EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO magazine for the APAC region . This month ’ s cover features Christian Marotta , IT Team Head at Jellis Craig .
The company , one of Melbourne ’ s leading real estate groups , turned to WatchGuard to ensure it could manage its entire infrastructure , allowing its IT team visibility down to device level in each of the company ’ s office locations . “ We can see everything that ’ s connected to our Wi-Fi networks , the connection speed they are achieving , and the signal strength ,” he said . “ If someone calls us to report that their Wi-Fi network is running slowly , we can quickly jump on and determine what is causing the issue . and ransomware , so one of the first things we did was replace our legacy backup solution with a mature , enterprise-grade solution . Veeam provides peace of mind across the board , but we notice it the most often when we have to recover something to a specific point in time . Veeam lets us drill down to a single item so easily .” There ’ s much more to discover about this story on p61 .
In this month ’ s Talking Business , Melbourne-based Alok Kulkarni , CEO and Co-founder , Cyara , tells us why good communication and collaboration with dispersed , remote teams are key to an organization ’ s success .
“ Remote workforces are here to stay as we navigate the long road out of COVID ,” he says .
“ We are currently very happy with the level of security provided by the Watchguard Firewalls and Wireless Access points we have rolled out . The notifications and granular level of control lets us manage the level of security required for each policy .” You can find out more details about the project by turning to p56 .
“ Organizations have pivoted to remote working while adopting a variety of technologies such as Zoom and Slack to better engage with teams . For some , this hasn ’ t been a difficult transition , while for others , it remains an on-going struggle .” To read more of his opinions turn to p36 .
Elsewhere , we take a look at how Anglicare Southern Queensland took a proactive approach to security and ransomware protection with Veeam .
“ One of our top priorities is protecting the systems and data that support the care we provide to clients ,” said Chris Williams , Technology Services Manager at Anglicare Southern Queensland . “ We ’ re doing everything we can to protect against cyberattacks
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Once again , I ’ d like to wish you a good month ahead and please enjoy the read !
Mark Bowen Editor
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