CMI Managing Director Ken Roulston was recently interviewed for CEO-NI. Read the interview here.

Distributed computing, falling technology prices and budget freedom have led to a proliferation of application-specific servers. For CIOs, this has triggered major increases in support costs from not only the multiplication of servers but their distribution throughout company locations, often away from central technology support resources.

Users of Android-powered devices have downloaded more than 10 billion apps from Google for their smartphones and tablets, it says.

Belfast’s leading IT Company, CMI helped bring the world renowned Lyric Theatre back to life as part of a multi-million pound project which saw the newly refurbished and extended venue open its doors to the public earlier this year.

BBC News online reports today that almost three-quarters of firms and public sector organisations across nine European countries may not fully recover their computer systems or data after an IT failure, a survey suggests.

Proper Mobile Control, lets your users work with flexibility while on the move no matter which mobile device they have.The following needs considered:

Social Engineering is a catch all term for psychological tricks used to persuade people to undermine their own online security. This can include opening an email attachment, clicking a button, following a link, or filling in a form with sensitive personal information.

95,000- is the number of malware pieces analysed by Sophos labs every day in 2010, nearly doubling the number of malware pieces they tracked in 2009. This accounts for one unique file every 0.9seconds, 24 hours per day, each day of the year. It’s a clear sign that the malware threat continues to grow at an alarming rate. Today, more than ever before, hackers aren’t just producing malware for notoriety- they’re producing it for large financial gain. Over the next few weeks we will take a look at the major threats from last year and drawn attention to what we should keep our eyes on this year.

Some pictures from our recent Sophos Security Event which took place at The Pump House Titanic Quarter last week.