SolarWinds’s virtual IT conference, thwackCamp, is back for its fourth year, this time focusing on day-to-day challenges as well as broader IT industry issues. The virtual learning event will provide IT pros with intermediate to advanced educational content. It also allows attendees and SolarWinds technical experts to interact with each …
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Secrets kept by cloud providers are restricting the growth of businesses, according to new research from iland. The cloud hosting provider found that 100 per cent of the companies surveyed suffered financial or operational impacts due to missing or hidden metadata. The findings are published in a study entitled “Is …
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NEC Display Solutions Europe has created a new strategic and global sales division, which will be lead by Simon Jackson. Headed up by Jackson as senior director, the department will create a centre of excellence to reinforce NEC’s global proposition in delivering strategic customer projects, showcasing NEC’s scale and ability …
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The main topics George Osborne is likely to discuss during today’s budget include child tax credit cuts, lowered benefit caps, devolution of shop opening powers to local authorities, and free TV licenses for the over 75s. But how will the budget affect IT and tech businesses? With the budget announcement …
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Stone Group has become an appointed Toshiba reseller on the £310m-valued National Desktop and Notebook Agreement (NDNA). The firm will now be able to offer Toshiba’s full notebook, 2-in-1 and tablet offerings, along with a full range of value-added service, to all UK institutions associated with the framework. “We are …
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Online backup and recovery firm KeepItSafe has unveiled Cloud2Cloud – a new service to help businesses back up data held in cloud-based SaaS applications. Cloud2Cloud can protect data in applications such as Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce.com and Google Apps. From individual files, to entire databases, KeepItSafe Cloud2Cloud promises the same …
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TeleWare has launched a new recruitment initiative to find a number of strategic ‘go to market’ partners. The firm is looking to collaborate with organisations that want to provide creative software and services in the communications technology sector. TeleWare’s existing partner network spans mobile operators, service providers, application providers and …
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Risks for businesses who have no backup or disaster recovery (BDR) mechanisms in place are real and well documented. Ninety per cent of businesses who lose customer data cease trading two years later, whilst the survival rate for businesses without BDR in place is less than ten per cent. In …
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Approximately 32 per cent of all reported malware during the month of May was Android ransomware, according to new research from Bitdefender. With the previous months of 2015 seeing 24 per cent of reported malware being on the Android platform, the company believes the sudden spike translates into an increased …
Read More »Ricoh UK will combine its managed print services with Good Technology’s secure mobility solutions. “As organisations increase their mobile footprints, they’re looking for trusted partners they can turn to for both secure mobility solutions as well as Managed Print Services alongside those solutions,” said John Taylor, vice president of worldwide …
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