The latest game changer in IT is the growing importance of service oriented architectures. The last few years there's been huge progress in the consumerization of IT with cloud service providers as challengers in a market that was previously dominated by monolithic on premise infrastructures. It provides business units with freedom of choice; if it… Continue reading SD-WAN, sense and nonsense
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Dear Mr/Ms Hacker, our offices are now closed…
"Dear Mr/Ms Hacker, our offices are now closed. Our business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 18:00. Please hold your hacking attempts till then, as our IT staff is currently enjoying well-earned free time." Unfortunately, it does not work like that. We live in an increasingly hostile digital world. Unsurprisingly of course, as… Continue reading Dear Mr/Ms Hacker, our offices are now closed…
GDPR, beyond the panic football
GDPR is currently a very hot topic. Not because it is very new (which it of course is) or because it is hard, but because there is a lot of uncertainty among business users. There's a very appropriate phrase in Flemish that perfectly describes the current situation: "panic football". Originally coming from the fact that… Continue reading GDPR, beyond the panic football
Petya, NotPetya, WannaCry… see it as improvement opportunities
Malwaremakers are always one step ahead. It's a fast and somewhat black and white conclusion, but the increasing hostility online is also a reality that keeps IT managers and staff up at night (both literally and as a figure of speach). A new generation of malware If we can learn at least one thing from… Continue reading Petya, NotPetya, WannaCry… see it as improvement opportunities
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