With data from users of LinkedIn, Facebook, and other social media providers available online for criminals to buy, protecting your accounts and your data is more important than ever.

Cisco definitely “turned it up” this year. Despite the pandemic, the first global virtual event delivered over 450 sessions to the attendees. Throughout the event, there were numerous announcements and Cisco’s CEO Chuck Robbins discussed how Cisco is driving “an inclusive future for all”, and that his biggest challenge as CEO is dealing with uncertainties like the COVID pandemic.

Logicalis, a leading international IT solutions and managed services provider, today announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Áudea, a company which specialises in cybersecurity and regulatory compliance. This investment reinforces Logicalis’ ability to offer a comprehensive service to customers as they look to secure their critical data.

London – 30th March 2021 - Logicalis Group, international IT solutions and managed services provider and digital transformation enabler, has today announced it has been globally awarded Cisco DevNet Specialised Partner status through DXNet, a Logicalis company.

Logicalis Group, international IT solutions and managed services provider and digital transformation enabler, has today announced it has been globally awarded Cisco DevNet Specialised Partner status through DXNet, a Logicalis company.

As businesses look to adopt new applications in multiple clouds, the traditional WAN (wide-area network) function no longer works in this cloud-centric world. In recent years, IT has realised that user application experience does not meet expectations, and technology is becoming quickly outdated with the rise in traffic that cloud adoption brings.

Another Microsoft Ignite has been and gone again and there was a ton of content crammed into a few days. I thought I’d share the pick of my takeaways for those who were not able to virtually attend. As with everything, what I find interesting will be subjective – but I will try give some context for each announcement on why I think it is important. With that disclaimer out of the way, let’s get stuck into it…

The global pandemic is far from over but we can see a flickering light at the end of the tunnel, so it’s time to start planning and building what post-pandemic normal is going to be. There have been plenty of opinions published on what the ‘new normal’ will look like – some claim it’s the death of the traditional office and others expect things to be pretty much as they were before. The reality is, as ever, going to be somewhere in between and we have many takeaways from the last 12 months of lockdowns to draw from, things that worked and things that didn’t.

Everyone is talking about Digital Transformation; it has been a buzz word for a number of years now and a focal point for many organisations. IT Transformation on the other hand gets little limelight and is something that is often forgotten in business discussions, but it has a major role to play in the digital journey. So why is it so out of fashion?