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Sunday, 05 January 2025 15:54
Taming the heat: lessons from the Death Star, the Human Torch, and sustainable IT
By David M Williams
There’s a delightful irony in Star Wars’ infamous Death Star: for all its futuristic might, it was ultimately undone by a good old-fashioned exhaust port.…
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Wednesday, 16 October 2024 23:12
The uncomfortable truth about diversity in IT leadership: are we doing enough?
By David M Williams
In an industry that prides itself on innovation and forward-thinking, it's ironic that the leadership tiers of Information Technology remain strikingly homogeneous. Despite years of…
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The Wired CIO
Sunday, 06 October 2024 17:37
I visited the Cloudflare Wall of Entropy where lava lamps secure the Internet
By David M Williams
Cloudflare is on a mission to build a better Internet. And part of how it achieves this is through a wall of lava lamps. Yes,…
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Friday, 12 July 2024 09:47
Snowflake admins can now make MFA mandatory, thank goodness
By David M Williams
Snowflake has now released a feature allowing administrators to enforce MFA so users must enroll in it on login. Finally!
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The Wired CIO
Saturday, 04 November 2023 21:32
Cloud migration 101: how to plan, execute and optimise your cloud strategy
By David M Williams
Cloud computing is the new normal for many enterprises. Yet, there are companies still to embrace the cloud, and there are companies who have lifted…
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Thursday, 02 November 2023 11:32
How to franchise your IT budget: a guide for CIOs
By David M Williams
As a CIO, you know the importance of technology for your organization’s success. You also know the challenges of securing enough funding and resources to…
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The Wired CIO
Monday, 10 January 2022 23:25
Amazon should never have given their assistant a female name, says the Alexa is a human campaign
By David M Williams
In this world of modern digital assistants it's become commonplace to call upon your device by name. However, it’s also caused suffering in the lives…
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The Wired CIO
Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:58
Australian big business barely meeting modern slavery disclosures
By David M Williams
While the world scrambled to be GDPR-compliant it appears companies are barely striving to do the minimum when it comes to modern slavery laws and…
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The Wired CIO
Sunday, 11 July 2021 22:52
Keeping a cohesive and engaged IT team during a pandemic
By David M Williams
Once upon a time, a remote worker was a small number of people, most likely sales, who primarily operated on the road instead of one…
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The Wired CIO
Friday, 30 April 2021 13:19
Now you can send an email from the proxy addresses in Office 365
By David M Williams
Microsoft has enabled what must surely be one of the most-requested features for Office 365 - the ability to send email from a proxy address,…
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The Wired CIO
