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Cloud hardware spending breaks $4 billion mark

A new International Data Corporation (IDC) study confirmed that cloud is the major disruption factor in the EMEA infrastructure hardware market, accounting for a growing portion of hardware spending and exerting influence on hardware architectures and vendors' strategies. The overall investment in hardware for cloud environments in EMEA is expected to exceed $4 billion in terms of user value by the end of 2014, with a strong 19% YoY growth. 15% of the infrastructure spend in EMEA will be...

Apple and IBM forge global partnership

Apple and IBM have announced an exclusive partnership that teams the market-leading strengths of each company to transform enterprise mobility through a new class of business apps—bringing IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities to iPhone and iPad.

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New offering includes enhanced service levels, transparent charging models and a developer+ programme.

Global Cloud Services market to reach $555 billion by 2020

According to the new report by Allied Market Research, titled "Global Cloud Services Market (Services, Type, End User and Geography) - Global Analysis, Industry Growth, Trends, Size, Share, Opportunities and Forecast, 2013-2020", the global cloud services market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.6% from 2014 to 2020, reaching a market size of $555 billion in 2020. In 2014, the overall cloud services market revenue will reach $209.9 billion, led by public cloud services. The...

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Half of cloud users cite lack of in-house skills as a reason for adoption.

No escape from company email

Independent research commissioned by GFI Software reveals that the demands of work email are encroaching even more into everything from holidays to starting a family.

A Good solution for mobile security

Good’s secure container solution provides the answer for global insurance provider to replace...

Blue Coat reveals security risks from “One-Day Wonders” websites

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. says that 71 percent of hostnames appeared for just 24 hours. While the...

Codership’s Galera Cluster keeps Latin America’s largest public cloud open for business

MercadoLibre relies on open source IT to keep 115 million customers happy.

Cloud migration is a key barrier to digital transformation

Research from CSI finds that issues with cloud migration is still one of the most common reasons...

MSPs told to be agile, take ideas to customers

Many optimistic ideas emerged in this week’s Managed Services Summit Live as MSPs and service...

IT department revealed as major culprit for maverick spend  

New research suggests IT decision makers like to go it alone when making purchasing decisions.

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