CBR rounds up expert comments on Gartner's new prediction that Worldwide IT spending will reach EURO2.28tn this year. Evanna Kearins, director of Jaspersoft, told CBR "Even though we still find ourselves in a hugely volatile economy ...
Businesses are adopting cloud-based services mainly to speed up innovation and cut costs,often overlooking the security risks of this new delivery model. But security is not the only thing that is being overlooked by eager adopters of ...
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Enterprises want the best value from their investments and will try to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of their datacentres in 2013, according to a study from analyst Ovum. The sustainable datacentre market will see accelerated ...
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The industry has welcomed the European Commission's (EC's) ambitious cloud computing strategy but insisted more efforts are needed in areas of cloud standardisation, security and data protection if the EC'sforecasts are to be met. The ...
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The European Commission (EC) is considering making it mandatory for companies to report cyber attacks to harness the benefits of open dialogue, says vice-president Neelie Kroes. Despite industry opposition, open discussion about cyber ...
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2012 was the year cloud computing hit the mainstream.More users started adopting cloud-based services and vendors intensified competition by launching aggressive price wars for market share. Enterprises and public sector organisations ...
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Major players from the IT world gathered in Dubai Marina this morning for the 2012 Infrastructure Strategies event, hosted by Computer News Middle East. A list of high profile speakers discussed with an energetic crowd, in detail, the ...
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The MENA region is sufficiently lacking mobility policies and strategies, especially small and medium sized businesses, according to Sam Alkharrat, Managing Director, MENA, SAP. Speaking exclusively at Sapphire Now, Madrid, Alkharrat ...
Microsoft's most significant update to Windows Azure takes the cloud platform to a different level. Rather than focus on Windows applications and bridging the gap between in-house and cloud-based IT, Microsoft is now offering Azure as ...
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Selecting cloud service providers could become easier, thanks to changes made today to the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) code of practice. In 2010, CIF published a the code to promote the adoption of cloud-based services. It previously ...
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Meaningful cloud computing standards are crucial to improve the maturity of cloud-based services and bring increased flexibility, security and interoperability, but too many competing standards could wreak damage, warned the Cloud Industry ...
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Cegid, an international enterprise management and vertical software vendor specializing in merchandise management and point-of-sale solutions for specialty retailers - including Quiksilver, Ted Baker and Devanlay Lacoste - is launching its ...
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IDC Government Insights research arm has published a top 10 predictions list for 2013. The predictions are: 1. Consumerisation of IT and transformational cloud developments will continue to create more challenges than opportunities 2. ...
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Nearly three quarters of enterprises in Europe are planning to increase spending on software-as-a-service (SaaS) over the next two years, as adoption of cloud-based solutions gathers pace across the globe. According to an new survey by ...
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The steering board of the new European Cloud Partnership(ECP)has met in Brussels,kicking off the process to build an EU Digital Single Market for cloud computing. The board,which aims to make the most of the public sector's buying power ...
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