How have business continuity strategies evolved in the new technology landscape of cloud and virtualisation? A panel of CIOs share their insights, and how they managed the raft of incidents impacting New Zealand enterprises in the past year.
Telecom NZ's 4G network will go live overnight tonight in parts of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
CIOs are taking a fresh look at impact of wearable electronics on the enterprise.
Latest to join eduroam, allowing students and staff to access wireless network at thousands of institutions across the globe.
If your company's video technology strategy isn't up to par, you could be losing out on top talent, especially as the next generation of executives comes into their own.
Ben Goodman, lead evangelist, end user computing at VMware, shares insights on how CIOs are managing issues around consumerisation of technology.
Analyst firm notes challenges can arise from piecemeal, poorly-architected implementations.
A discussion on ‘raising the strategic profile of IT’ at the CIO Summit morphed into a treatise on how CIOs are managing the multiple layers of an in-house/cloud/mobile/BYOD environment. The backdrop to what is variously called “shadow”, “stealth”, or “rogue” IT; the term refers to technology used by employees without clearance or even knowledge by the IT team.
Line of business executives are now making more technology decisions – with or without IT’s imprimatur. CIOs and analysts share pointers on how to develop and nurture a working relationship with these business leaders.
Every CIO knows that software can churn through massive amounts of data and analyse it in no time at all. It is, however, the most astute ICT leaders who recognise that there is another, just as powerful, weapon in their armoury - simple observation of what is happening around them.
New enterprise mobility system provides frontline sales team with crucial business data on their mobile devices in real-time, while reducing backend technical support, says IS manager Pam Nobbs.
The market for security software to protect mobile devices including tablets, smartphones and feature phones will reach almost $3.7 billion by 2016, according to a new report by Juniper Research.
Juniper’s new Mobile Security research found that businesses are now beginning to spend more on mobile device security applications, as they become a critical part of enterprise policy.
As more tablets are brought into the enterprise over the next five years, the proportion of tablets featuring security products will also increase and overtake the percentage of smartphones protected. At the end of this period, enterprise and business sales will account for nearly 69 percent of the market, according to the research firm,
Juniper recommends enterprise and IT managers audit the security status of their corporate mobile device deployments and take remedial action where necessary.
“Enterprise users are in the front line against potential security breaches through insufficient mobile security. Companies need to incorporate mobile network connected devices into the corporate network, since this is the easiest way to enforce policies and to audit such devices” says Nitin Bhas, author of the report.
Juniper says the recent series of high-profile security incidents, including the News of the World hacking scandal, has likewise increased public awareness on the vulnerability of mobiles devices.
The research firm says only one in 20 smartphones and tablets have third-party security software installed in them, despite a steady increase in threats. But it expects mobile security products to become mainstream by late 2013; and 277 million mobile devices will have some kind of protection installed by 2016.
More than ever, workers want to take advantage of the technology they use in their everyday lives to help them do their jobs better. Forrester Research's first-quarter Forrsights for Business Technology survey shows that although the practice isn't widespread, employees are increasingly using applications and devices for work that have not been approved by their companies.
According to the survey, 37 percent of workers said they've used their own PC or smartphone for work, and 26 percent have gone so far as using their own money to buy software or other technology.
Ninety percent of IT managers are planning to implement new mobile applications in 2011, with more than 45 percent convinced successfully managing mobile applications will top their priority list, according to a survey by Kelton Research. The same research revealed one in two respondents believe employee demand is driving the adoption of new mobile applications, and anticipate supporting about eight different mobile platforms or operating systems by year end.
These findings emphasise that developing a strategy for managing and securing employees’ personally owned mobile devices is now part of a CIO’s portfolio. Google Android smartphones and tablets, iPhones and iPads are joining BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices in the workplace, and their numbers are only going to increase in the coming months. Regardless of whether corporate policy allows mobile devices to access the corporate network, workers are bringing them into the office.

A new study on consumer behaviour revealed that more consumers are turning to other technology sources to view contents instead of traditional broadcast TV.
Ericsson's ConsumerLab study titled Multi Screen Media Consumption 2010 showed that 35 per cent of the consumer's leisure time are spent watching TV. However, these consumers are also aware that there are other technologies from which they can get the TV and video content.