Tag: World Wide Worx

Who knew that cybersecurity was not about sticking a firewall on the edges of the corporate network? Well it is, but if that’s all you’re doing, you’re already in trouble. At the recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) annual cybersecurity conference, re:Inforce, held in Philadelphia this year, a constant refrain was that cybersecurity is as much about corporate culture as it is about technology.

Innovations kept coming in 2023 and load shedding continues in 2024. This drives my choice of the year’s best load shedding gadgets. I have selected the best of the year’s gadgets that made life more convenient, enjoyable and manageable to ease the power outages.

Innovations kept coming in 2023, and drives my choice of the year’s best fun gadgets. The best of the year’s gadgets that made life more convenient, enjoyable and manageable are selected.

Innovations kept coming in 2023, and drives my choice of the year’s best smartphones. As consumers keep tightening their belts, manufacturers have to find new ways to convince them to go out and spend. These are the handsets that I enjoyed most having in my hands in 2023.

Internet connectivity via satellite has always been regarded as slow and expensive for its users, and cumbersome and expensive for its owners. SpaceX changed all that with the Starlink constellation of cheap satellites, which now make up more than half the satellites orbiting earth – 5,000 and climbing.

Cars may be confined to the road but, increasingly, they depend on the cloud. From design and manufacture of vehicles to driving and maintenance, cloud computing has become critical to every part of the literal and figurative journey.

For the past decade, Arthur Goldstuck has had a front-row seat to witness the remarkable rise of artificial intelligence (AI) across all sectors of business and society. As generative AI becomes a household phrase and sparks hopes and fears of machines augmenting or replacing human beings, this guide offers an invaluable overview of the past, present and future of AI.

The concept of diversity is well understood in most businesses, as is the negative impact of having leadership teams made up of people who are homogenous in their backgrounds, beliefs and cultures. Research has shown, for example, that greater diversity in start-ups is equated with greater likelihood of success.

A recent research study by global data management providers Veaam among 1,200 IT leaders concluded that it was not a question of whether organisations would be targeted by cyberattacks, but how often. Most of the attacks were designed to extract ransomware from the companies, and most companies paid up, thanks to insurance covering just this eventuality.

When the cost of failure is high, when lives could be at stake along with massive investment, how does one calculate verifiable outcomes? Artificial intelligence (AI) is all very well when dealing with probabilities, but sometimes only certainties are good enough.