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Veeam have announced that effective January 1st, 2018, there will be an increase our annual maintenance renewal pricing for perpetual licenses and hosting perpetual customers by 10%: From 20% to 22% for basic support From 25% to 27% for production (24/7) support From 24% to 27% for Hosting perpetual This price adjustment will not affect...

As was revealed in last month’s Microsoft update, SQL Server 2017 has now been released.  One of the main changes to the functionality is the fact they have a specific version for Linux.  Clearly Microsoft historically have also wanted their SQL Server product deployed on their own underlying operating system, but with the database market...

Dell EMC and technology partners offer new products, solutions and services designed for easier adoption, faster benefits from machine and deep learning. Dell EMC announces new machine learning and deep learning solutions, continuing the company’s work to bring high performance computing (HPC) and data analytics capabilities to mainstream enterprises worldwide. This enables organizations to take...

Flexible. Adaptive. Effective Microsoft Azure offers organisations the ability to deploy services quickly in response to their changing business requirements. The catalogue of Azure services includes a comprehensive range of on demand Cloud services, spanning Infrastructure Services right through to complex Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data Platform components. Azure allows organisations to run...

Increase productivity, reduce IT costs and securely mobilise your workforce with SCC’s virtual desktop solution. SCC Desktop as a Service (DaaS) enables you to securely access your desktop, applications and data from any location, on any device through an internet connection. Hosted on SCC’s multi-tenant, secure and highly resilient Cloud platform, DaaS enhances your user...

Large and small businesses are under threat from increasingly aggressive and brutal ransomware attacks. Loss of access to critical files, followed by a demand for payment can cause massive disruption to an organisation’s productivity. But what does a typical attack look like? And what security solutions should be in place to give the best possible...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has launched its latest cybersecurity training course for military veterans in the UK, in partnership with the Corsham Institute (Ci) and SaluteMyJob. This free certification in IBM security and analytics solutions teaches cybersecurity software skills to former and transitioning military personnel, and 100 veterans will complete the course by 8th September. Designed to facilitate employment into cybersecurity roles, this IBM Corporate Citizenship initiative is part of a...

This month advocates worldwide continue to shine the light on cybersecurity. In the U.S. this week’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month theme is “From the Break Room to the Boardroom: Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity in the Workplace.” We at Cisco firmly believe that people are a core component of an organization’s protection efforts, and...

There’s no question cloud applications can dramatically simplify and streamline how users get the resources they need to work effectively. But do you worry about how moving to the cloud could also complicate IT, with so many more apps and more users in more places outside your control? Smooth your journey to the cloud and...

A cyber security researcher of KU Leuven in Belgium, Mathy Vanhoef, has revealed a flaw in Wi-Fi’s WPA2’s cryptographic protocols. The discovery is alarming as the WPA2 protocol, the most common and secure Wi-Fi access protocol since 2004, is trusted by all for keeping Wi-Fi connections safe. The attack, known as a ‘KRACK Attack’ (Key...

Author: Bob Stasio, Global Offering Manager, IBM Over the past year, our industry has seen an explosion in artificial intelligence and cognitive solutions to assist with some of the most challenging cybersecurity problems. In some cases, cognitive solutions can increase analytical capability by 50 percent. With cognitive technology providing such high efficiencies for security teams, people often...