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Remote desktop solutions also enhance productivity by allowing employees to access their work systems from anywhere, ensuring seamless workflow continuity. They reduce hardware costs by enabling remote maintenance and support, minimizing the need for on-site IT resources. Additionally, these secure solutions for remote desktop offer flexibility, allowing businesses to adapt quickly to changing work environments and scale operations efficiently.

GUEST OPINION:  As the number and sophistication of cyberattacks continues to grow, increasing numbers of organisations are evaluating how much protection they can get from cyber insurance.

GUEST OPINION:  As more and more businesses embrace digital transformation, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) have become a crucial part of practically every company's IT infrastructure. APIs are useful because they make it easier for programs to communicate with one another and share information, but they also pose security risks. Implementing a strong API security strategy is crucial for protecting APIs and the sensitive data they handle. Protection against cyberattacks and unauthorised use is an essential part of API security. All requests made to an API should be checked for authenticity and validity by a security system.

GUEST OPINION: Venafi, the inventor and leading provider of machine identity management, has released its predictions for the cybersecurity landscape in 2023, indicating that this will be one the most challenging years yet for the cybersecurity industry.

GUEST OPINION: Cloud computing technologies have transformed the way in which IT infrastructures are designed and built, and the pace of adoption is showing no sign of slowing.

Indian IT spending is set to grow by 13.8% year-on-year in 2022, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that this was down from 25.3% in 2021.

GUEST OPINION: With Australian organisations continuing to embrace the concept of cloud computing, many have changed the strategy they are following to achieve their objectives.

GUEST OPINION by Michael Bovalino, ANZ Country Manager, LogRhythm:  IT security teams focus their efforts on protecting IT infrastructure from external threats, however it’s becoming apparent that an increasing number are coming from inside.

GUEST OPINION: It’s a cybersecurity threat that organisations have been facing for years, and the wave of ransomware attacks is showing no sign of abating.

GUEST OPINION: Few items rank higher on the C-suite agenda than building a more innovative culture in their organisations. Innovation not only guides them through uncertain times, but it also enables them to be agile and flexible to adapt to new market conditions. 

COMPANY NEWS: Leading managed services provider blueAPACHE today announced it has signed a new strategic, three-year IT managed services agreement with the Brotherhood of St. Laurence (BSL).

GUEST OPINION: Faced with a rapidly evolving threat landscape and the increasing likelihood of falling victim to an attack, growing numbers of organisations are taking a more proactive approach to their IT security.

GUEST OPINION by Adrian Iannessa, senior director of technology, Dell Technologies ANZ: It has been 18 months since the world woke up to the ‘new normal’, many countries are now adapting to waves of new strains, rolling out vaccination programs and states are fluctuating between eased restrictions and lockdowns. Through all that, we now have the possibility to build a bold new world as we look to the future. But first, we have some reflecting to do.

GUEST OPINION by Glen Maloney, ANZ Regional Sales Manager at ExtraHop:  First released in 2013, the MITRE ATT&CK framework is a global knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques designed to help organisations stay one step ahead of possible security threats.

One of Australia’s largest industry funds, Aware Super, "scales at speed" in a hybrid cloud environment to support anticipated business expansion through Equinix.

Thirty five year IT industry veteran Steve Dixon has joined Nutanix as Enterprise Sales Director for the Asia Pacific and Japan region.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced IT executives to adapt their operations to address increased work-from-home scenarios and unpredictable changes to IT requirements, according to research firm Gartner.

GUEST OPINION by Steve Singer, ANZ Country Manager, Talend: Amid the confusion and uncertainty that has marked the COVID-19 crisis, many organisations have been hesitant to invest in new IT infrastructure. Preferring to wait until conditions become clearer, they are opting to stick with what they already have in place.

Object storage technology provider Cloudian has inked a deal with IT infrastructure and professional services company Computer Concepts (CCL) to provide its technology to CCL’s New Zealand customers through the Vault Managed Service, with a particular focus on the government sector.

Global enterprise cloud vendor Nutanix has expanded services to MiTek Australia with the supply of hyperconverged infrastructure software, hardware and support services in conjunction with Melbourne-based IT partner Honeylight Consulting.