by DavidSpratt | May 18, 2020 | ICT
Why cloud is crucial for a sustainable business, and how to choose the best option. The Covid-19 outbreak has reinforced two lessons for businesses – the importance of cloud-based services and the need to ensure their model is sustainable. Cloud platforms have really...
by DavidSpratt | May 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recently David recorded a podcast as part of Umbrellar’s Key Technology Hub series. The podcast covers a wide range of topics including: The business reasons Cloud computing is now the norm rather than the exception The business impact of SaaS, PasS and IaaS...
by DavidSpratt | Feb 8, 2019 | ICT
The below article was published recently in IT Brief New Zealand magazine. The -aaS consumption model is nothing new when it comes down to brass tacks – it’s exactly how we’ve been consuming electricity ever since Edison and Tesla were squabbling....
by DavidSpratt | Feb 7, 2018 | ICT
Last week the IT industry was shocked to find that the Intel chipsets that drive many of our phones, smartphones, laptops, desktops and our servers, have an architectural flaw that exposes them to hacking. The other two major chipset manufacturers AMD and ARM appear...
by DavidSpratt | Oct 31, 2017 | Case Studies, ICT
In 2013, Zespri, one of the world’s leading horticultural companies, and the recognised category leader in kiwifruit, was facing many significant challenges. The Psa virus which attacked their main gold kiwifruit crop, had the potential to devastate the company and...