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Secure disposal of old IT equipment

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +0100

It is not just servers and storage arrays that need to have data securely deleted when it comes to end of life [Read More...]

A critical software problem for banks

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Compliance, software code security and identity management are all big issues for banks given the numerous critical software applications they have to manage. [Read More...]

Auditors want to know about individuals, not groups

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0100

New Quocirca research shows that many organisations still allow sys-admins to use group admin accounts to access IT apps and systems. By doing so, they will fall foul of the auditors. [Read More...]

IT security vendors can't all be right, but they can all be wrong

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0100

Some IT security vendors are promising the world, but in a dangerous on-line world no single vendor can face down all threats; belt and braces is the best approach [Read More...]

Don't forget the network

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:00:00 +0100

Ensuring high performance, highly available and secure network is a challenge for most businesses. However, this must achieved to remain competitive in the 2010s. [Read More...]

Consumers say no [to data leaks]

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:00:00 +0100

Consumers are increasingly aware of how careless some organisations are with their data are expect better practice. SIEM tools can help. [Read More...]

Avoiding (awful) bad practice at audit time

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0100

Many sys-admin tasks are mundane, more automation helps avoid errors and bad practice [Read More...]

Computer says no - why?

rss@it-analysis.com (Rob Bamforth, Quocirca) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:00:00 +0100

IT is great at automating and speeding business processes, but when not so hot at replacing individual responsibility or initiative - something has been lost with 'computer aided' becoming 'computer dependent' [Read More...]

Don't let your brand name be flushed away

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Organisations have huge capital invested in their brand names. This can quickly be eroded or destroyed if the brand is badly managed, especially as the world has moved on-line. There are services available to help. [Read More...]

Do the goings-on in student dorms spell the end for Microsoft?

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0100

A change in the profile of business at end-point security vendor Bradford Networks could be a bell-wether for bigger IT industry changes and spells out some of the problems faced by Microsoft. [Read More...]

Mitigating denial of service attacks

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:00:00 +0100

The nature of denial of service attacks in evolving, which means defences against must change too keep up [Read More...]

Microsoft Intune or out of tune? A new end-point management offering for Windows PCs

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:00:00 +0100

Microsoft has taken elements of its Systems Centre Configuration Manager (SCCM) and is update service and released an on-demand service for PC management called Intune. What is it good for? [Read More...]

Don't cloud over - be cloud aware

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:00:00 +0100

There will be plenty of talk about cloud at the InfoSec Europe show next week, but not every one will be talking about the same thing. [Read More...]

Web content filtering - Blue Coat reaches for the clouds

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:00:00 +0100

IT security vendors are moving towards hybrid delivery models, Blue Coat is the latest to do so. [Read More...]

Video, security and a kind of tablet - a report from Cisco Live 2011

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:00:00 +0100

The focus at Cisco Live this week was on security and video, but there was also the pre-launch of the Cius - a sort of tablet. [Read More...]

End-point security - the right protection in the right place

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0100

What is the best way to protect mobile end points? here are two options, force all access back via central controls, or make device secure in their own right. [Read More...]

The total MSP - an opportunity for managed service providers in 2011

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0100

End point management is a headache many organisations will have to face up to in 2011. Imaginative MSPs might provide the solution. [Read More...]

Keep taking the tablets

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:00:00 +0100

New use cases show that the iPad is starting to make a mark in businesses, at least for high end users [Read More...]

New service offers means to avoid contract chaos - someone tell the coalition

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:26:12 +0100

One outcome of the Strategic Defence Review carried out by the coalition government was to go ahead with the building of two new aircraft carriers that many consider to be white elephants. The reason... [Read More...]

Firewall pioneer Nir Zuk discusses next-generation security

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:25:29 +0100

Quocirca was recently invited to talk to the CTO of Palo Alto Networks, Nir Zuk - a video of the interview can be viewed here. Palo Alto Networks was founded by Nir back in 2005 to address what... [Read More...]

UK's CRC - from a diamond in the rough to a dirty tax

rss@it-analysis.com (Clive Longbottom, Quocirca) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:39:31 +0100

When the previous government brought through the carbon reduction commitment (CRC) scheme, it seemed to have promise, although it was flawed in certain areas. The idea was that a body be set up to... [Read More...]

Public sector cuts: where in IT will the pain be felt most?

rss@it-analysis.com (Rob Bamforth, Quocirca) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:16:28 +0100

There is no doubt that cuts in public sector spending will have a significant impact on the private sector, but this will probably be uneven, and may change many relationships between suppliers and... [Read More...]

Symantec's vision 2010

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:49:41 +0100

Last week saw the Symantec Vision conference take place in Barcelona. Quocirca attends the event most years, and two years ago asked What is Symantec's vision? The 2008 vision... [Read More...]

PCI DSS: Deadline? What deadline?

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:01:46 +0100

As we approach the end of September 2010, some organisations that handle payment card transactions may be worrying about the Sept 30th 2010 deadline for PCI DSS compliance. PCI DSS is... [Read More...]

Cloud security and compliance

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:14:40 +0100

On Thursday 23 September Quocirca is speaking at a webinar for Infosecurity Magazine titled Cloud security and compliance; for more details see here. This is a broad topic, given the... [Read More...]

Happy users for all

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob Tarzey, Quocirca) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:29:09 +0100

Ensuring that users of IT applications are receiving a good service has become fundamental to many business processes; networked applications are the often common bond between diverse users and what... [Read More...]

IDF 2010: More of the same, plus hidden gems

rss@it-analysis.com (Clive Longbottom, Quocirca) — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:30:14 +0100

I've just returned from Intel's Developer Forum in San Francisco. I went expecting some big noises over next generation IP-based television-cum-other media-cum-internet enabled systems... [Read More...]

Process abstraction - a step nearer?

rss@it-analysis.com (Clive Longbottom, Quocirca) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:38:14 +0100

If you take a look at your business, you'll see that it is run by processes. The problem is that these processes are not neatly packaged up under a single application - they are spread... [Read More...]

Cloudsourcing - trust, contracts and speed

rss@it-analysis.com (Clive Longbottom, Quocirca) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:40:02 +0100

As cloud evolves, there will need to be some fairly fundamental changes in how things are done. If all that cloud manages to do is to shift the platform focus from the corporate data centre to an... [Read More...]

A gift from IT to the business

rss@it-analysis.com (Clive Longbottom, Quocirca) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:05:23 +0100

It is not just UK plc that needs to balance its books. Many businesses face the same challenge as the country slowly recovers from recession. The upturn should lead to an increase in sales for many... [Read More...]