internet has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. -
Strategy 2012 - devices drive huge change in IT delivery model News
27.12.2012 The IT industry can usually be relied on to coin acronyms almost as quickly as it releases new products and it’s come up with the goods yet again for the latest technology trend...Categories: Security, Risk Management, Mobility, Mobile, Leadership & Management, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Tech, CIO