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Analytics software company SAS held its annual Global Forum last week. Among product announcements, there is a lot of smart thinking that organisations worldwide can benefit from. Here’s my pick.

Today’s cyber criminals are able to achieve their aims using increasingly advanced tools and techniques designed to get around most network defences, go undetected during the intrusion, and then remain hidden on networks over long periods of time.

“The cloud” is the buzzword of the modern day. Companies are told they must “get on the cloud”, while the deeply technical bemoan how what is essentially a hosted service became a special term. If you’re a CxO, here’s the nuts and bolts of the cloud.