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Customer feedback feeds success
As the Managing Director of GlobalConnect, Pushkar Taneja has one abiding aim for the company and that is customer satisfaction. He even goes as far as saying that’s why they are there. Voice&Data’s Merri Mack spent an engrossing hour with Taneja to find out what his challenges are.
[ + ]Is unified access control the answer to security?
Protecting an IT environment now consumes more resources than actually managing the network. There are more devices connected, more people collaborating, more dispersal of access points and an enormous increase in the amount of traffic and type of traffic on the network. Juniper Networks’ Matt Miller looks at the following issues and provides some remedies. Even if you can secure all entry points, the biggest issue is scale. How do you ensure only the right people can see the right data at the right time when network capacity is already strained?
[ + ]Outsourcing your security
Today, you have several options if you want someone else to take care of your IT security. Andrew Collins explores the pros and cons of each.
[ + ]Join the throng at Storage Decisions Australia in Melbourne
Join storage-focused IT leaders at Australia’s premier data storage conference, to be held in Melbourne on 12 May. Learn the latest tips and tricks from local and international experts. Subjects covered include: cloud storage, next-gen backup, dedupe, data reduction and more. [ + ]
A day in the life of a virtual data recovery expert
A day in the life of a virtual data recovery expert outlines the recovery of data when three days of client data is lost.
[ + ]Backup is dead - long live recovery!
Small to medium businesses (SMBs) are coming to realise - many with painful consequences - the crucial need to focus their information security strategies on being able to recover data as part of their backup process. StorageCraft’s Greg Wyman explains why SMBs must change their focus.
[ + ]Disrupting the status quo is the way forward
Orcun Tezel tells Voice&Data why there has never been a better time for corporations to get maximum value from their network vendor.
[ + ]Strategy determines structure
Curtin University of Technology’s students and colleagues benefit from its CIO Peter Nikoletatos’s fascination with technology and its potential. These lucky people get to use and experience the most innovative technology. Merri Mack speaks to Nikoletatos about what drives him.
[ + ]Get on the optimisation bus
You probably cannot help but buy more storage, writes Simon Sharwood, but why not make sure you use every byte of the storage you’ve already got before you sign another cheque? Well that makes sense. Keep reading to find out the latest optimisation techniques.
[ + ]Virtualise for operational excellence
Unbatten the hatches and virtualise for operational excellence says Peter Croft as he identifies how to get a green IT strategy back on the agenda for operational efficiency.
[ + ]Inside the insider
Three Coca-Cola employees were charged with stealing confidential information and samples of a new drink in the hope of selling them to competitor PepsiCo. Information is the lifeblood of the company. Carlo Minassian knows this only too well as he is charged with the security of many companies’ data.
[ + ]The evolution of UTM
A scant decade ago, packet-filter firewalls were sufficient to protect against virtually all threats coming from the internet. Today, however, the number, variety and sophistication of threats against business networks have multiplied, and firewalls and antivirus software on desktops are no longer sufficient. This has led to the evolution of unified threat management (UTM) solutions, reports Fortinet’s Richard Stiennon.
[ + ]Walk the talk
When ADC Krone talks the talk, it’s not just talking about quality and being environmentally responsible. It’s actually doing it and being able to demonstrate that it walks the talk, as Mike Hanahoe, director, Global Connectivity Solutions Asia-Pacific, explains.
[ + ]The case for server consolidation
IT consolidation can reap significant ROI, but how realistic is it for your organisation? Riverbed’s managing director for Australia and New Zealand, Steve Dixon, looks at the challenges around consolidating and how a WAN acceleration strategy can help.
[ + ]The crucial role of the data centre
The topic of sustainability or green IT remains a key focus for everyone in the industry this year. On the bright side, doing business is more accessible than ever before. Advances in technology have reduced transaction costs, created broader access to global markets and advanced technologies, and levelled the playing field among small businesses, large corporations, emerging economies and industrialised nations. IBM’s Mark Latchford tracks the positive changes in sustainable IT.
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