Make Data the Center of Your IT Infrastructure Strategy

Author: Christian Putz, Director, Emerging, EMEA, Pure Storage   We’ve been talking about data growth for the past two decades, but data is accelerating like never before. In fact, 90% of the world’s data was created in the past two years alone. One of the biggest changes is that most of the data being created today is generated by machines, and not by humans using applications. Compounding this problem is that this data has gravity—if it’s created at the edge of your network or in your factory, you may not be able to move it to a central data center … Continue reading Make Data the Center of Your IT Infrastructure Strategy

AESG Expands Regional Presence with New Office in Saudi Arabia

Economic and sustainable development targets set by Saudi government for 2030 open new opportunities in the development and energy sectors.  Underpinned by Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Plan 2020, the Kingdom is well underway with the implementation of ambitious economic and developmental actions across multiple sectors. AESG has already been involved in several projects that form part of this vision and are now set to enhance the delivery of their services in the Kingdom with the establishment of a fully-staffed operations hub in Riyadh. In line with the Saudi Vision 2030, the Kingdom has set clear economic and … Continue reading AESG Expands Regional Presence with New Office in Saudi Arabia

High-quality Employee Service Experiences

Interview with Pat Wadors Chief Talent Officer – ServiceNow ServiceNow makes work better across an enterprise by getting complex multi-step tasks completed seamlessly with applications that automate, predict, digitize and optimize business processes. This applies to Human Resources, as well, to create a better experience for employees. ServiceNow recently announced practical product integration software that helps customers using ServiceNow HR Service Delivery and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to deliver high-quality employee service experiences. Mutual customers already using ServiceNow for HR Service Delivery and SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central around the globe will be able to immediately benefit from the consistent, comprehensive … Continue reading High-quality Employee Service Experiences

Effective Incident Response – Practice Makes Perfect

By:  Morey Haber, chief technology officer, BeyondTrust As a security professional, I have seen a wide variety of best practices for incident response. The methodologies vary greatly based on the sensitivity of the data, requirements to notify law enforcement, etc. Best practices recommendations exist from non-profit security organizations through to regulatory compliance initiatives, but all suffer from the same problem—they are painfully too high level to actually execute. Every one of the standards will recommend having an incident response plan, assigning roles and responsibilities, preserving critical log information, notifying law enforcement, and prioritizing restoration of services. Sounds great…but how? Creating … Continue reading Effective Incident Response – Practice Makes Perfect