Analysts predict that cloud computing will play a larger role in mobility and consumerization of IT, Windows Phone and Android tablet sales will grow and there will more hot-desking in large organisations in 2013. IDC head of research ...
Tags: cloud computing, Windows Phone, Android tablet, software
Mobile business intelligence (BI) has started to cascade down in organisations over the past year, Adrian Simpson, chief innovation officer, SAP UK, will tell delegates to IRM UK's Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence conference in London ...
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Contents HR lags behind in consumerisation of IT Useability a driving force behind HR technology Big data can be a powerful HR tool Read more on SaaS HR Read about cloud-based HR implementations Read more on big data in HR Businesses must ...
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Windows as a service Citrix helps SMEs cope with proliferation and remote support Citrix's position in an evolving and competitive market Virtual Microsoft Widows: A hostage to fortune? Budgets remain tight at enterprise end of market ...
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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
VMware is launching a suite of products to help IT executives manage workspace apps on consumers' mobile devices – including Apple iPhones – securely. This will help enterprises regain control of IT amid growing ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced intentions for a "fundamental shift" in Microsoft's technology business model, describing a future in which the company will start to "build specific devices for specific purposes". In his annual ...
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Mobile phone group O2 is gearing up to introduce a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme to its operations in Europe and South America, following a successful roll-out in the UK. O2, part of Spain's Telefonica, said the policy has helped ...
Unless businesses plan to deploy larger numbers of tablets,they should avoid moving directly from Microsoft Windows XP to Windows 8. With support for Windows XP due to end in April 2014,many organisations face the task of migrating to a ...
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UK businesses are failing to protect themselves against the risks posed by staff using personal devices in the workplace. Two thirds of UK IT managers are concerned that the use of personally owned devices in the workplace poses a ...
Tags: personal devices, IT services, Equanet, company data
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has claimed that marketing businesses will be"moving into an LTE world",dismissing the need for socially-connected platforms to use a superfast broadband network. During a Q&A session at Dreamforce 2012,the ...
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Dell has launched a range of devices running Windows 8, including a 10-inch tablet, which it claims will fit "easily into current IT environments." The company said the new range of Windows 8 devices could solve issues with the ...
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Cloud computing,IT consumerisation and the evolving threat landscape are forcing IT departments to rethink security. Analyst Gartner has predicted context-aware security will be the preferred method for IT to evolve enterprise security to ...
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There is a long history of users wanting, or needing, different tools to use in the workspace. Until recently, such desires have usually been expressed in terms of informal complaints and/or formal requests to IT to provide new equipment or ...
Tags: IT equipment, IT services, bring-your-own-device policy, personal devices
Nokia today revealed its latest flagship Lumia smartphone to the world,dubbed the Lumia 920,running Microsoft's upcoming mobile operating system(OS),Windows Phone 8. Despite looking much like its previous range of flagship mobiles,a raft ...
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