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As the number of cyber attacks hitting the news continues to grow, Nick Denning, CEO of IT consultancy Diegesis and veteran of multiple successful digital transformation projects, looks at how best to protect your own organisation and identify the ‘weakest link’ in your security which might leave you exposed. Cyberattacks are headline news This year …

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Is your organisation looking to drive more value from the vast amounts of data locked in your legacy Ingres database? Are you keen to transform the way you work by migrating your Ingres on premise data to the cloud? Migrating data between different RDBMS products is reasonably straightforward. Migrating bespoke applications, that process the data …

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Geographical information systems (GIS) are used to collect, process, manage and deliver location intelligence.  Hexagon solutions combine imagery analysis and data management. Diegesis has over 30 years’ experience in data management across both public and private sectors.  The experienced consulting team gets results with a focus on delivering robust and sustainable solutions.  IMGS provide solutions …

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Nick Denning, CEO of IT consultancy Diegesis and veteran of multiple public sector IT transformation projects shares his thoughts on what makes a successful risk awareness strategy. Risk management involves: Risk Management in practice A practical example of risk management is pouring concrete for building foundations. If more than a certain amount of rain falls …

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Any business activity has risk associated with it.  We assess risk by considering the probability that a particular thing will happen and the impact if it does. The issue is then to calculate the appetite for risk.  Despite the potential for things to go wrong, an organisation with corporate knowledge embedded in proven business practices …

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An IT migration project typically aims to seize opportunities from adopting new technology to drive competitive advantage. The project may seek to reduce the risk of running core processes on outdated, unsupported systems wide open to cyber threats. In my previous article on “How to lay the foundations for successful digital transformation projects”, I discussed …

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The World Economic Forum (WEF), which met virtually in January 2022, warned of the increasing global risks from cybersecurity failures. The WEF’s 17th annual Global Risks Report cites the world’s growing dependency on digital systems as fundamentally changing societies. It is a trend that has been intensified by the Covid19 pandemic. The WEF report notes that at …

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IT professionals with the skills needed to keep businesses running are disappearing from the world of work. This is a generational issue that is exacerbated by the difficult conditions of recent years which is leading to the “Grey Resignation”. The last few years have brought into sharp focus the need for organisations to be rock …

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As CIOs consider the future of their mission-critical applications, Nick Denning, CIO of Diegesis, offers an alternative view to the lure of new technologies and the consequential risky business of replacing tried and tested technology. In February, 2021 a survey by Tata Consultancy Services and AWS found that 70% of CxOs at global companies consider …

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