What to consider when migrating to the cloud What should businesses consider when embarking on their migration journey? This year has seen an unprecedented number of businesses migrate to the cloud – either transitioning a greater volume of data than before or migrating for the first time. With remote working here to stay in one…

This Is the Future of Remote Work In 2021 Remote work is here to stay in 2021 The world witnessed a historic shift in the 2020 job market due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While some companies used to offer remote work as a perk, it has now become the norm for most businesses. By 2025,…

Just 8% of Firms Offer Regular Security Training. A majority of UK businesses are failing to adequately train their remote working employees to spot security threats, according to new research from iomart. The cloud services company based its Cyber Security Insights Report on the views of 1167 UK workers at C-level, director, manager and employee level. It…

Microsoft Soared in 2020 as It Captured Cloud Business. As the year drew to a close, we took a look at all 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, starting with the worst performers— Boeing and Walgreens Boots Alliance —and working our way up to the highest-flying stock in the benchmark— Apple. Almost alone among the legacy tech giants, Microsoft has made a successful…

Spotify Resets Passwords After Leaking User Data to Partners Spotify has been forced to issue a password reset for users after admitting that their information was exposed to some of the firm’s third-party business partners. The music streaming giant said in a customer data breach notification sent to the California attorney general that the privacy snafu…

SolarWinds: Our Office 365 Emails Were Compromised The company at the centre of revelations over a widespread Russian information-stealing campaign has said that fewer than 18,000 of its global customers were affected. SolarWinds produces popular software that helps organizations manage their IT networks and infrastructure. However, it was revealed by FireEye that attacks which compromised the security vendor and…

Google Reveals it Was Hit by 2.5Tbps DDoS Google has revealed a nation-state DDoS campaign against it originating from China, which may have been the biggest attack of its kind ever recorded. The 2.5Tbps DDoS struck in September 2017 but was made public for the first time on Friday in a report designed to share…