Citrix has bought mobile device management (MDM) company Zenprise in an attempt to boost its mobile capabilities. The price Citrix paid for Zenprise has not been disclosed, but sources suggest Citrix could have offered up to $50m for ...
Tags: Citrix, mobile device management, Zenprise, mobile capabilities
The PC market in Western Europe is changing, which could transform the way businesses procure PCs. The latest PC market share data from Gartner shows Acer grew 15.3% to become western Europe's second biggest PC supplier. Asus grew 42.3% ...
Tags: Western Europe, PC market, Dell, IT consumerisation
Current business security models fail to prepare for cyber threats in the face of highly sophisticated, powerful cyber attack tools that are no longer the preserve of nation states, as they filter down to a wider community of attackers. ...
Tags: security models, hackers, cyber attacks, Cyber criminals
The year 2012 will go down in history as the year when people voted with their wallets and decided that tablets are good enough for work. The success of tablets has driven people to bring their own devices to work. Supporting these ...
Tags: tablets, managed desktop estate, PC suppliers, desktop virtualisation, IT
Increased regulation, reduced profits and changing customer demands are driving banks to replace home-grown software with commercially available alternatives. Simon Paris, head of global banking at SAP, said the strategic change has been ...
Tags: Simon Paris, Commercial Systems, home-grown software, SAP system
Cloud computing is an increasingly significant segment of the IT outsourcing sector, but has a tipping point really been reached or are we one large data breach away from an about-turn? The cloud currently represents only a fraction of ...
Tags: Cloud Driving, Computer Products, IT Outsourcing, Outlook
And now, the end is near. On 23 November 2012, Gerry Pennell will leave the job of a lifetime. Four years after signing up as CIO for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, his IT team has won every technology gold medal going after ...
Tags: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympic Games, IT systems
More than half of the peak-time traffic to the London 2012 Olympic Games' web servers came from mobile devices – a huge demonstration of the consumer switch to mobile at the highest–profile sporting event of the year. Users ...
Tags: mobile devices, web servers, mobile app, Gerry Pennell
Threat data Future of hardware-assisted security Why Intel bought McAfee Defence in isolation and containment Social media, cloud, big data and mobile apps Video: McAfee co-president Michael DeCesare on consumerisation and security The ...
Tags: hardware-assisted security, Intel, McAfee Defence, Social media, cloud
If attackers want to get in to an organisation's information systems, they will, says Frank Coggrave, general manager for Europe at e-discovery firm Guidance Software. "Many IT departments still have their heads in the sand on this issue. ...
Tags: information systems, IT departments, security investments, Software
Citrix predicts that the rise of consumerisation and the Bring-Your-Own (BYO) phenomenon will force IT departments to focus on the challenge of apps and data governance. 2012 saw the proliferation of smart phone and tablet use, followed ...
Tags: Citrix, consumerisation, Bring-Your-Own(BYO)phenomenon
ISACA has outlined what it believes will be the key trends organisations will face in 2013.With the financial climate set to remain in'crisis mode'for the foreseeable future,greater collaboration,cheaper infrastructure,information overload ...
Tags: ISACA, key trends, crisis mode, Internet of Things
Steve Evans sits down with the head of Google's enterprise business to talk about social, mobile and cloud and whether Android is now ready for widespread enterprise adoption Can you give us an introduction to Google Enterprise? There ...
Tags: Google Apps, Nexus, investment, google
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. Employees, however, have a higher-than-expected interest in the ...
Tags: CEO Steve Ballmer, consumerisation, Microsoft, Windows 7
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 ...