Another multi-million dollar SWIFT hack – Ukraine
At least $US10 million lost in Ukraine bank transfers Hot on the heels of the Bangladesh heist in February, a Ukrainian bank has become the latest victim of vulnerabilities in the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). SWIFT is the global...
Taping over your webcam – paranoia or precaution?
Should you be taping over your webcam and microphone? Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, recently posted a photo of himself celebrating Instagram's 500 million monthly user milestone. The photo ended up revealing more than he may have intended, as the unforgiving eyes of...
Why geographic redundancy is essential for Cloud
Geographic redundancy - no storm in a teacup Earlier this month, Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) experienced crippling power outage in their Sydney datacenters due to wild weather that swept across coastal New South Wales. Torrential rains and strong winds knocked out the...
Microsoft acquires LinkedIn – what you need to know
Microsoft acquires LinkedIn (and it is huge) Creating a stir in the technology world earlier this month was the news Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was investing a whopping US$26.2 billion in cash to acquire the professional networking site LinkedIn Corp....
$US81m SWIFT hack highlights everyday security concerns
The 2016 $US81m heist (which could have been much worse!) In February 2016 during Chinese New Year, one of the most brazen and largest digital heists in history took place. A group of unidentified hackers used sophisticated malware to study bank workers and...
Veeam rises up from Gartner Visionary to Leader
Gartner Inc recently released the 2016 Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software and has positioned Veeam as a ‘Leader’ for the very first time, following three consecutive years of recognition as a ‘Visionary’ business within the industry. Veeam was...
Palo Alto Networks named a Magic Quadrant Leader
Gartner Inc. has just released its latest Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls and Palo Alto Networks are dominating the “Leaders” quadrant for the fifth consecutive year. According to the report, “Palo Alto Networks is assessed as a Leader because of its...
Chris Marshall and blueAPACHE featured in ARN magazine
blueAPACHE Founder and Managing Director, Chris Marshall, recently spoke to ARN Editor, James Henderson, about the eighteen year journey from the spare room, to being recognised as one of Australia’s true home grown IT success stories. This discussion has been...
blueAPACHE rapidly climb the global MSPMentor 501 list – up 30 places!
PRESS RELEASE Melbourne, Australia – blueAPACHE, a leading managed network and cloud solutions provider for organisations with business critical IT requirements, has continued its climb up the list of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) on Penton Technology’s annual...