Is Cloud Computing Journey Worthy for Your Company Accessibility Have your data accessible anywhere and everywhere as long as you have a working Internet connection. This also goes a long way in future proofing your business because you will have data anywhere and on any device. Google, dropbox, One drive, thingspeak are some of our everyday…
Computer security Having a good computer security does not only entail protecting a system from external or internal threats. It must also NOT hinder a system user, or a system, from properly and speedily performing its required functions. Examples of security solutions may include: 1. Firewalls: these monitor incoming and outgoing network traffic against certain set security rules and…
Data, the new ‘Horoscope’ Data is information. Information is knowledge. Knowledge is power. Therefore, data is power. But what is the use of having so much data, and nothing to do with it? This is akin to having a library with a million and one books, but not having anyone, including yourself, to read the books.…
MELTDOWN AND SPECTRE: A Spectrecal to behold No, it is not about Harvey Specter. If you follow up tech news, you may have heard of the two recently discovered vulnerabilities present in Intel, ARM and AMD chips. This could easily mean that phones (ARM chips), laptops(Intel and AMD) and yes even your Mac-books and iphones…
Outing Team Comztech drove 70km from Nairobi to Ol Donyo Sapuk Resort near Fourteen falls and on the foothill of Mt. Kilimambogo in Machakos County. Hiking What an adventure hiking Mt. Kilimambogo. The clean air, gorgeous views and possibility of seeing wild animals were refreshing. Activities The food at the resort was delicious and the ambience was quiet which…
Watson Analytics for Social Media We are proud to announce Comztech together with IBM delivered Watson Analytics For Social Media Lab at USIU-Africa. The SIMELab at USIU-Africa is the first multidisciplinary research laboratory to be set up in Africa, to study social media The U.S Embassy-Kenya funded (20M Kshs) of the project which will run several projects in the coming 3 years.…
Firewalls; A machine’s final defense against the world wide web What is a firewall? A firewall is a system designed to prevent unauthorized access to and/or from a private network. Firewalls can be applied in either hardware or software form, or a combination of both. They prevent unauthorized internet users from accessing private networks connected…
It has been said that data is the currency of the millennium. The dawn of big data has not only created new, in-demand, jobs but it is also re-defining the roles of pre-existing jobs as companies work to integrate data analytics and management into their respective businesses in order to develop an edge. Data is…
When dealing with data storage management, there isn’t exactly one specific way to go at it that suits every single company similarly. Each company must find a means of data storage that suits them according to the type of data and the amount that they are dealing with. With this background information, a company can…
Ransomware is a virtual plague that has spread to all the corners of the world. From my last post, http://bit.ly/2vQSr2T, you can see that the first cases of ransomware attacks were first reported in Russia during 2005 and 2006 and that it has experienced an exponential growth and spread since then. Today, my focus is…
