Glenn Weir

Content writer at IT World Canada. Book lover. Futurist. Sports nut. Once and future author. Would-be intellect. Irish-born, Canadian-raised.

Articles by Glenn Weir

The human point: Taking a people-first approach to security

In his 1711 “Essay on Criticism,” the British poet Alexander Pope wrote, “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Putting the latter aspect of...

Securely enabling the digital workspace

The numbers coming out of the Pew Research Center in Washington DC tell a compelling story about mobile device use: 95% of individuals now...

Meeting a growing need for SDS

The emergence of digital has had a transformative, though many would say disruptive, effect on people's everyday lives. While the traditionally minded might take...

Testing in the digital world: Digital assurance

The business world now moves at breakneck speed and is largely software-driven. A worldwide boom in digital tech -- social, mobile, analytics, cloud, IoT...

Hack-proof (or close to it) in the cloud era

If WikiLeaks has taught us anything over the last few years, beyond the fact that federal politics is a blood sport, it is that...

Three pillars of digital transformation

Discussions around the topic of digital transformation often take on a "do or die" flavour, with one party (often an authority) warning others of...

Platinum-level security in the speed era

Speed kills. Some have traced this short expression back to the 1960s. Although it was generally used in reference to driving too fast, members...

IT Ops Analytics Virtual Summit

Companies gather data, this is nothing new. However, over the past couple of decades, the buildup of disjointed data tools and collection and analysis...

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