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The African connection: The next big opportunity in online gambling
My take-outs from ICE Africa, 2018 by Job Mabiala, Client Engagement Specialist, Viadex Kick-off: Johannesburg, 24/25 October 2018 The renowned and long established ‘ICE Totally Gaming’ event has always been a premier meeting place and exchange of ideas forum for the gaming industry in London, Europe, and the USA. It’s an encouraging sign of the…
Read MoreUSA’s $145.5 Billion Betting Market: after 25 years out in the cold, sports betting is back in – G2E Las Vegas 2018
by Chris Walsh, Corporate Sales Manager, Viadex Trade shows bring us together It was great to meet so many friends and colleagues at G2E, from gaming and technology companies, and share the excitement and concerns around sportsbook in the US. These events are always stimulating, there’s always a lot to learn. Trade shows are the…
Read MoreThe what, where, why, how and when of data migration
by Adrian Kingsford, CTO, Viadex Forward momentum dictates caution. Data is a precious asset; what you do with it is also the subject of scrutiny by regulators. The essential principle is ‘handle with care’. A moving experience I’d almost stopped searching for my Swiss Army knife. I’ve never used it, but that’s not the…
Read MoreA new day, a new threat: how do we deal with embedded chips?
by Toby Butler, Specialist Vendor Account Manager, Viadex It became evident with the recent revelations around embedded microchips, inserted at subcontractor facilities in China into servers originally assembled by Supermicro, that cyber-attack strategies have moved onto a new level. The world has now become aware of them. It is like a gathering storm; we can…
Read MoreLEASE IS MORE – Financing your digital transformation
by Gerhard Malan, CFO, Viadex The availability of cash, the type of asset and its useful life, and the flexibility inherent in a leasing arrangement all take precedent for me when balancing the pros and cons. In the financial arena, flexibility is agility The notion of leasing any type of hardware has both its…
Read MoreWorldly wise: Confident risk management in global IT projects
by Pascale Bull, COO, Viadex Know what you’re shipping, know the country, know the pitfalls Technology creates a wonderful world of opportunity. It’s also a world fraught with risk, compliance complexities imposed by manufacturers and governments, volatile nations, currency differences, vendor restrictions, compatibility issues, and procurement challenges around consolidation. Global growth entails global risk. Business…
Read MoreBelieve in yourself: Brandon inspires the Viadex team
by Brian Dunleavy, Vendor Alliances Director, Viadex Tokyo 2020 here we come Almost at the year’s anniversary of our relationship with the para athlete, Brandon Beack, we were delighted to welcome him to our London offices recently. Brandon spent two weeks in Europe on a training trip sponsored by Viadex and came to see…
Read MoreCloud choices: How do you decide, when there’s so much on offer?
by Tommy Kolega, CIO, Viadex: Global IT Infrastructure and Deployment Specialists How risky is it to reduce risks? Cloud has been around, some would say, since 1996. It’s no longer a novelty. It is, however, the platform for all things new: services, processes, development, applications, interactions, and great ways of reducing risk and costs. It…
Read MoreDoing the right thing: The ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
by Tommy Kolega, CIO, Viadex: Global IT Infrastructure and Deployment Specialists Are we all doomed? All new technologies have their supporters and detractors. It’s in man’s nature to question the cost of progress while, or sometime even before, assessing its value. It’s a case of guilty until proved innocent. Civilised society can be justly proud…
Read MoreCeph – an Overview
With the rapid market adoption of SDS (Software Defined Storage) it is only fair to discuss the much talked about open source SDS Ceph, what it is and how it could be used to provide an SDS solution today. What is Ceph (can be pronounced sef or kef)? Ceph is an Open Source Distributed storage…
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