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Cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure and the real-world problems we solve — written up by the people who do the work.

Community and Social

Share The Dignity – Give Pads and Tampons in the April #Dignitydrive

04 Apr 2018

On any given night in Australia, 1 in 200 people are homeless. 44% are female. 27% are children under the age of 18. 55% of …

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Telecommunications

A better way to check DNS performance

04 Apr 2018

Earlier in the week we posted about CloudFlare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS service. I had tested performance on a few common websites across a range of DNS …

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Web Development

Shell Tools to simplify web development

03 Apr 2018

Many web developers use a range of tools to streamline their development process. These tools simplify installing updates, installing packages, testing for errors and managing …

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Remote Work

Microsoft releases beta of Remote Desktop Web Client

03 Apr 2018

Remote Desktop is one of the greatest features of Windows Server. Many of our clients use it to enable secure remote work, provide a consistent …

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Telecommunications

Sick and tired of the internet being slow? 1.1.1.1 makes it faster

02 Apr 2018

April Fools day is normally filled with internet pranks, creative advertising and implausible stories. And so, when we saw that CloudFlare and APNIC had put …

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Information Security

Easter and Information Security…

01 Apr 2018

Easter is a wonderful time with lots to celebrate. The Bible Society of Australia’s innovative SMS story campaign opens some interesting potential security holes.

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Information Security

Don’t get caught by the latest Drupal Critical Security Vulnerability

30 Mar 2018

Over the last 10 years, Real World has been involved in delivering a number of Drupal based website solutions to our clients. One of the …

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Company News

Dell EMC awards Real World the ranking of Gold Partner

27 Mar 2018

Real World is excited to announce that we have been awarded Gold Partner Status for 2018 for Dell EMC for their full range of Service, …

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Information Security

How to keep your data secure with a good password

26 Mar 2018

Keeping your data safe has never been more important. Malware, viruses, botnets and more are targeting any user they can find to try and steal, …

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Telecommunications

Public Holiday Messages

26 Mar 2018

To make it easier for our customers to prepare for public holidays, we’ve launched an online form that captures the information we require to get …

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Information Security

I Cry, You Cry, We all Cry

15 May 2017

Over the past few days, we — like most of the internet — have become aware of media reports about WannaCry/WCRY ransomware, an unprecedented surge …

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Telecommunications

The Black Art of Voice Menu Design

14 Dec 2016

Press 1 for my dog. Press 2 for my cat. Press 3 if you are still listening. I hate voice menus. I can’t really say …

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