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UK and US professionals agree that people are the most frequent point of failure in IT Security

Published in Cloud + MS Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Infrastructure Security Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service Storage

A survey amongst 250 IT security professionals, conducted during this year’s Infosecurity Europe show, has revealed that 20% of organisations believe malicious insiders pose the biggest threat to their security. A further 44% suggest employee’s ignorance could also cause defences to crumble. Hardly surprising, then, that this audience firmly pointed the finger at ‘people’ (70%) as the most frequent point of failure in an organisation’s IT security, with 20% citing...

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.

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting Data Analytics DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure Platform Security Software Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology

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.

Cloud technologies leading businesses through COVID-19 crisis

38 percent of organisations have scaled infrastructure to new levels of demand since the pandemic...

Security, reliability and customer service matter most

Managed services providers (MSPs) are more focused than ever on managing endpoints and using remote...

South Korea’s improving economic conditions boost ICT expenditure

Due to the improving economy and enhanced financial prospects in South Korea, enterprises embrace...

Arrow teams up with Solair to deliver IoT solutions  

Innovative Solair Application Platform and ‘IoT In A Box’ starter kit join Arrow OEM...

AlienVault Partners with T-Systems and Deutsche Telekom

AlienVault is partnering with Deutsche Telekom and T-Systems, the ICT division of Deutsche Telekom,...

$150 billion spent on Cloud Services and infrastructure

New data from Synergy Research Group shows that across seven key cloud service and infrastructure...

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