Hypecycle: Turning data into dollars

Printing and document management

History shows that as data blooms, it is fed by printing. Although users can access data on their mobile devices there's a corresponding need for the cheap efficiency of paper.

Managed print services will continue to be important and while people will find ways to consume information without resorting to the printed page, ink on paper will continue to be an important way for people to make sense of the world.

The smart systems will help organisations store and manage their information, offload printing to smart devices and aid retrieval.

Companies: Fuji Xerox, Documentum, FileNet

Information security

Companies doing more business online and relying on it for their daily operations need to take greater care with their information security requirements.

Akamai data has previously found a correlation between the number of IP addresses and growth in network attacks such as distributed denial of service. The US is still the No.1 source for attack traffic, originating 12 percent (up about 10 percent in three months).

The Akamai report found port 445 – SMB or Samba over IP – was the most attacked port, accounting for more than half of attacks because of its extreme utility to malicious hackers who silently upload and run programs on unwitting users’ machines without them knowing. Companies: Resellers without deep and broad skills should partner with a consultancy.