Depending on which reports you read, the average time it takes to detect an intruder in your network after a compromise is 206 days… Getting a sense of the overall threat landscape is rarely straightforward. The nature of cyber crime is dynamic; tactics and techniques fall in and out of vogue as criminals choose the…
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Cloud services vs. on-premise IT
With cloud-based services now being widely used among UK social housing providers alongside or even supplanting traditional on-premise IT services, Housing Technology asked senior executives from Civica, IT Lab, Kykloud and Riverlite for their views on the merits of these two technology models. Advantages and disadvantages of on-premise IT Civica’s executive director of outsourcing, Gary…
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IT Lab gains new investor for innovation
ECI, a private equity firm, has bought a majority shareholding in managed services provider IT Lab. IT Lab said that the investment from ECI provides them with the financial support needed to innovate in response to customer needs. IT Lab provides infrastructure, cloud, security, technology transformation and change projects, strategic consulting, ERP, mobility and user…
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Security vs. convenience – Making the right choices with the cloud
The emergence of cloud platforms and the number of software applications now being delivered ‘as a service’ has presented a plethora of choice, but how can you keep things simple as well as ensure users’ safety and security online? Lucie Glenday, digital insight and innovation specialist at IT Lab, discusses solutions that have been designed…
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Social housing 3.0: the internet of things
The social housing sector has embraced the internet’s ability to deliver efficiencies and enhance the experience of tenants. Web 1.0 saw housing groups establish websites that made details conveniently accessible to tenants online. Web 2.0 brought social media and applications to housing, along with interactive forms allowing tenants to carry out tasks such as making…
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