Researchers Struggle to Secure Data in an Insecure Age

Researchers Struggle to Secure Data in an Insecure Age
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Academe is well into the Internet age. On any given day, UNC-Chapel Hill will be hit with 30,000 attacks on its firewall, something its IT staff knows well. That's not an unusual number for a large institution. But when it comes to protecting research data from malicious parties, be they foreign spies, gangsters, or hackers—or, for that matter, a federal agency—universities often rely on policies that have changed little from the days when, to secure records, you put them in a locked cabinet behind a locked door.
"We're really just all waking up as a community to both the power and challenges of dealing with this," said Daniel K. Nelson, director of the university's Office of Human Research Ethics...............

E-Learning in Africa: Massive, online and free | North Africa

E-Learning in Africa: Massive, online and free | North Africa

How solid is the cloud?

Despite mixed feelings in the market about migrating IT to the cloud and uncertainty about the security of that which resides off-site (even that which is governed by a hybrid cloud model), the level of security in the cloud is really a matter of who you decide to trust with company data.

This is the view of experts at operations who have established leadership positions in this increasingly competitive area of ICT.

http://www.it-online.co.za/2013/08/12/how-solid-is-the-cloud/

Is Apple ready for app changes?

New ways of delivering apps on mobile phones could spell trouble for Apple after it unveiled its latest iPhone. The new 5S has impressed onlookers with its fingerprint reader, while adding a better camera and a faster processor, but Dr Ronald Klingebiel, assistant professor of strategy at Warwick Business School, believes that Apple should go beyond product innovation and develop its strategy further as well. Commoditisation of mobile hardware and transformations in the way apps are delivered will reduce Apple’s ability to reap profits from smartphones.

http://www.it-online.co.za/?p=75325?utm_source=dailymailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article

Why Apple suddenly needs Google again

Once back-slapping friends, the relationship between Apple and Google was torpedoed by the ascendency of Android. Eric Schmidt resigned from the Apple board, Steve Jobs declared "thermonuclear war" against Android, and little by little Apple disentangled Google services from its products as retaliation.

It's that last point that that Apple must now reconsider.

http://www.zdnet.com/why-apple-suddenly-needs-google-again-7000020442/?s_cid=e004&ttag=e004

Judge Sets Restrictions for Apple on E-Books

As punishment for engaging in an e-book price-fixing conspiracy, Apple will be forced to abide by new restrictions on its agreements with publishers and be evaluated by an external “compliance officer” for two years, a federal judge has ruled.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/business/media/judge-sets-final-restrictions-for-apple-on-e-books.html?ref=technology