The majority of today’s CIOs see value in mobilising enterprise applications and in deploying mobile-related innovations such as GPS features, location-based services (LBS), mobile payments and QR codes. Many also say their ...
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Research from data company EMC suggests that UK enterprises trust security and resilience of IT systems much less than their Chinese and US counterparts. The EMC Global IT Trust Curve survey, administered by independent market research ...
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The vast majority (82 per cent) of NHS Trust heads are expecting additional funding from the government in order to become paperless, and over half (60 per cent) expect Whitehall to foot the entire bill. The Secretary of State for Health, ...
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Mobilising apps for employees to use on their iPhones and Android devices sure sounds like a fun idea. Employees would actually be thankful for having such a cool IT department, a forward-thinking team on the cutting-edge of consumer tech ...
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A recent study conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Brocade has revealed that, although data centre virtualisation and cloud computing are being widely embraced, IT managers across the world are struggling to make their networks meet ...
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The inability of businesses to properly store and analyse big data leaves them vulnerable to security breaches. That is according to research by security provider McAfee, which finds just 35 per cent of organisations can quickly detect ...
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Same-day package delivery is on the minds of transport managers around the world who say their customers are demanding faster pick-ups and drop-offs. Wireless automation is seen as a key solution to those customer demands, according to a ...
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Burgeoning markets in developing countries are favouring simpler hardware providers like Nokia over more high-end producers like Apple. While Apple's dominance in western markets is set to be tested today (14 March) by the launch of ...
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Adobe has unveiled a new platform, called Edge, which will offer web developers an alternative to programming interactive websites in Flash. Adobe said the Edge tool will help designers and developers create mobile-ready content and apps ...
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UK retailers could lose an estimated £147 million of revenue this Christmas due to missed sales opportunities through out-of-stock products according to Vanson Bourne The survey of 100 retailers sponsored by NetSuite used ...
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IT staff are spending 30% of their time carrying out basic tasks and are growing frustrated with the lack of time left to focus on transformational work. The average IT worker is also only using half of the skills they possess as a result ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 11/29/2012 11:00:39 AM The warehouse and distribution center is under increasing pressure to reduce cost and increase margins. Recent Intermec research reveals that in ...
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Research tends to either confirm hypotheses or reveal surprises. In the case of a recent study conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Intermec, it was a little of both. The survey base of 250 supply chain, warehouse and distribution ...
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The number of first-time users of cloud computing services in the UK has increased by 27%from last year,according to research from the Cloud Industry Forum(CIF). But the CIF survey showed that,while the rate of adoption has ...
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The appetite for outsourcing among IT professionals is growing due to the uptake of cloud services and infrastructure-on-demand, says research. On average organisations say more than a quarter of their IT budgets are spent on outsourcing ...
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