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essensys, a leading provider of digital experience (DX) software and technology for the commercial real estate industry, has announced the launch of elumo, a dynamic bookings and access solution that redefines the meeting room experience.

GUEST OPINION:  A thief who robs a house will usually try to find the easiest way in. After all, why pick a lock when the back door is wide open? 

While organizations pour resources into advanced threat detection systems and cutting-edge security tools, they often miss fundamental elements that could make or break their cybersecurity defenses. These overlooked components create vulnerabilities that sophisticated attackers are all too happy to exploit.

Open source software rightly gets a lot of attention; open source hardware has its part to play too. One development drawing increasing attention in both technical and executive circles is RISC-V, pronounced "risk five". While many industries have long relied on established processor architectures such as ARM and x86, RISC-V offers a fresh approach—particularly in areas of flexibility, customisability, and cost-effectiveness. Here's why it's worth keeping on your radar.

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has announced the company is releasing a personal AI supercomputer in May, called Digits. The device comes with 128GB RAM, up to 4TB of SSD, enough computing power to handle sophisticated AI models with up to 200 billion parameters, yet sits on your desk and plugs into a standard powerpoint taking up no more space than a Mac Mini.

GUEST OPINION:  In today’s competitive market, security remains a critical concern for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) in Australia. Traditional on-premises video surveillance systems, while effective, often come with high upfront costs and ongoing maintenance burdens. As businesses evolve and the demand for flexible, scalable solutions grows, cloud-based video surveillance systems are emerging as a smart alternative which is often more cost-effective.

Enterprise users further empowered to be phishing-resistant and go passwordless on day one

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GEEKOM has been in the hardware business for 21 years, and if you're not familiar with its range of Mini PCs you really should be. iTWire tried out the GEEKOM A8 for ourselves and found it packs a punch way in contrast to its teeny tiny size.

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The collaboration marks a significant milestone for aerial surveying and data acquisition of critical linear assets

Although online games have been around since the mid-1990s, they have only grown significantly in popularity in the past two decades. But since then, they have gathered plenty of enthusiasts, who discovered that games are more than just a hobby. So, if you want to level up your gaming experience, you should learn more about dedicated game servers. These types of servers improve the reliability and quality of the online gaming experience, so you will benefit from more advantages in the online world.

Processor manufacturer AMD says AI is the most transformational technology in 50 years, and that the biggest driver of this has been generative AI. However, the amazing things AI can achieve are constrained by the availability and capability of GPUs - so, to accelerate AI, AMD has today announced its brand new AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator, bringing the highest performance in the world for generative AI.

COMPANY NEWS: 11:11 Systems (“11:11”), a managed infrastructure solutions provider, was named an Aspiring provider in the 2023 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) report.

GUEST OPINION by Austin Technology:  In an increasingly interconnected world, businesses are more dependent than ever on IT infrastructure. This dependence has led to a surge in demand for IT support, and MSPs (Managed Service Providers) have risen to the occasion by offering Remote IT Support.

COMPANY NEWS: Synology held its mini Computex showcase a stone's throw from the main event, in Taipei's POPOP art space. It made for a more-relaxed, less-noisy presentation of the company's current thinking and new products. There were many interesting announcements with one being that ALL third-party hard drives would stop being supported in Enterprise products. Here's the video and a brief description of what's in it. 

Synology Hardware

We started off seeing the refreshed DS3622XS+ NAS which has 14, 3.5-inch drive bays and is suitable for SMBs that don’t have rackmount infrastructure. A smaller version was the eight-bay, DS1823xs+.

This was followed by seeing the latest network cards which can boost SMB NAS’ network speed by up to 10Gbps. Some work on PCIe cards while others use a bespoke, Synology connector.

Next up was the latest DS923+ which us a four-bay, prosumer NAS that Synology calls its flagship model owing to its sweet-spot popularity. Next to it was the two-bay DS723+. Both support network card upgrades and Synology’s bespoke NVMe solid-state hard drives.

Synology then showed us its latest, Enterprise hard drives. It also told us that it was completely cutting ties with third-party manufacturers for these product lines because it had had enough of finger-pointing disputes with drive makers when partners had any RMA issues. Apparently, firmware updates with previously certified drives from the likes of WD and Seagate were also causing havoc in this regard.

We then saw Synology’s SSDs which are very heavily certified for reliability and stability. They only go to a 800GB capacity to avoid thermal issues. We were told that there’s no increased capacity on the roadmap, yet.

Next up was Synology’s Surveillance-based NAS series which uses a discreet Nvidia GPU to run AI analytics. The DVA3221 NAS was one example that we saw.

Moving on, we saw Synology’s new surveillance cameras the BC500 and the TC500. These are PoE-powered cameras whose major USP is that they’re not made in China(!) They can also tell the difference between a car and a person. Plus, when tethered to Synology’s Surveillance Station, can identify the difference between a human and a cat!

Collaboration

After seeing Synology’s latest hardware, we moved to other zones which showed-off key elements of Synology’s popular, core, DSM ecosystem. This included new Office functionality which embraces AI to create and translate content (including emails) across all of its apps and add the results to various styles of presentations.

Data Management

We were reminded that many businesses are required to back-up their cloud-based data, even if it’s stored in the likes of Google Drive and Office 365 and that Synology supports this.

Active Backup can also back-up hundreds of office PCs and use Snapshots to create a single, disaster-recovery solution. The system also uses File and LUN (Logical Unit Number) versioning with multi-node replication and failover support to boost data integrity and help prevent data loss with ransomware attacks.

Changed Block Tracking (CBT) and de-duplication ensure that back-ups are done quickly and efficiently and that granular recovery is quick and easy.

Surveillance

Surveillance Station is also free and simple to use… you simply connect cameras via a third-party PoE switch.

It enables multiple-camera recording at scale, with centralised camera management, failover support plus, flexible on-prem and cloud archiving.

Cloud

We learned that Synology Cloud – called C2 – also makes syncing data between different NAS boxes in different locations simpler than ever.

C2 Backup protects personal and business files in a centralised cloud; C2 Identity can manage users and devices from a central location as well as performing maintenance tasks; C2 Object Storage is an S3-compatible, global object storage service; C2 Password is a corporate-grade password manager; C2 Transfer can send files securely across an encrypted and secure connection.

Meanwhile, Hybrid Cloud solutions include: Active Insight for remote troubleshooting and device health monitoring on a centralised dashboard, C2 Storage for Hyper Backup and Hybrid Share plus C2 surveillance for an extra cloud-based layer to Surveillance Station.

And finally…

Another highlight was the brand new BeeDrive which is an enhanced, personal backup hub that’s 1TB or 2TB in size. It can simply wirelessly transfer a photo from a mobile device to a tethered PC in one-click! It will be available in Australia imminently.

Dell Technologies has announced new security services and products, including a mechanism to help detect pre-delivery tampering with hardware.

PC hardware and accessories maker, Corsair, has launched a slew of upgrades to a wide range of its most acclaimed components.

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