IT Brief New Zealand - Tech news for NZ's largest enterprises

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Interview: RSA's Craig Dore on the basics of MFA

A good MFA solution would cover access for both types of applications, and enable access for both employees and third parties such as contractors.

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Mozilla delays distrust of Symantec TLS certificates

Mozilla has delayed its distrust of all Symantec security certificates – because so many businesses have failed to do anything about the problem.

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Exclusive: Cybersecurity in the API economy

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are the cornerstone of both connected devices and the connected experience.

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The truth behind your tech's ‘end-of-life’ dates

When it comes time to upgrade or migrate, it is proven that a third-party maintenance partner can save you time, money and hassle.

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Identity governance: The all-in-one solution for GDPR compliance

The GDPR affects any company that deals with individuals living in the EU and has very specific requirements for the treatment of their personal

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Infographic: Why an outdated unified comms solution hurts your business

Seventy-one percent of IT professionals say their organisations use multiple communication or collaboration solutions unnecessarily.

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MSP regulations are growing in number and severity – here’s a compliance guide

The growing number of cybersecurity breaches around the world has seen mounting pressure placed on MSPs for compliance.

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Review: Cut through the noise with AI-driven threat analytics

SANS has provided an independent review of a new AI analytics solution designed to rescue businesses 'drowning in data' from SIEM platforms.

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Survey: App dev is surging, but how are businesses doing it?

Today “every company is in the software business" to get a competitive edge, and this survey reveals how app dev is affecting IT teams.

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Invest in enterprise software UX & watch your people grow

In today’s digital era, we’re seeing a big change of focus from UI to modern user experiences (UX) such as conversational UX and purpose-built UX.

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Zoom expands platform to create a cohesive UC solution

Zoom has announced a raft of new features that will allow companies to use Zoom for all of their communications needs.

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Lenovo hopes to open up HCI with new SAP and Nutanix partnership

The goal of the collaboration is to push development in access to hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) for enterprises.

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Exclusive: CrowdStrike’s roundup of threats so far in 2018

“Increasingly, we see criminal groups are also using the techniques and tradecraft that were typically the domain of nation states to break into companies.”

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Health beyond borders: How can blockchain transform medical tourism?

In the wake of rising blockchain popularity, the medical tourism industry is bound to be among the top beneficiaries.

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Demand drives Talend to add new APAC cloud data infrastructure

The company claims its growth in APAC is exceeding 100 percent every year, fuelling the need for more infrastructure.

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Gartner - 70% of AI for digital commerce projects succeed

As AI adoption continues to grow, a recent Gartner survey shows that in digital commerce organisation projects are succeeding at a massive rate.

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How Nokia and Chorus aim to enhance broadband access for Kiwis

Chorus has deployed Nokia's VDSL2 vectoring technology to deliver improved broadband access to users across New Zealand.

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Why protecting your DNS should never be an afterthought

Being such an integral part of the internet infrastructure makes DNS a popular target for cyber criminals looking to attack organisational networks and data.

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Pure Storage opens new A/NZ HQ in Melbourne

Storage leader cuts the ribbon on new A/NZ headquarters, affirms its commitment to the region.

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Trend Micro’s four pillars of cybersecurity strategy

There are steps that businesses can and should take to protect their data systems – and the privacy of their customers.

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How Australian companies can make good use of their data

"Collecting data cannot be an end in itself and extracting and leveraging the insights it contains should become standard operating procedure across all business units."

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NVIDIA’s new GPU-acceleration platform for machine learning

NVIDIA’s new open source RAPIDS offering gives performance boost to end-to-end predictive data analytics.

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IBM integrates NVIDIA’s RAPIDS for machine learning

NVIDIA’s open source RAPIDS software will help bring GPU acceleration capabilities to IBM’s offerings.

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Carbon Black announces enhanced cloud security offering

The Cb ThreatHunter announcement was made from the company’s annual user conference #CbConnect18 in New York.

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Lenovo's DaaS customer portfolio expands in AU

Lenovo DaaS is a fully-managed subscription model combining hardware, services and finance into a single managed services contract.

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The rise of the chief compliance officer – Digital Guardian

What does the role entail, and does your organisation need one?

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Deciphering DevOps: Not just another buzzword

"DevOps involves collaboration between traditionally siloed teams of software developers and IT operations by employing feedback loops and automation."

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Veritas and Pure Storage partner to enhance AI and ML

Veritas and Pure Storage have teamed up in a bid to aid joint customers make the most of their data for a competitive advantage.

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How the cloud can be used to accelerate digital innovation

"DevOps is being asked to do more and do it faster at a time when IT budgets remain largely flat, the status quo is simply unsustainable."

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Adobe’s bid to accelerate experience-driven commerce

"Consumers expect every interaction with a brand to be contextual, intuitive and meaningful, but companies have struggled to consistently deliver."

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How Symantec aims to buff up cloud security in APAC

Symantec recently announced innovations and expansions to its cloud security portfolio.

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Talend Cloud aims to step up APAC presence

Talend Cloud provides a single platform for data integration across cloud and on-premises environments.

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ASG finds that compliance is the largest driver of data management initiatives

With the implementation of GDPR organisations are under tremendous pressure to establish and maintain compliance.

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Cryptomining dethrones ransomware as 2018’s top threat - Webroot

This report also highlights the importance of implementing a robust and evolving security approach to protect valuable data and keep systems secure.

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Clarifying the broad topic of artificial intelligence

"When it comes to making the most of your data, AI presents a lot to wrap your head around."

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Quanton enhances RPA offerings with UiPath

New deal enables Kiwi enterprises to capitalise on software robots to drive competitive advantage and reduce operating costs.

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Exclusive: Why social media platforms are so vulnerable to cyber threats

Social media breaches, including the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook incident, accounted for approximately 56% of total records compromised in the first half of 2018.