The next evolution in authentication
Authentication is the cornerstone of online life, allowing billions of people to access products and services in the digital age. From logging onto Facebook or subscribing to Netflix, to paying taxes virtually or buying a phone on Amazon – all these actions require a method of real-time authentication. We’re already quite at home with having to prove that we are …
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Barely any businesses have a dedicated cybersecurity team
The smaller the company, the greater the chances it doesn’t have a dedicated cybersecurity team. This is according to a new report from Python development specialists STX Next. Polling 250 CTOs around the world for the report, STX Next found that just 20 percent of companies have an internal team dedicated to cybersecurity. Larger companies with greater resources are far …
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Automation can help retain customer support service levels while accelerating change
Businesses are continuing to battle the ongoing ramifications of the pandemic. With a second national lockdown currently in place for England, due to last until early next month, and with further uncertainty ahead for UK businesses – both from the pandemic and final Brexit negotiations – many feel they are planning for the unknown. After all, it is challenging to …
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Growth in the face of Brexit chaos – how brands can overcome the logistics of going global
Brexit and its long-awaited impact have once again been the talk of the nation in recent weeks. This time, however, time is well and truly running out. With just weeks left for final Brexit negotiations to take place, and EU representatives insisting there will be ‘no more deadlines’, fears of a no-deal scenario continue to grow. Retailers have faced a …
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How the citizen developer movement is driving digital transformation
In 2020 nearly every aspect of life has been upended, on both an organizational and individual level. Consumer behavior has shifted dramatically as we adapted to lockdowns and social distancing regulations and, to keep up, organizations have relied on software and hardware technologies to transform and modify business operations at rapid speed. Digital transformation (DX) is no longer a buzzword …
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Why you don’t have to trade agility or collaboration for data security
Bad actors thrive in chaos. Email scammers taking advantage of Covid-19, have heard this message clearly: large scale uncertainty and mass digital change is fertile ground for those looking to exploit others. Never has there been a more uncertain time for workers than earlier this year, as the pandemic swept the globe and businesses had to move to digital-first approaches …
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Box clever | ITProPortal
It ranks one of the biggest upsets in sporting history. The 1974 Rumble in the Jungle world heavy weight championship fight in Zaire saw challenger Muhammad Ali beat the punching power-house George Foreman – and bookies bet to win – by hanging so far back off the ropes he avoided the punishing blows until Foreman eventually tired out. Dubbed ‘rope-a-dope’, …
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Digital skills are more important than ever in hiring decisions
Today, being skilled in digital technologies can save you a job, land you a job, and even get you a promotion. This is according to a new report from the charitable skills initiative Make It Click. Polling more than 500 UK business leaders about their perception of digital skills among employees, Make It Click found that among multiple candidates for …
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Herding cats: How digital transformation starts with controlling your supply chain
For years, businesses were encouraged to see their IT departments as a non-core activity; solely there to enable transactional business, improve company efficiency and keep the lights on. A consequence of this perspective was the outsourcing of IT. Do you really need to own the infrastructure, the hardware, the development capability? If not, why not outsource it, or consume it …
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IBM takes another step towards fully homomorphic data encryption
IBM has announced it is ready to give its clients a chance to test its fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) service – a type of system that is widely considered the “Holy Grail” of encryption. The company unveiled its new FHE solution, called IBM Security Homomorphic Encryption Services, and said it could allow enterprises to further protect their existing IT architecture, …
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