In a boon to the network equipment and software market firms are now leaping instead of just looking
Research
Firms struggle to use data analytics and many need help
While UK firms can see analytics benefits, almost three quarters fear ‘reputational risk’ from using the technology
40 percent of top IT support firms struggling financially
Analyst Plimsoll measures the financial warning signs at the UK’s top IT support organisations
Connected kitchen appliances drive IoT smart home takeup
Connected home appliance shipments set to reach 202 million globally says Juniper Research
IT SMEs amass fortunes in business savings accounts
IT and communications firms also have the most held in current accounts shows bank research
VPA speaker market to reach $2.1bn says Gartner
Virtual personal assistant-enabled wireless speaker market has been led by Amazon
Security appliance market shows ‘positive’ growth
UTM shows the way forward in the second quarter says IDC analyst house
Under a third of firms ‘confident’ about disaster recovery
The market for business continuity solutions is rising but confidence among users is declining
Solid growth in a declining market for PC monitors
5 percent growth globally in the second quarter but the writing is on the screen says IDC
Staff ready to quit over ‘poor’ workplace technology
Do you know your VR from your AR from your AI?
‘Few’ maximising value from cloud says Cisco
Research confirms that hybrid clouds are the way to go but only 3 percent are fully benefiting
Gartner: Public cloud market to hit $208 billion this year
While security concerns remain, they cannot stifle cloud adoption says analyst
Hybrid clouds are king confirms IBM research
Nearly half of workloads are expected to stay on-premise with dedicated servers say business execs
Most firms have spent more on data security but still fail
Almost 40 percent have experienced a data breach over the last year shows AIIM research
Price still wins out on multi-cloud purchasing decisions
But channel can help firms get the business continuity, resilience and performance they really want
40 percent of firms think flash storage is ‘too expensive’
But 90 percent of UK firms said there was a need for flash in their business
Time’s up for smartwatch market?, plunges by a third
Apple the only top five smartwatch vendor to see a year-on-year decline
Most firms say their cloud will not support digital changes
Research reveals obstacles for organisations in engaging next generation customers
Wearables market worth $30bn with big changes to come
Big annual sales increases to come but commoditisation and form factor changes expected
IT heads doubt advance of cloud, big data and wearables
Insurance, finance, legal services and manufacturing industries can’t see nine IT ‘trends’ coming their way
Firms lack internal security skills finds Spiceworks
IT professionals questioned across the UK and the US and the feedback is worrying
NHS fears government ‘paperless’ deadline says OpenText
MSPs and resellers are being invited to the electronic document management party by OpenText
Flaws in Symantec/Norton products ‘as bad as it gets’
Vulnerabilities can’t get much worse says Google’s Project Zero, and could endanger millions of users
Channel gets it’s own version of LinkedIn with Channeliser
Channeliser has been launched by channel entrepreneurs who once worked for Microsoft UK
CIOs given wrong advice on cloud deployments
Greater due diligence is required by firms if they are going to take external advice
Average national IT salary breaks £40,000 mark
And four regions are well over the average shows research
Most UK firms moving towards digital transformation
CIF research though shows there is still plenty of work to do
IT pros complain of increasing IT complexity
Confusing software and tricky hardware requirements are slowing things down say users
UK becomes ‘laggard’ in creating cloud friendly market
Report: Italy is now ahead of the UK when it comes to creating an easier cloud regime
Power outages see big jump in UK shows research
Biggest outage in Scotland, while a combine harvester caused chaos in Norfolk
