All new innovations in IT are a double edged sword – with the benefits come challenges and unintended consequences. Not least server virtualisation, which does have a number of security advantages over running software directly on servers. While it’s worth considering these, it’s also worth weighing them up against the challenges, particularly given the relative [...]
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For anyone who’s interested in either topic, I’m going to be presenting on the role and impact of business governance in relation to virtual worlds, in a few weeks at the ISGIG conference in Pisa. What an irresistible topic – here’s my outline so far: There is (currently anecdotal) evidence that immersive environments such as [...]
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Like many people I suspect, I have struggled to get my head round identity management. This is less to do, I suspect, with the nature of the thing itself (great intro here, and I’d recommend Neil M’s reports on the subject), and more with the fact that there’s so much going on, in so many [...]
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In a break with tradition, I’m going to write about a specific company in this one, or at least a specific series of conversations. I’ve been talking quite a lot to the guys at Tier-3, a company specialising in software that can look for anomalies in how IT is being used. While there are many [...]
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