New privacy laws and the Cloud
On March 12, 2014, new privacy laws in Australia made it compulsory to notify new and existing customers about the data you collect and what you do with it. The new data privacy laws introduces harsh financial penalties for individuals and companies found guilty of...
Goodbye Windows Server 2003, hello Cloud
Windows Server 2003 will reach End of Support on 14th July 2015. Now is the time to plan your transition away. Today’s business environments are very different to those of 10 years ago. Windows Server 2003 has been trusted for over a decade, but now there are better...
blueAPACHE integrates to NBN
Last week, blueAPACHE connected their emPOWER Cloud and emPOWER Network directly into the Federal Government National Broadband Network (NBN). For those connected to the NBN, you should see improved speeds (subject to your network connection) across the full spectrum...
91% say SaaS meets expectations
More and more organisations are moving to the cloud at a fast rate because of the fundamental business benefits including a lower total cost of ownership, improved security, more accountability, less reliance on staff, greater elasticity, faster deployment and mobile...
70% using or evaluating Hybrid Cloud
The cloud is gathering a lot of media attention, and businesses are starting to pay attention. To better understand the adoption rates of hybrid cloud, Tech Pro Research conducted a global survey in May 2014 of 138 organisations. Their findings showed that most are...
Data Sovereignty and your Cloud
As Cloud and SaaS (Software as a Service) adoption rates increase, data sovereignty becomes a focus. According to a 2013 study commissioned by Microsoft and produced by 452 Research, 68 per cent of organisations will adopt some kind of hybrid cloud model before the...
CryptoLocker threats on the rise
Over the last few weeks there has been a new episode in the on-going saga between the banking system and the Zeus and Cryptolocker families of malware. The UK National Crime Agency issued an unprecedented warning over GOZeuS and CryptoLocker PC malware, which has...
How to spot email malware
Even though companies and individual users have firewalls, anti-virus, spam filters and other security software, there are still some malware threats that the vendors of these products are unable to protect against. It is a continual cat and mouse game between the...