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• Triumph in adversity: Apple’s payment system opportunity

  11-01-2022 17:48
  
  Every business owner accepts that sometimes they must swallow disappointment and prepare for unavoidable change, which seems to be what Apple is preparing for in terms of App Store payments. And it may unleash a new opportunity as it does.Opening up App Store payments
  Apple is under so much pressure around App Store payments. It has made numerous arguments to justify why its own payment systems should be mandatory on App Store sales, but courts in South Korea and the US do not agree. The compan
  
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• Altron Group Chief Executive Mteto Nyati to Step Down - IT News Africa

  11-01-2022 17:48 via itnewsafrica.com
  Altron Group Chief Executive Mteto Nyati to Step Down  IT News Africa
  
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• FalconStor Appoints Doug Balog, IT Infrastructure Veteran and Former IBM Executive, as Strategic Executive Advisor - Yahoo Finance

  11-01-2022 14:00 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  FalconStor Appoints Doug Balog, IT Infrastructure Veteran and Former IBM Executive, as Strategic Executive Advisor  Yahoo Finance
  
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• FalconStor Appoints Doug Balog, IT Infrastructure Veteran and Former IBM Executive, as Strategic Executive Advisor - Business Wire

  11-01-2022 14:00 via businesswire.com
  
  FalconStor Appoints Doug Balog, IT Infrastructure Veteran and Former IBM Executive, as Strategic Executive Advisor  Business Wire
  
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• Why not a four-day workweek?

  11-01-2022 13:00
  
  Today, many of us think of the five-day workweek as being the way things have always been done. It’s not. It only became a standard in the United States when the labor unions got the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) passed in 1938. Before that, most people worked a 48-hour, six-day-per-week job—and were glad to have it.Are we less productive now? We are not.Indeed, when Henry Ford, of all people, introduced the five-day, 40-hour week for workers at the Ford Motor Company, one reason
  
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• Google finds a nation-state level of attacks on iPhone

  11-01-2022 12:31
  
  When it comes to mobile security, users are routinely warned to be extremely careful, avoid suspicious links, emails, and attachments. But the growth of no-click attacks sidesteps these soft defenses.Google recently drilled into one such attack, which happened to have hit an iPhone. “We assess this to be one of the most technically sophisticated exploits we've ever seen, further demonstrating that the capabilities (one vendor) provides rival those previously thought to be accessible
  
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• 8 key technologies for the future of work

  11-01-2022 12:00
  
  Many would argue that the future of work is already here. Enterprises in virtually every industry have had to revamp their work models in reaction to the pandemic and safety guidelines, giving employees more flexibility than they’ve ever had before.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• FalconStor Appoints Doug Balog, IT Infrastructure Veteran and Former IBM Executive, as Strategic Executive Advisor - businesswire.com

  11-01-2022 09:00 via businesswire.com
  
  FalconStor Appoints Doug Balog, IT Infrastructure Veteran and Former IBM Executive, as Strategic Executive Advisor  businesswire.com
  
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• IT salary expectations for 2022: How much can UK IT pros expect?

  11-01-2022 07:00
  
  There’s little doubt the last two years have been tough for business. After a difficult 2020 and an unpredictable 2021, the pandemic-related obstacles facing UK businesses didn’t disappear with the arrival of 2022. COVID-19 continues to cast a shadow of uncertainty over every sector, while the "Great Resignation” could see a record number of vacancies caused by burnt-out and disgruntled workers seeking new employment opportunities.To read this article in full, please click her
  
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• BrandPost: 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Every SMB

  11-01-2022 02:00
  
  As we (thankfully) close the books on 2021, it’s time to think about how best to promote business growth in the new year. In this post, we offer up five battled-tested network technologies and strategies that can bring more speed and agility to most small- or medium-sized businesses (SMB), perhaps even while lowering costs.Consider them your IT New Year’s resolutions.1. Investigate Wi-Fi 6Wi-Fi networks are now business-critical, with employees and customers alike expecting fast, re
  
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• BrandPost: How to Adopt a “Defense in Depth” Security Strategy to Protect Your SMB

  11-01-2022 01:48
  
  While small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may not consider themselves prime targets for cyber security attacks, the fact is they are being targeted more frequently these days.Whereas in 2020 SMBs (less than 1,000 employees) suffered fewer than half the number of breaches that larger companies did, last year it was nearly even, according to the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report. The 2021 version of the report showed that among companies where size was identified, 307 breaches occurr
  
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