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Data Mobility -Then and Now

Our industry has seen repeated cycles of centralisation and decentralisation: Mainframe or Open Systems? On-premises, or off-premises: Build a DR site, or use Sungard? Which has been better? That’s the past. What I can say is that today, IT leaders see a great number of new choices in how to deploy their business content in the form of cloud connectors for legacy applications, and DevOps that makes use of any number of cloud stacks.

Data science tackles a billion dollar healthcare problem

A leading provider of healthcare analytics and technology-enabled services, Intermedix, has developed a solution to address no-show patients using Dataiku Data Science Studio (DSS), its predictive analytics and data science platform.  The problem of patients missing scheduled appointments costs the healthcare industry billions of dollars of lost revenue each year. 

Moving your email to the cloud? Beware of unintentional data spoliation!

In today’s litigious society, preserving your company’s data is a must if you (and your legal team) want to avoid hefty fines for data spoliation. But what about when you move to the cloud?

New Mamba virus encrypts hard drives

A new strain of ransomware, called Mamba, is circulating through multiple industries and crippling computers by encrypting entire hard drives.

Reengineering TRIM for NSW Government Dept.

The machinery of government does not always run smoothly, particularly in the wake of the inevitable mergers and demergers of departments or agencies that take place after elections or ministerial reshuffles. This was definitely the case for one large NSW state government department, which faced a major challenge in 2016 to align two separate and unsupported deployments of TRIM for over 1800 users, while also preparing for a scheduled demerger of one of its agencies.

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