How often have you heard the expression ‘no pain, no gain’? These four words sum up the idea that if you are to receive benefits, then you must suffer (or at least make an effort). Alternatively, you could take it to mean that if you don’t make an effort, you can’t expect benefits. An example…
Tape data storage just keeps on going. It’s almost like the steam punk of IT, a branch off into a different universe where everybody reads with bigger candles instead electric light bulbs. But it works. In fact, it works well enough for the largest IT vendors to continue pushing the envelope on data storage density…
Data theft is becoming big business if the estimated damages of recent breaches are any indication. Can you imagine being insured for US $100 million against such events, yet having to bear costs that exceeded even that figure? The recent attack against Anthem, the second largest health insurer in America, involved as many as 80…
Disaster recovery planning for your IT installations may use automated procedures for a number of situations. Virtual machines can often be switched or re-started in case of server failure, and network communications can be rerouted without human intervention. For other requirements, people will be involved in getting IT systems up and running properly after an…
Forgot your password? Call in-house IT support. They’ll ask you a couple of questions to verify your identity (maybe your date of birth, your favourite colour). Then they’ll reset your password and tell you what it is so that you can go and do that work that’s been piling up. Or so that you can…
No, there is no typo in the title. In today’s C-level world, CRO can stand for Chief Risk Officer, but can also mean Chief Reputation Officer.