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#179 – FUTURE OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION – GREG CARROLL

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team-carroll-150x150Senior management have to come to grips with the fact that Digital Transformation is not an Event but rather the operating environment of 21st century business.

Like music, photos, TV, and data, once something becomes digital it becomes a consumable and moves from the domain of the specialised expert to a public commodity.  As with Blockbuster, Borders, Capital Records, and newspapers, businesses based on non-digital product are the hand-crafted hobbies of the 21st century.  Craft markets will exist into the future but they are generally not profitable and rather a labour of love. Continue reading →

#178 – HOW TO REDUCE SECURITY RISK WHEN MOVING TO CLOUD COMPUTING – GREG CARROLL

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team-carroll-150x150In my last article “Is Cloud based Risk Management worth the Risk?” I confirmed cloud solutions can be the right and effective solution given that you do the appropriate due diligence on being fit-for-purpose.  If a cloud solution is appropriate, that’s any application not just risk and compliance, then how can you minimise your internet infrastructure risk?

With over 16 years’ experience working in security conscience environments at Dept of Defence, Victorian Infectious Disease Ref Labs, and Australian Border Security, I have put together my top 10 suggestions for mimimizing your risks when moving to cloud computing. Continue reading →

#177 – NON-COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS COST 3X MORE THAN A STRONG COMPLIANCE PROGRAM – GREG CARROLL

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team-carroll-150x150Study shows that non-compliance problems cost nearly three times as much as doing it properly from the start.

Many companies view compliance programs as a headache — something they’re required to invest time and money in, but which produces little. A benchmark report from the United States shows that the opposite is the case. Investing in strong compliance programs saves money in the long run. Continue reading →

#175 – COMPENSATING FOR SHAREPOINT DOCUMENT CONTROL DEFICIENCIES – GREG CARROLL

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team-carroll-150x150The benefits of SharePoint as a content management system and information portal tool are indisputable.  With great search functionality and user definable portal pages SharePoint is now the leading Content Management solution chosen by most IT departments.

But what if your business demands strict document controls protocols, not just because it’s good practice but life depends on it?  Unfortunately there is generally a poor appreciation by IT departments of the importance of document control in mission critical business. Continue reading →

#174 – MISUNDERSTANDING INNOVATION – GREG CARROLL

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team-carroll-150x150Excuse me, but this is a bit like 3 high street bankers sitting around discussing the plight of the homeless.   Very few of these self-appointed experts have ever started a business let alone been directly responsible for innovation in the marketplace.

After being in the computer software business for over 3 decades I have been directly involved in the most innovative period mankind has seen.  From the introduction of “mini” computers to the “cloud” to IoT (the Internet of Things), technical change has been a staple of the industry.  But from text files to relational databases to big data, the evolution of information as a tool has been the backbone of innovation in the aptly named “information revolution”.  Continue reading →