The heart of IFS beats in Sri Lanka
IFS Sri Lanka started 25 years ago with 28 people. In 2023, you can safely call IFS Sri Lanka the driving force behind IFS as a whole. We got a behind-the-scenes look at this rather special story.
When you think of global organizations with their roots in the Western Hemisphere opening an office... Read more
Microsoft Teams 2.0 lets you collaborate faster and easier than ever
Microsoft recently made available a new, updated version of Microsoft Teams. Also called Microsoft Teams 2.0. The company claims it “has been reimagined from the ground up,” resulting in a “faster, simpler and more flexible experience.”
Besides a total rebuild of the Microsoft Teams app,... Read more
What is Microsoft Loop? App syncs realtime across M365, staying in the loop
Microsoft made the first public preview of its new workplace app available, called Loop. The company boasts syncing features that help members coordinate assignments and projects across the complete Microsoft 365 suite. Following the announcement of the M365 CoPilot and Microsoft-backed Bing AI, th... Read more
Salesforce settles with activist shareholder, does peace return?
Salesforce is engaged in a hefty battle at the board level with several activist shareholders. These believe that Salesforce is performing far below its potential and that things must improve. Revenue and especially profit needs to go up. One of the demands of Elliot Management, the largest activis... Read more
Metaverse promises much, doesn’t deliver yet; Disney pulls plug on division
Will the metaverse meet the same fate as 3D TVs and VR glasses? Disney's decision to pull the plug on the entire metaverse division suggests the worst. What is the future for the metaverse?
The metaverse is without a doubt one of the most popular terms of recent years. Mark Zuckerberg even foun... Read more
As fear of cyber threats rises, organizations have to review their security strategy
“Frankly, I live in terror of a ransomware attack and state-sponsored intrusions.”
This quote from a business professional comes from the 2023 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report. It perfectly captures what organisations are currently very concerned about. Ransomware has been keeping organisations... Read more
What are Passkeys? Removing the human element from authentication
For the longest time, the technology industry has been developing a future with password-free (passwordless) authentication. That future is now, with passkeys. But what are passkeys?
The FIDO Alliance was established with the goal of lessening the dependence on passwords almost ten years ago. An... Read more
Appian’s Data Fabric gets more value out of data, wherever it resides
Appian has spent years developing its own data fabric. This new layer within the company's low-code automation platform allows data in different sources and systems to be addressed directly. We spoke with Appian CTO Mike Beckley about the impact of this new layer on data model creation, application... Read more
Zero trust in complex environments: how to ensure secure access to apps?
Many companies have seen their infrastructure and application landscape become more complex. This, in turn, creates new challenges. After all, how do you properly set up identity and access management? The basic zero trust component is essential for authentication and access to protect users, apps ... Read more
Nutanix: Cloud diversity spirals in line with its complexity
Diversity is good. In almost every walk of life or aspect of humanity, diversity is widely agreed to a positive force for good, especially these days.
But diversity inside any given information technology stack may not always be universally positive i.e. for every new system, function, too... Read more