All articles by John Oates
John Oates
HPE steps up convergence with SimpliVity buy
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is backing its bet on hyper-convergence with the $650m purchase of SimpliVity and promising customers that there will be real combined products available within just 60 days.
Getting staff to take security seriously
The next two years will see massive changes in enterprise cyber security. Changing regulations which can impose fines of up to four per cent of global turnover will put proper security to the centre of business strategy – the cost of failure is just too big.
New ways to buy IT, keeping cloud under control
Buying enterprise technology used to be like buying a car. You either paid up front or paid extra for some sort of hire purchase, or just straight rental, agreement.
How government is trying to catapult big data success
The British government is a keen advocate of big data and better use of analysis – both for delivering its own services more efficiently and effectively and as a way to improve business productivity.
Why storage is changing
Storage used to be the quiet backwater of enterprise technology. Somewhere in the back of the IT department a dusty set of tape machines performed weekly or monthly back-ups of important data.
Taking tax digital – How tech is transforming HMRC
The UK tax office has just finished a consultation on what the next stage of its digital transformation should look like.
The network perimeter has been breached – so how can you ensure digital protection in the cybercrime era?
Cybercrime is a big problem for companies in Europe and indeed around the world. Exact figures on how much it is costing British firms vary but recent research from the UK government found that eight out of ten large companies had suffered a breach and most were seeing attacks on at least once a month.
Inside GDPR: How to react faster to ensure digital protection
The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation is a massive shift in how businesses treat customer data.