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Cyber and Physical Transportation in the Transportation Industry By Alan Cunningham, Journalist, Truth Be Told Like with most other areas of business, government, public safety/service, and society, the transportation system of the U.S. faces a wealth of challenges and threats. For clarity, the transportation sector encompasses “a category of companies that provide services to move people or goods, as well as transportation infrastructure…[consisting] of several industries including air freight and logistics, airlines, marine, road and rail,…

In 2006, Sami Yalavac started working at Bupa as a developer and project manager. Ten years later, he was appointed as chief information officer, a role he held until only two months ago when he was elevated to interim managing director for Bupa Health Services following the departure of incumbent, Dwayne Crombie.In this episode of CIO Leadership Live Australia, Sami Yalavac talks to CIO Australia’s editor-in-chief, Byron Connolly, about how he is finding the role…

Monitoring IT trends is no trivial task. After all, the deluge is considerable. Every day, single-shingle IT cognoscenti blog, tweet, and podcast their thoughts about the future of IT. Every week, vendors — the supply side of the tech community — release whitepapers and forecasts about where they think (or hope you will think) technology is going. Every month, consultancies, research firms, the press — the tech community’s services side — adjust and amplify annual…

What if everything you believed about networking was wrong? What if a network of people you barely know is more likely to advance your career than your strongest, closest connections? This counterintuitive notion—and the research supporting it—dates back to 1973 when Stanford sociology professor Mark Granovetter published “The Strength of Weak Ties.” His research paper upended the world of social networking theory by showing how the “weak ties” people have through acquaintances or distant social…

Spanish and Romanian police have joined forces to take down a gang suspected of earning at least €3m ($3.1) from internet scams. Spanish National Police arrested three suspects in the southern city of Malaga while their Romanian counterparts cuffed six, following a multi-year investigation, according to Europa Press. They are accused of publishing false adverts for second-hand vehicles and other products. In some cases, they’d re-publish legitimate ads but change the contact details. They would…