The global economy relies heavily on small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Though challenged by resource limitations, SMBs have been at the forefront of innovation over the last century thanks to a relentless focus on streamlining ...
Chloe Smith, minister for political and constitutional reform at the Cabinet Office, has said the government's £650m spend on cyber security "underlines the importance" the government places on the UK's safety. Describing the ...
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At the same time, even as many remain mystified by how it works, the payment alternative has enjoyed rapidly growing?acceptance?among online businesses and, particularly in recent weeks, surging popularity and value. At the time of ...
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The market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46.2%. The global cloud services brokerage (CSB) market is expected to reach $10.5bn by 2018, rising from $1.57bn in 2013, according to a report from ...
Small companies are increasingly adopting social media for business purposes, with uptake expected to increase massively over the next two years. That's according to a new study by IDC examining the evolution of social media use among ...
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Open-source business intelligence vendor Jaspersoft has launched what it claims is the first fully featured pay-by-the-hour BI service in the cloud. The ability to offer periodic subscriptions in this way is down to the cloud platform on ...
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IBM's Watson supercomputer has gone from game show king to doctor's office helper. You may recall the epic man vs. machine battle two years ago in which the supercomputer beat former champions on the show Jeopardy. Well, now there's a ...
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IBM's Watson supercomputer outperformed humans in the televised game show "Jeopardy." Now the company is moving some of its underlying technologies from the supercomputer into new entry-level servers. The company's new Power Express ...
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Microsoft will begin selling worldwide on Tuesday the new consumer version of the Office suite, making it available both via a subscription model and perpetual licenses. Consumers have historically bought Office in the traditional way, ...
As it looks to capitalise on growing storage demands from small and medium-size companies, Western Digital has acquired data protection company Arkeia Software, which specialises in network back-up software. The firm also works with ...
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Western Digital has acquired data protection company Arkeia Software as it looks to address growing storage demands among small and medium-size companies. Arkeia specializes in network backup software and appliances for physical as well ...
Not immune to sluggish sales, Apple sold about the same number of Macs in 2012's fourth quarter as it did during the year-earlier period, research firm IDC has estimated. IDC projected Mac sales in the U.S. last quarter at 2.03 million, ...
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Over half of small businesses encounter email problems on a weekly basis. A survey by Google found that while 39% of SMBs expect to increase their use of online collaborative tools, many are still clinging to more traditional methods ...
Two major IT brands, Lenovo and EMC, have collaborated on storage products in the SMB market by creating joint venture LenovoEMC. LenovoEMC was originally announced last August as a part of a larger strategic partnership between the two ...
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Computerworld-NetApp and Cisco this week revealed ExpressPod,a new converged infrastructure for small and medium-sized businesses(SMBs)based on its predecessor,FlexPod. ExpressPod follows two previous iterations of the pre-configured ...
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