IT purchasing decisions can be daunting, but a new study by Forrester Research and LinkedIn finds that IT decision makers (ITDMs) are relying heavily on social networks to help them through the process. The study, “IT Purchasing ...
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More than 75% of multinational companies in Europe are either evaluating or planning the roll-out of unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS), according to research released today. The study, carried out by Orange Business Services and ...
Tags: communication, communication service, communication technology
Nationwide Insurance talked up its enterprise collaboration systems at last week's SharePoint Conference,offering a glimpse into a best-of-breed strategy that is becoming everbmore popular. Nationwide,which uses IBM's Lotus Notes for ...
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Computerworld-Enterprise IT decision makers are about half as enthusiastic about the new Windows 8 as they were three years ago about the then-just-released Windows 7,an analyst said today. Employees,however,have a higher-than-expected ...
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UK datacentres are unprepared for the massive changes that big data will bring to the enterprises and their IT facilities, a study of 125 senior IT decision makers by Research Now has revealed. While IT executives are clear about the ...
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Security is still the primary barrier to adopting mobile business applications, a study has found. More than three-quarters of the 300 UK firms polled said they planned to adopt mobile business applications in the next 12 months. But ...
Tags: Security, potential loss of data, risk, personal information
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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In spite of all the hype in the industry around cloud computing,UK IT decision-makers are not prepared to put applications in the cloud. A new study conducted by Alcatel-Lucent reported that the UK is falling behind leading countries in ...
Tags: UK, cloud adoption, IT decision-makers, Alcatel-Lucent