Myer promotes IT chief
Myer has promoted Mark Cripsey to the role of chief operating officer.
Myer has promoted Mark Cripsey to the role of chief operating officer.
Advanced data analytics to understand customers were a driving force behind a new strategy intended to turn around the fortunes of retailer Myer.
Chief Information Security Officer Christian Hamer, who is responsible for policy and awareness across Harvard University and whose team handles security operations and incident response, took part on a panel last week at the Campus Technology conference in Boston (Campus Technology's Rhea Kelly moderated; ESET researcher Lysa Myers was also an expert panelist). Here's a selection of Hamer's more notable observations:
Windows 10 may be a radical change from its predecessors, maybe even the last version of the OS, but for enterprises planning to migrate to the new operating system, it will be the same old, same old, analysts said today.
Microsoft's top operating system executive has confirmed that the two main Windows 10 update and upgrade "branches" will offer customers multiple "rings," or tempos, that they can select to receive changes quickly or after they've been tested by others.
Patch Tuesday, contrary to expectations earlier this year, survived after Microsoft yesterday delivered security updates not only for the legacy editions of Windows, but also for the new Windows 10.
Patch Tuesday is not dead.
Microsoft is hanging a lot of Windows 10 on a single phrase: "supported lifetime of the device."
Nokia's disclosure today of weak Lumia sales last quarter has put Microsoft's devices strategy in the hole even before it finalizes the acquisition of the Finnish firm, analysts said today.
Microsoft may revert to separate release schedules for consumer and business versions of Windows, the company's top OS executive hinted this week.