In the past 30 years we have read countless statistics and frightening stories about businesses going bankrupt due to a disaster, data breach or other crisis where they didn’t have the necessary plans in place to mitigate the risks. The question still remains is this scare mongering or can these statistics be backed up by …
There has been a recent spate of news relating to Information Security breaches at various organisations. This has led to Customer Perception of the organisations brand being severely tarnished, frequently given rise to breach in Consumer Laws and adversely affected share prices. This is most recently illustrated by the Equifax Data Breach. This data breach …
In less than 24 hours ransomware “Wannacry” infected thousands of computers and it is considered the biggest ransomware virus in history. As commented in Telegraph “Researchers with security software maker Avast said they had observed 57,000 infections in 99 countries with Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan the top targets. Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at the …
In recent times there has been numerous statements made by famous business leaders and leading academics about how robots will replace humans for repetitive jobs. Elon Musk predicts 30% of US jobs will be completed by robots/software by 2030. Here are some of the predictions from PWC report from early 2017. 38 percent of US …
“Online shopping giant Amazon has completed its first customer delivery by drone and it was done in Cambridgeshire in the UK. The technology firm’s founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos confirmed the delivery in a tweet.” Back in our post from Dec 3 2013 we highlighted a news story that Amazon would one day deliver …
Security requirements are presenting an ever mounting challenge to Corporate IT departments. The frequent requirement to change passwords, sometime within 30 days where previous passwords cannot be reused can often result in the very circumstance that the security measure is seeking to prevent. i.e. the scribbling down of passwords on hugely unsecure post it notes …
Back in June 2016 we commented on the Microsoft acquisition of Linked-In and believed it was over the odds to pay 33 times EBITDA. I think we were wrong! On Tech republic they recently commented on the acquisition “Microsoft closed its $26.2 billion acquisition of social networking site LinkedIn, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlining …
I think we are all Brexited out here in UK. Since the historic referendum on June 23 where 17 million pensioners voted for UK to leave EU it has been an interesting time to witness impact on economy. So far not a whole lot has happened as everyone is watching with close eyes when and …
Over the centuries the human drive for invention and improvements never ceases to amaze me. More than any other species on planet earth we simply cannot sit still for 2 ticks and have a huge drive for innovation, profits and ingenuity. Since the industrial revolution of the 19th century, to the huge technological advancement of the …
Microsoft just paid $26 billion for linked-in in cash. So imagine a Microsoft executive going to the cash machine with the corporate ATM card clicking on cash withdrawal then “other amount”. Now enter amount: $26 billion. Are you sure that is the correct amount? Yes or no? Yes It is 33 times 2015 EBITDA of …
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