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Blogs

Niamh Davenport, BPFI

The cyber crime heatwave demands a security rethink

Cyber criminals don’t take summer holidays, so the rest of us need to have a long, hard think about security, says Jason Walsh

10 Aug

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IT Professionals

IT departments celebrate while buyers experience remorse

Billy MacInnes finds a wealth of ennui following big equipment spends

9 Aug

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Lion

The channel picks its fantastic beasts

Are you a butterfly or a lion? Billy MacInnes finds it's not as silly a question as you may think

4 Aug

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Dublin Maker Festival

Making a real effort

Maker culture’s celebration of creativity reminds us of what was interesting about technology in the first place, says Jason Walsh

3 Aug

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Data breach notice

Victims shouldering ultimate costs of data breaches

Companies are making sure security incidents don't impact their bottom lines, finds Billy MacInnes

28 Jul

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Matt Garman, AWS

Amazon cloud exec’s pop at Microsoft demonstrates the importance of cloud and regulation

It’s not all bragging on LinkedIn. Sometimes it’s slagging, says Jason Walsh

27 Jul

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Excited woman on her laptop

Swap shops are the new upgrades

It's getting harder to say goodbye to our work devices, notes Billy MacInnes

21 Jul

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Internet of Things

IoT under attack

Industrial device security is a catastrophe waiting to happen. It’s time to start securing the forgotten silicon gubbins embedded in critical...

20 Jul

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Euros

Little fairness when it comes to parity with the dollar

The euro is on track to be worth the same as the dollar. Billy MacInnes looks at the possible effect on the channel

14 Jul

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Uber Cards

Destruction is not a roadmap

Revelations about Uber’s lobbying efforts are hardly a surprise, but why do tech businesses still worship ‘disruption’, asks Jason Walsh

13 Jul

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Business man

European PC market bearing brunt of post-Covid slump

A perfect storm of geopolitics, inflation, exchange rates and supply chain problems are depressing PC sales in EMEA, says Billy MacInnes

7 Jul

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It’s time to retire the Turing Test

Recent hullabaloo over machine intelligence suggests it’s time to move on from traditional definitions, says Jason Walsh

5 Jul

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Cloud money

Throwing the kitchen sink at MDF is not a solution

Billy MacInnes wonders why market development funds are so underused

30 Jun

Blogs

Hiding in Fear

We ain’t afraid of no Alexa

Amazon's plan to have the dead speak proves how inhuman it is says Billy MacInnes

24 Jun

Blogs

Explorer is gone, but lock-in lives on

The death of Internet Explorer marks the end of an era in more ways than one, says Jason Walsh

23 Jun

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Sales handshake

Acting global to benefit local

International hiring practices don't need to be a barrier to growth, finds Billy MacInnes

16 Jun

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Blood Test

‘Innovation is in our DNA’ takes a literal turn

A fascinating new technology promises to revolutionise archiving, says Jason Walsh

15 Jun

Blogs

Michael O'Hara, DataSolutions

Channel has plenty of scope for reducing carbon emmissions

Green credentials could be a deciding factor when distributors consider the pros and cons of taking on a vendor, says Billy MacInnes

10 Jun

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Remote working

Tech cannot be used to solve non-technical problems

The government’s remote working initiative is interesting, but the expectation that IT and telecoms are a panacea for our woes is mistaken, says...

8 Jun

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Profit

FDI survey gets the numbers right but the context all wrong

There's no point celebrating the nation's financial performance when its infrastructure is crumbling, says Billy MacInnes

2 Jun