Insights
Regular IT Industry related Insights from the vXtream Team
- 13 December 2022
Gaze into our ball… tech predictions for 2023
Benjamin Franklin famously said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. As 2022 draws to a..
read more - 17 November 2022
Is Sovereign Cloud set to reign?
‘Sovereign’ is quite possibly a contender for one of the most used buzz words of 2022 but not in a..
read more - 15 October 2022
Charge of the Hacking Brigade
Given climate change, the cost-of-living crisis, conflict in Ukraine, it appears that a day does not now pass without energy..
read more - 20 September 2022
Queen Elizabeth II and 70 years of changing technology
From the black and white television broadcast of her coronation to the sharing of afternoon tea with a CGI version..
read more - 21 August 2022
Cyber Security – Still Many Mountains to Climb
It has not been a great couple of years for the organisations and citizens of Scotland regarding cyber security, with..
read more - 11 July 2022
Charting a course through Zero Trust
Much of the plot of the recent film Uncharted, based upon the video game franchise of the same name, revolves..
read more - 21 June 2022
Metaverse or Metahype?
Given the rebrand of Facebook to Meta in November 2021 and the subsequent hype, you might be forgiven for thinking..
read more - 22 May 2022
Hacked Off – Defending Ukraine in the cyber war
It is now some three months since soldiers of the Russian Army entered eastern Ukraine, but the ‘war’ had started..
read more - 23 April 2022
Cloud Computing continues to soar
Despite the economic and social trauma of the past two years it appears that one area that has thrived as..
read more - 4 April 2022
Hands across the pond
U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have announced that the U.S. and EU have..
read more - 3 February 2022
War without Frontiers
World prepares for cyber-attacks as Ukraine conflict intensifies Whilst it is to be hoped that the heightened tensions between Russia..
read more - 9 December 2021
Hello….can you hear me?
Major AWS outage hits major sites from Adele tickets to Disney+ From Black Friday to Black Tuesday, from the excitement..
read more - 17 November 2021
COP26 or COP Out?
So that’s the end of another COP, COP26 to be precise. The event where the world’s leaders descended on Glasgow..
read more - 12 October 2021
Ahead in the Clouds
The Need to Green the Data Centre Play a game of word association and if the words ‘Cloud’ and ‘Amazon’..
read more - 25 August 2021
Banana Loaves, box sets and Joe Wicks
Pandemic drives expansion of European Data Centre Market Whether we home-schooled, worked from home, kept ourselves connected, fit or active,..
read more - 8 August 2021
Hackers, Tramps and Thieves – is Cher a cyber attack clairvoyant?
Fast forward to December 2021, and online and print editors everywhere are preparing their ‘People of the Year’ lists. Who’s..
read more - 12 July 2021
REvil’ing in Independence Day Weekend Woes
The 4th July is traditionally the day that we reach out to family and friends across ‘the pond’ and wish..
read more - 25 June 2021
Well and truly FCUK’d
It appears that this season’s best collection comprises companies held to ransom by cybercrime group REvil, the latest addition being..
read more - 24 May 2021
Not preparing for a cyber attack is the real crime
At an average $780K per demand, who says that Crime doesn’t pay? In our last insights piece, we focused on..
read more - 12 May 2021
Ransomware attack fuels US petrol buying frenzy
Following a ransomware cyber-attack on Friday which forced Colonial Pipeline to shut down the main part of its network, US..
read more - 6 May 2021
Hybrid Cloud meet Hybrid Working
This week Google confirmed it expects around 20 percent of its employees to work from home, with 60 percent meeting..
read more - 30 April 2021
This town is coming like a Ghost Town
Next month marks the 40th anniversary of the release of one of the classic songs of the 1980s – ‘Ghost..
read more - 15 April 2021
We’ve got the Power
There really was only one story in 2020 – COVID-19. During the past twelve months, the news has almost entirely..
read more - 23 March 2021
Happy Hosting
The evolution of Switzerland as a Safe Hosting Haven We have become so accustomed to gloomy news this past year..
read more - 15 March 2021
Up in Smoke – Harsh Lessons in Disaster Recovery
If the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us anything these past 12 months, its that you must be prepared for unexpected...
read more - 4 March 2021
You’re not bloody blowing these off!
vXtream teams up with Meesons to enhance access security. Its March 2021. A stroll through any town or city centre..
read more - 23 February 2021
Heartbreak or Healing Hotel?
As one hotel type has struggled through the pandemic so another has thrived. After several false dawns, we may finally..
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