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Best Practice stories - Page 89

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StorageCraft offers partners US$100,000 'recovery guarantee'

Wed, 30th Aug 2017
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StorageCraft is offering up a US$100,000 guarantee to local partners for the recovery of virtual or physical machines, on premises or in the cloud.
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How to improve business efficiency with effective networking support

Tue, 29th Aug 2017
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Businesses with a large number of remote offices will naturally have a larger volume of remote networking issues.
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Survey shows NZ businesses adapting practices for millennials

Fri, 25th Aug 2017
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Millennials will make up 50 percent of the global workforce by 2020 - something businesses in NZ are getting ready for.
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Hackers speak: Privileged accounts best way to steal data

Fri, 25th Aug 2017
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From the mouths of the hackers themselves, organisations' privileged accounts are the most attractive targets for gaining access to critical data.
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Four steps to better operational efficiency for channel companies

Fri, 25th Aug 2017
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CompTIA's Moheb Moses asserts as channel companies think about new ways of doing business, they need to take a look at what they are doing right now.
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IoT and BYOD still putting firms in the face of danger

Thu, 24th Aug 2017
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As best practice security methods continue to evolve around the Internet of Things, so do the attacks on devices linked to corporate networks.
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Aura InfoSec brings online cybersecurity training tool to all NZ businesses

Wed, 23rd Aug 2017
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Aura Information Security launches CyberWise, an online cybersecurity training resource to help businesses reduce cyber attack risks.
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Inside the Check Point & IBM collaboration: What's in store for the future of cyber defence

Wed, 23rd Aug 2017
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IBM and Check Point heighten cyber security defences, merging tech and intelligence to counteract escalating cyber threats.
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ShadowPad exploit 'one of the biggest' APAC supply chain attacks

Tue, 22nd Aug 2017
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Malaysia's MyCERT warns of mass APAC supply chain breach after ShadowPad exploit hits NetSarang servers, stealing data.
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Rackspace adopts VMware's cloud foundation

Tue, 22nd Aug 2017
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The project is designed to deliver a Software Defined Data Centre with enhanced lifecycle management capabilities.
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Spark's chairman to retire later this year, new chair named

Mon, 21st Aug 2017
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Mark Verbiest, Chairman of Spark New Zealand, will retire from the Board later this year and will be succeeded by Justine Smyth.
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How to drop complexity and move to a more efficient security strategy

Fri, 18th Aug 2017
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Organisations should shift their focus from reacting to cyber threats to adopting proactive measures, according to CenturyLink.
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Certus spins out Cognition to spur cognitive app development on IBM Cloud

Thu, 17th Aug 2017
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Certus has spun out its Cognition app 'garage' service to create a new design thinking led management consultancy designed.
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Ingram Micro NZ ramps up Fortinet team; adds new regional workshops

Thu, 17th Aug 2017
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Ingram Micro NZ has bulked up its Fortinet practise and added new outreach offerings to help resellers overcome security talent shortages.
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Interview: Cloudera talks security, open source machine learning and big data

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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Cloudera's cybersecurity expert urges businesses to prioritize cybersecurity as a core concept in their strategy.
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ESG finds businesses improving with cybersecurity – but still a long way to go

Fri, 4th Aug 2017
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While CEOs and corporate boards no longer shy away from cybersecurity strategy as they once might have, there are still a number of shortcomings.
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Christchurch marketing agency becomes HubSpot Platinum Partner

Fri, 4th Aug 2017
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MD Owen Scott says Concentrate joined HubSpot platinum partners worldwide based on high customer volumes and applying best practice.
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SAP and Akina Foundation bring together corporate and social enterprises to engage with community

Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
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Working on Purpose, will be held in conjunction with Social Enterprise World Forum 2017 at Papa Hou in Christchurch on September 28.
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Isolation no excuse: NZ must change its risk management approach to survive the future

Wed, 2nd Aug 2017
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New Zealand must adopt a collaborative approach to risk management in order to survive an uncertain future, says expert.
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Māori entrepreneurs invited to take part in first govt-supported accelerator programme

Wed, 2nd Aug 2017
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Kōkiri is the name of New Zealand's very first government-supported business accelerator programme for Māori, and it's looking for 10 participants.