Very few kiwi businesses have defined disaster recovery (DR) plans for big ‘big data’, which is strange due to the fact that big data has and will continue to play a more mission-critical role in companies – so it’s no surprise when we say that DR should become a focal point for you and your…
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Top Security Tips for Virtualisation
Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage device or network resources and is now becoming commonplace, with many New Zealand businesses. Virtualisation, of course, comes with many advantages, such as standardisation, simplification, consolidation and control. However, security concerns and challenges…
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Importance of Managing your Staff’s Internet Activity
Today there are many challenges for businesses to keep up with security requirements of social media and Web 2.0 applications. It is necessary for system administrators to use the security policy to overcome these challenges. Below we outline a few of the challenges and also ways in which you can go about preventing them. Malware…
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Don’t Wait. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Support Ends Soon
Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 will reach its end of support as of July 14, 2015. What does this mean you ask? It means that Microsoft will cease to offer any security, support, or technical content updates for this operating system. It is estimated that there are more than 15,000,000 physical servers that are likely to…
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