Keumars Afifi-Sabet
Keumars Afifi-Sabet is a writer and editor that specialises in public sector, cyber security, and cloud computing. He first joined ITPro as a staff writer in April 2018 and eventually became its Features Editor. Although a regular contributor to other tech sites in the past, these days you will find Keumars on LiveScience, where he runs its Technology section.
Latest articles by Keumars Afifi-Sabet
Oppo Find X3 Lite review: Solid as a rock
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Reviews This well-designed and sophisticated mid-budget contender offers plenty for its price
What is NetOps?
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet last updated
In-depth How can businesses adopt this broad school of thought, and what is its relationship with DevOps?
Windows 365 is generally available: Here's how to get started with Microsoft's Cloud PC service
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet last updated
In-depth How much does Windows 365 cost, what packages are available, and is it suitable for my business?
Schneider Electric partners with IT distributors for MPaaS programme
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The programme combines hardware, software and services into a single offering
Digitising Leeds: How to build a smart city
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
In-depth The return of an in-person Leeds Digital Festival coincides with a ratcheting up of plans to digitally transform the region
LG continues automotive pivot with $240 million Cybellum acquisition
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The Israeli startup detects vulnerabilities in automotive hardware and software services using digital twins
Microsoft exposes BulletProofLink 'phishing as a service' criminal enterprise
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The sophisticated outfit handles everything from template design to web hosting and credentials processing
Facebook launches Portal for Business device management service
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The new package is being launched alongside fresh Portal Go and Portal+ hardware
Nutanix and Citrix forge partnership over hybrid work technology
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News This strategic partnership sees Nutanix and Citrix deploy DaaS tools over HCI hybrid and multi-cloud environments
MoD data breach ‘put lives of Afghan interpreters at risk’
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The blunder exposed the email addresses of 250 interpreters seeking relocation
JPMorgan launches challenger bank Chase in the UK
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News This expansion aims to put legacy UK banks on the backfoot as they contend with the rise of the likes of Monzo
Irish DPC threatens probe over Facebook’s Ray-Ban smart glasses
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The Irish data regulator is concerned about the potential for users to engage in covert filming
Chipmakers should brace for 'oversupply' in 2023 with crisis set to clear
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Foundry capacity is currently at near 100%, with efforts to fight the shortage set to kick in by 2022
BT brings free gigabit Wi-Fi to London's streets with Street Hub 2.0 rollout
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The first of 300 units have been unveiled in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Alphabet’s laser-powered broadband demonstrates 99.9% uptime within first 20 days
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News X, the Moonshot Factory trials ‘fibre without fibre’ across the Congo River with 700TB of data transmitted in its first few weeks
Weekly threat roundup: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, HP Omen, Apple
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
Nadine Dorries appointed digital secretary in government reshuffle
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The former mental health minister replaces Oliver Dowden only days after he announced major GDPR reforms
Citrix mulling potential sale after tumultuous 2021
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Share prices have tumbled due to consecutive quarters of "mixed" financial results
Microsoft patches Internet Explorer zero-day under active attack
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The latest wave of Patch Tuesday fixes also included several updates to address the Print Spooler component in Windows
Intuit plans end-to-end SMB platform after $12 billion Mailchimp acquisition
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The firm wants to give customers a full suite of tools to manage their businesses, from marketing to accounting
Apple patches zero-day flaw abused by infamous NSO exploit
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The ForcedEntry flaw affects all Apple devices and allows hackers to compromise systems without any user interaction
Irish data regulator fails to resolve 98% of big tech GDPR cases
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Campaigners accuse the Irish DPC of being the ‘bottleneck’ for GDPR enforcement with 160 unresolved complaints
WhatsApp activates end-to-end encrypted cloud backups
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The messaging service will grant users a password-protected key when they save their chat histories to the cloud
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