Let’s face it: for all its strengths, Microsoft Office 365™, as a standalone solution, can still leave you exposed. That’s why 91% of IT professionals plan to seek out additional security for their Office 365™ environment. So, what should you look for in a complementary email security, archiving and continuity

Last week, the Solista research team took part in the first Alexa Dev Day in Sydney, hosted at the Intercontinental in Double Bay. The team used the event to up skill their abilities in writing Alexa skills and AWS Lambda functions, as well as connecting with peers to get inspiration

Set to bridge the cyber security talent gap As a passionate believer in people, technology and lifelong learning, Solista have partnered with Australia’s premier technology training provider, Coder Academy. Much like Coder Academy’s existing accredited coding bootcamps – launched in March 2016 – the Cyber Security bootcamp course will involve

Solista research lab has confirmed a road-trip later in the year. We are sending an ace team to #AWSreInvent in November. For the majority going on the trip it will their first time at re:Invent. The excitement is already bubbling away under the surface in the office. It will only

The educational institution networks continue to be a favourite playground for cyber criminals. This is because of the age and interests of  most educational users. These networks tend to incorporate cutting edge technologies and strategies. At the same time, those students also tend to push hard against network restrictions, looking

At AWS re:Invent 2017, Splunk announced integrations with Amazon Kinesis Firehose and Amazon GuardDuty. Amazon Kinesis Firehose is the future here now to load streaming data into data stores and analytics tools. It can capture, transform, and load streaming data into Splunk and other Amazon services. This enables near real-time analytics with existing business intelligence

It’s easy for an organisation to say that culture is important to them. It’s easy to frame the company vision and values, and hang them on a wall. It’s not so easy to find great, like-minded people to hire but it’s critical to Solista’s success. We’ve asked some of our team why they made the move to Solista and

Licenses for Windows Server 2016 come in 2 core packs. You have to license a minimum of 2 physical CPUs per server (even if you don’t have that many) and a minimum of 8 cores per CPU (even if you don’t have that many), making a minimum total of 8

Gartner is ringing the warning bell that the main technology buyer is changing. A recent survey revealed that Chief Marketing Officers are spending nearly as much on technology as a percentage of revenue, as the CIOs are spending. The marketing department is even spending more on technology than they are on

     Solista’s Data Breach Heroes! Solista are working with some great next-generation technology heroes, to ensure our clients are mitigating risk & protecting their data form a breach. To find out more contact us below.      CrowdStrike: Built To STOP Breaches  CrowdStrike delivers continuous and comprehensive endpoint visibility that

The Mandatory Data Breach Reporting Act is fast approaching and many organisations are still unsure of best practises and how to comply. Solista has helped organisations to secure and protect their data to not only mitigate the risk of a data breach but also to put them in the best

For a while, it was popular to outsource your IT services. You could access shared IT resources offshore at a fraction of the cost and reduce your total cost of ownership. Pretty quickly, outsourcing became synonymous with offshoring and it developed a reputation. Bad customer service was common and staff and customers weren’t buying

Since we spend half of our lives working, we all crave flexibility, a great team to work with, and a rewarding role where our contributions are respected. Here at Solista we understand this, and we’ve worked hard to make Solista a great place to work. In fact, our number 4

It’s no secret that technology is changing faster than ever before. Organisations lured by the benefits of agile, next generation technology expect their IT vendors to lead their adoption and transformation. Unfortunately, traditional IT vendors themselves are struggling with where these new capabilities fit into their own legacy business models.

3 years ago this week our Co-founder Noel handed in his notice in from his full time role to start Solista, next month Solista turns 3. Today, we want to look back on the past 3 years and share a few lessons that we have learnt on the journey. You

Since July 2016, Solista has signed up with Rubrik to take their Cloud Data Management solution to market. With 3 wins and 3 elated customers we see this relationship flourishing  for years to come. Coverage in CRN – http://www.crn.com.au/feature/the-backup-and-dr-secrets-of-australian-resellers-431263

Last month Solista hosted a lunch with Vormetric and Deloitte.  Here are some of the salient points. Mandatory data breach reporting legislation in Australia is lurking and as consumer surveillance awareness grows, data privacy has become a global conversation The looming legislation in Australia reflects what is already happening around

Australian Rugby Union relies on Pure Storage as backbone for national shared services Data volume reduced by 80% and data centre footprint down by 75% The challenge: Cost-effective, centralised shared services around the clock The Australian Rugby Union (ARU), the national body of Rugby in Australia, is responsible for the