Doing the right thing: The ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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 of this cynicism and caution,…

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Ceph – 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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Making Plan B as good as Plan A: Backup and Disaster Recovery

Viadex: Global IT Infrastructure and Deployment Specialists There’s no compromise in robust contingency plansBacking up systems, applications and data is good practice. We all hold this truth to be self-evident. The problem is, not all backup and disaster recovery solutions are created equal. Some are more reliable than others, some are more expensive, some simply…

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Do you speak technology? 5 top tech phrases to know in 2018

Viadex: Global IT Infrastructure and Deployment Specialists The ship is ready to sailWe’ve settled in and unpacked our bags. The delights of 2018 beckon all around us. TTE 2018 was a great scene-setter, with much buzz around the major areas of travel and hotel technology, plus marketing technologies for both categories. Viadex were delighted to…

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DATA ANALYTICS: the passport to competitive differentiation – Maximum storage performance is the minimum requirement

The technology that data has been waiting forConsumers are becoming more discerning, demanding, and digitally-savvy in how they choose not just their holidays, but also the providers they opt to purchase holidays and related products from. Providers need to be equally discerning and demanding in their technology choices; making the right moves from an infrastructure…

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CYBER SECURITY: QUANTUM LEAPS

Why does everything always get worse before it gets better? By Tommy Kolega, CIO of Viadex, the global IT infrastructure and deployment specialists. Turn it off, turn it on againThe world of IT, if not the world of business too, has something of a buzz about it as 2018 gathers pace. Pundits have for so…

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