Category Archives: Data Security

On-demand hardware and data management platforms

We all know that the corporate world is always hungry for information as business owners want to know every tiny detail to ensure they stay on top of their game. Without a properly managed database there is no way for … Continue reading

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New research reveals that the majority of staff are risking company security

Some new and interesting research by BlockMaster has revealed that employees of SMEs and corporates are risking the security of company data by using flash drives/USB sticks and then losing them in weird and wonderful places. If I am honest, … Continue reading

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Could data warehousing become an even more significant IT component?

Think warehouses and what does your mind conjure up? Probably images of functional looking buildings on retail parks filled with corner shop owners stocking up or wagons being loaded with high street goods for the coming week’s trade. However, this … Continue reading

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EU plans could make IT procurement easier

By their very nature, public sector organisations are required to process and manage large quantities of data. They don’t always do a great job and some public sector bodies would certainly benefit from the services of a data processing specialist. … Continue reading

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Consumerisation could be threatening business security

Not so long ago, corporate IT security was a relatively (and we use that term loosely) uncomplicated affair: you installed a decent firewall and a robust antivirus programme onto your company network, you encouraged a sensible password policy, and you … Continue reading

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Data security and shielding your data

We believe that future historians will look back on the late 20th and early 21st Centuries as the beginning of an ‘Information Age’, and judge it to have been just as important to progress of humanity as the Industrial Revolution. … Continue reading

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Data security should improve as businesses begin investing in IT again

When business is slow and budgets are stretched, a company’s IT budget is often one of the first elements of its operation to be selected for cutbacks. It’s not difficult, after all, to squeeze a few more years’ life out … Continue reading

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