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Confusion around convergence is causing business leaders to launch ill-judged initiatives and miss crucial opportunities

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Fujitsu appoints Michael Keegan as Head of UK & Ireland

Fujitsu has appointed Michael Keegan as Head of its £1.8bn business in the UK & Ireland. Keegan’s new role sees him take the reins from Duncan Tait, who was recently promoted to Head of EMEIA, Corporate Senior Vice President, Fujitsu Ltd.

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Keeping your dark data tapes in good standing requires a strategy beyond hope

Tape is not dead. The nearly 60-plus year old storage device is the media of choice for storing a company’s dark data, defined by Gartner as information assets organisations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes. Tape archives contain dark data that could potentially be monetised through the harvesting and analysis of data; however, Kroll Ontrack, a leading provider of data recovery and ediscovery products and services,...

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