Security and business continuity top IT spending plans for 2018
Security is the top initiative companies plan to pursue in the next 24 months with investments in virus and malware protection, patch management, and intrusion detection and prevention.
According to a new State of Resilience report by big data company Syncsort, 49 percent plan to spend on these areas, with 47 percent planning to spend on business continuity and high availability.
Security concerns and a move to edge computing, 2018 predictions for the IoT
In 2017 we've see Internet of Things devices enter many more areas of our lives. We've also seen them exploited to launch cyber attacks.
So, how do industry experts think the IoT will develop in 2018?
Greater transparency and digital transformation, what 2018 holds for artificial intelligence
One of the most interesting trends we've seen in 2017 is the spread of artificial intelligence into areas like marketing and security.
Is this set to continue into next year, and are there new fields where AI is set to make a significant impact? Here are the views of some industry experts.
Challenging costs and greater portability -- 2018 cloud predictions
The shift of systems towards the cloud has showed no signs of slowing down this year, and industry experts still see a bright future for the technology in 2018, although not without challenges along the way.
Hybrid systems could see the fastest growth. "I expect hybrid to experience the largest growth spurt, because most companies have a legacy IT department and they can’t just change the business and systems to operate only on public cloud services. On the other hand, I believe net new companies will operation mostly in the public domain with only private/hybrid systems based on security and compliance," says Paul Stephenson, field evangelist and principal systems engineer at OVH US.
An AI arms race and attacks on cryptocurrency among cyber security predictions for 2018
It's the time of year when industry experts like to dust off their crystal balls, examine the pattern of tea leaves in the bottom of their cups and try to predict what the coming year is going to hold.
As far as security is concerned most commentators think we can expect the increase in numbers and sophistication of attacks we've seen in 2017 to continue, but there are some new things to worry about too.
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