The unprecedented opportunity to move to the cloud has hit many if not all industries, fundamentally shifting how businesses attract and retain customers.

"All over the globe technology developers, futurists, experts and creatives are working on new ways AI technologies can change the way we live and work."

AI is being used to anticipate new threats and mediate and minimise the damage caused by breaches.

"In order to have the best defence, you need to know how attackers operate."

In an age where your fridge can order a fresh bottle of milk when you're out, Trend Micro shares a few insights on securing your smart home.

IoT allows supply chain managers to connect their vehicles, equipment and devices to gain near real-time status updates on jobs.

Aruba's Alessandro Bruschini discusses why to carry on growing, the data centre industry will have to turn to green methods of energy consumption and production.

A modern Internet age with globally-distributed applications that must be fault-tolerant and scalable demands a high-concurrency, low-latency database model.

"For enterprises in this new paradigm, data is simultaneously their most important asset and the greatest inhibitor to success."

Schneider Electric's John Powers shares the massive impact renewable energy is having on the data center industry.

Organisations need a defence posture that is able to detect and prevent attacks before they cause harm.

Where there is resistance to using data to make decisions, there will be barriers to new technologies that aid analysis.

Schneider’s Steven Carlini shares his thoughts on computing at the edge – as well as some apt advice.

Unlike a typical data lake, there is no need to move data from where it lives when using data virtualisation, and this is a huge advantage over traditional ETL.

Schneider Electric's Kavita Manral discusses the modern server room and advice for setting up one for a business.

Failed telephony and network connections are more than annoying. They result in negative employee and customer experiences, lost time and missed opportunities.

At the end of the day everything you do should be about bringing it back to your true mission, which is following your passion. This is why people fail - it becomes too hard, it’s not worth it, and they could make more money doing spreadsheets or on a support desk. 

Speed and effectiveness are part of the reason for ransomware’s ongoing appeal to the unscrupulous.

"Digital transformation is quickly becoming a matter of survival, not just for the largest enterprises, but for midsize companies as well."

"A growing number of organisations are making strategic choices to avoid relying too heavily upon any single cloud service provider."

"If Australia truly harbours ambitions to become a data-powered economy, it has some serious work to do."

Taking the time to come to grips with the technical requirements of the undertaking, including the security measures necessary to protect the integrity of the network, will be the key to successful and safe deployment in 2019 and beyond.

Five spokespeople from renowned industry vendors share their thoughts on why backing up your data is absolutely crucial – with some extra golden advice.

Synology's Simon Hwang highlights the unforeseen risk of storing data on public cloud putting businesses in a difficult situation.