A Queensland steel company has paid $17,500 in damages following the discovery that they were using unlicensed versions of design software Autodesk and AutoCAD. Unlicensed software creates security risks and the risk of legal action for businesses. It is well worth using legal and licensed software despite the cost. Ask us more about switching to cloud software as an alternative to help keep your business compliant with the law. Read more about the case in this smartcompany article.

Doing a factory reset to wipe the data off smartphones does not work, and the data can be recovered. Read more in to protecting your data in this article found on the technewsworld website.

The security of your technology is becoming increasingly important in the modern technological climate. Have a look at this article found on the securityweek website for insight in to the small steps you can take to protect your data.

Huge quantities of log data generated by all sorts of devices opens immense potential for insight, but machine learning is needed to make sense of it. To find out more about the importance of machine learning in big data log analysis, visit the infoworld website.

As interest in machine learning has grown, its definition has expanded to include a panoply of techniques for automating knowledge and pattern discovery from fresh data. To find out more about machine learning visit the infoworld website.

IBM’s Watson-branded cognitive computing technology is to be commercialized in a leading move to utilize the technology for enterprise applications. To read the full article visit the infoworld website.