Network Resilience – Ensuring a correct fit.

by: David Palmer

Dependency on the network is growing.  As businesses move to Cloud Computing , VoIP solutions and distributed workforces, it is more important than ever to ensure the network is fit for purpose. Reliance on a web connection or link to data centres...

29 July 2010

Cloud so what?

by: Hugo Harber

Many of our customers are looking at how to make the most of the newly created cloud services . Of course how to achieve this varies from business to business but to generalise there are some activities you can embark on which will help you make t...

15 January 2010

Remove the jargon to discover the benefits

by: Hugo Harber

Convergence, Cloud and Unified Communications are terms which have bandied around by technology companies for a few years now, but tend to mean little to the businesses I talk to. Over the next few weeks we will look at some of these terms and...

05 January 2010

A multi-layered approach to security works best

by: Hugo Harber

Security is a management problem with a technology solution. It isn’t a check-list of do’s and don’ts - it’s a discipline covering the business’ IT infrastructure. When it comes to security, a multi-layered approach works best. For instance, worms...

20 November 2009

Waiting until it is too late, costs more.

by: Hugo Harber

Security spending is a cost that’s notoriously difficult to justify in traditional cost/benefit terms: you spend a lot on security and in the best-case scenario nothing happens! But it’s important to remember that reactive security spending is...

16 November 2009

Are you bailing out a leaking boat!

by: Hugo Harber

Over the years the threat to your data and network has changed and evolved though it still might feel a bit like bailing out a leaking boat. The threat no longer comes through a single point like the rogue USB, but from multiple points of entry to...

06 November 2009