Opinion stories - Page 243
Teaching teachers: the new Google for Education Certified Trainer Programme
Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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edutech
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google
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opinion
For the last few years Google has provided a programme for people who wanted to earn an official training certification from Google for Education.
Tech-hungry businesses need to find their inner child
Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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3d printing
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pwc
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opinion
is enough innovation coming out of our big companies? The world loves emerging technologies, but have businesses lost their sense of play?.
Measuring the high costs of web malware protection
Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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malware
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cybersecurity
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notebook
The costs of recovering from a ransomware or other cyberattack are well understood…but how much should an organization spend to prevent one?.
What to do? A little ERP? A little IOT? A little big data? Who Know...Who Cares?
Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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data analytics
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martech
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iot
Amid a tech investment muddle, is IT truly firing up productivity or just a shot in the dark? Let's disentangle the ROI riddle.
Dell + EMC = $80B+ IT product behemoth
Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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network infrastructure
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cloud services
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emc
Dell's landmark $67 billion acquisition of EMC would create the world's largest IT product company, knitting together a broad range of IT assets.
Blackboard provides a roadmap to the cloud for higher education
Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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edutech
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ovum
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higher education
Blackboard has announced a transition plan at its recent Teaching and Learning Conference in Sydney to help institutions move to cloud-based services.
New Zealand is a leader in IoT but is not leading the way
Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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iot
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opinion
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analyst report
Reports and statistics about the Internet of Things (IoT) would lead many to believe New Zealand is a global leader in IoT. But is it really?.
It isn't easy being a RAN vendor these days, and that probably won't change
Mon, 5th Sep 2016
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samsung
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motorola
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opinion
As mobile operators consolidate and grapple with revenue growth, RAN vendors have had to struggle with increasingly limited market opportunities.
What is this so called 'Age of the Customer?'
Thu, 1st Sep 2016
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crm
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data analytics
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cx
CEOs aim for better customer experience, but poor technology management continues to disappoint, says journalist.
Microsoft: 10 great ways to rock back-to-school
Tue, 30th Aug 2016
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edutech
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microsoft
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notebook
Below are some new and favourite technology features we offer educators to help make teaching easier and spark student learning.
Gartner on the five steps crucial to closing SaaS security gaps
Tue, 30th Aug 2016
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public cloud
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casb
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cybersecurity
Business goals can be achieved only when the same security principles and governance being applied in-house are also applied to the public cloud.
Check Point says beware of the Trident Exploits on iOS
Tue, 30th Aug 2016
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malware
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cybersecurity
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apple
UAE activist targeted by 'Trident' - a trio of zero-day iOS exploits enabling total device control, discovered by Toronto researchers.
WhatsApp shares data with Facebook ahead of monetisation
Mon, 29th Aug 2016
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facebook
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whatsapp
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ovum
More than two years after its acquisition by Facebook, WhatsApp has seemingly succumbed to the inevitable pressure from its parent company.
Gartner: Why CIOs should care about the connected home
Mon, 29th Aug 2016
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software development
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opinion
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analyst report
In addition to the direct IT team, CIOs will need to educate executives on the current and potential difficulties of the smart home.
The BIG question: Is tech making us all dumb?
Fri, 26th Aug 2016
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google
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social media
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opinion
Are we entering an age of idiocracy? Is technology making us stupid? These questions are being raised as online culture continues to evolve.
The drivers and benefits of Edge Computing
Wed, 24th Aug 2016
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edge computing
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opinion
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data revolution
The data revolution has arrived – and it's big. Almost 90 per cent of all the data in the world has been created in the last two years.
The Internet of Sh*t - the opinions of a tech afficionado
Wed, 24th Aug 2016
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uc
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iot
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cloud services
The reality of the Internet of Things is more akin to an Internet of Shit, with many gadgets failing to live up to the hype.
How broadband can be used for critical WAN tasks
Tue, 23rd Aug 2016
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uc
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network infrastructure
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sd-wan
An SD-WAN abstracts multiple, completely different forms of transport connectivity and combines them into manageable software components.
Lenovo begins its new fiscal year with a difficult quarter
Tue, 23rd Aug 2016
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uc
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hyperscale
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dc
After acquiring Motorola and IBM's System x server business, Lenovo's fiscal 1Q17/calendar 2Q16 earnings revealed lingering growing pains.
Why you're better at digital marketing than you think
Tue, 23rd Aug 2016
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martech
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marketing
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digital age
As a marketer, if you believe you're falling behind & others are more adept, you may be giving them credit for your own knowledge.