Ovum reveals process optimization and shared services now take priority over outsourcing

Global outsourcing market revenue will grow just four percent by 2014, predicts Ovum, reaffirming the view that outsourcing is no longer perceived as the main tool that IT has to fend off the recession. Instead, process optimization and shared services are now regarded as higher priorities.

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FailProof Technology Inc. selects Flexiant

Canadian cloud solution provider selects Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator because of its billing flexibility, openness to support its business model and future product plans and vision.

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Latest ISO/27001 standard removes some problems

Security standards are usually a bit of a `pain’, but here is praise from IT Governance for the improvements introduced with the latest, 2013 version of the well-entrenched best practices standard

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Channel challenged in hybrid IT model

The channel has to change; it has been guilty of keeping cloud away from smaller and mid-sized businesses. New routes to market are by-passing both IT departments and traditional channels, however just as channel selling methods need updating; it is likely that most salespeople won't survive the transfer to the new models.

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SME’s buy global Cloud services from trusted local providers

Cloud computing offers Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME’s) global access to their data and software but there is a growing trend for UK businesses to procure their Cloud services from a company based locally.

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Strategic network investments will be a major focus point for savvy CIOs in 2015, as companies seek...
77 per cent of respondents not confident their organisation complies with data protection...
Cloud Industry Forum launches a vendor independent Professional Member certification scheme.
Founder of Wikipedia to discuss his views on Internet privacy and censorship.
European customers able to deploy scalable IT services quickly and easily to support business...
Businesses need to use cloud to develop a constant process of innovation.
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Ferrari took a strategic decision to choose Kaspersky Lab as their IT Security provider. They wanted to introduce more stringent IT security measures, both to protect their core business and to ensure an increase in safety. Find out more in this exclusive video.

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