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Salesforce's push to get wearables into the enterprise
With cloud-based CRM provider Salesforce.com launching its dev kit for wearable technologies, promises that wearable tech will reach enterprise level may soon be realised. [ + ]
More of SAP landscape shifting to the cloud
Large enterprises plan to move nearly half of their SAP on-premise environment to the cloud within the next two years, creating a $41.5bn market segment, a survey indicates. [ + ]
Australian cloud IaaS market booming
More than half of Australian organisations with more than 20 employees have adopted public cloud IaaS for at least part of their IT infrastructure, research from Telsyte shows. [ + ]
HDD crashes most common cause of data loss
A survey of Australian data recovery customers shows that 65% blamed HDD failures for their most recent data loss incident, compared to 16% for SSD drives. [ + ]
Heartbleed points to bigger SSL problems
The Heartbleed vulnerability was just the tip of the iceberg, says a Palo Alto Networks report which reveals that 32% of applications are capable of using SSL. [ + ]
Are you a CIO or venture capitalist?
A new trends report from Deloitte says CIOs should consider managing their ICT portfolios in the same way that venture capitalists do. [ + ]
Big Blue now number 3 in global security software
IBM has moved into third place in the global security software market, while security software spending in Australia in 2013 reached $408.1 million, an increase of 8% over 2012, says Gartner research. [ + ]
Why "Thou shalt not use Dropbox" doesn't work
File sharing has led to a serious loss of control for some companies when it comes to keeping data locked down. But steps can be taken to mitigate the risks, and even enhance productivity. [ + ]
Overlay networking - what took so long?
Despite the continuing development of virtual machine migration-related capabilities, various networking challenges continue to fester, including onerous networking reconfigurations and inadequate virtual LAN IDs for scaling secure private networks. [ + ]
Apple's pitch for the Internet of Things
Apple's announcement of HomeKit and HealthKit that will make the Internet of Things (IoT) much more prevalent in consumer culture. [ + ]
Business security risks from e-commerce on the rise
The growth in mobile e-commerce will leave businesses critically exposed to data breaches unless they ramp up their IT security, says consulting firm Protiviti. [ + ]
Disruptive technologies impacting IT roles
By 2018, more than 90% of IT roles will be affected by adoption of the four major disruptive IT technologies - cloud, big data, mobile and social - IDC forecasts. [ + ]
The fight against comment spam
Research from Imperva shines light on the comment spam epidemic, revealing that a small minority of attackers generate the majority of spam volumes. [ + ]
Australian medical app wins ICT award
Smartphone medical app eRx Express has taken out this year's Victorian Innovation Award for Health at the iAwards. [ + ]
NBN, cloud and the future of the network
The shape of the network in years to come will be largely determined by a new wave of technologies - like the NBN, cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT) - according to a new study from research firm IDC. [ + ]