Category: Analysis

Kaspersky Lab has recently discovered a new business-oriented cyber-spying campaign called Grabit that was able to steal about 10,000 files from small/medium-sized organizations based mostly in Thailand, India and the US. The list of target sectors includes chemicals, nanotechnology, education, agriculture, media, construction and more. Other countries affected are the UAE, Germany, Israel, Canada, France, Austria, Sri Lanka, Chile and Belgium. “We see a lot of spying campaigns focused on enterprises, government organizations and other high-profile entities, with small and medium-sized businesses rarely seen in the lists of targets. But…

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The UK could save billions of pounds a year through smarter use of technology. That’s according to Policy Exchange’s Digital Manifesto Graphic by Kevin Black /mustang news The think-tank claims increasing the use of technology within government could save about £24 billion per year.It’s not just about cost-savings, however, the organisation is urging political parties to place technology at the forefront of their economic thinking, citing improved business performance as a result.According to the manifesto, written by Eddie Copeland, Sarah Fink and Cameron Scot, governments should not ignore the potential of…

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 According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) market increased 2.6% in unit terms compared with the same period a year ago, with positive growth for both inkjet and laser segments in line with IDC’s forecast. This gave a 1Q15 market figure of 5.49 million units — an increase of 138,621 units. Revenues also increased, by an impressive 8.4%, as more high-speed laser MFPs and business inkjets shipped.  Photo: CNET.com LONDON / PRAGUE, May 19, 2015 —This positive first quarter follows an overall…

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New TDG Report Examines Shifting Viewer Behavior Impacting the Future of Mobile Video  Photo credit: Tablet-News.com According to new research from TDG, mobile video viewing on smartphones and tablets will experience strong growth over the next decade (2015-2025), taking share from both legacy TV and PC-based broadband video viewing. By 2025, mobile video will account for more than 20% of total video viewing minutes among US consumers (including legacy TV). This is only one of many insights featured in TDG’s latest report, TV Gets Personal — Trends in Mobile Video Viewing,…

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According to figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), the overall tablet market in Western Europe remained challenged in 1Q15, declining 10.5% year over year with total shipments totaling 8.5 million units. The contraction, however, was mainly the result of sluggish consumer demand as the expansion of tablets in the commercial space accelerates with volumes increasing 51.3% from the same period last year.  Photo: TechAdvisor LONDON /PRAGUE, May 18, 2015 —In terms of product category, the share of 2-in-1s, albeit growing, remains in single-digit territory at 5.9%. Nevertheless, the popularity of…

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Workers in small to medium businesses (SMBs) feel happier and more productive when using cloud apps in their day to day work, according to new research from Kronos. (c)iStock.com/robuart The study, which focused on 1000 European knowledge workers in SMBs, notes how late many small businesses are in moving to the cloud, arguing SMB leaders are “yet to realise [its] strategic value”. Yet almost two thirds (63%) believe the majority of their work will be carried out through cloud apps by 2020. The importance of a productive working atmosphere is…

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1) By 2016, 65% of organizations’ infrastructure investments will target creation and expansion of 3rd Platform systems of engagement and insight, rather than maintaining existing systems of record. 2) In the next two years, 25% of all large and mid-sized businesses will confront significant power/cooling facilities mismatches with new IT systems, limiting them to using less than 75% of their physical datacenter space. 3) In the next two years, incompatible or immature IT asset management practices will prevent 80% of organizations from being able to take full advantage of converged…

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Almost half of companies surveyed by Britannic Technologies said they had cloud-based voice and telephony services, while two thirds said they had a partial voice solution in the cloud. (c)iStock.com/iStockFinland 84% of respondents said they understood the proposition of cloud computing, yet there were some intriguing responses as to why companies aren’t putting their voice services in the cloud. Almost half (48%) of those polled said they were concerned about security worries, while 38% were worried over reliability, 29% found it difficult to integrate into existing systems, 19% were worried…

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Survey by GFI Software presentes worrying results for employers and staff … A report by GFI Software has revealed that 88 per cent of IT workers are suffering from stress and 90 per cent are considering leaving their job due to dissatisfaction with working conditions – up from 68 per cent last year. Additionally, IT staff are seeing significant impacts on their personal life because of the extra stress. Nearly half of respondents said they missed social functions because their work day overran, while 37 per cent said they missed…

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According to the newly introduced EMEA data portion of the International Data Corporation (IDC) WW Quarterly Cloud Infrastructure Tracker, IT infrastructure spending (server, disk storage, and ethernet switch) for public and private cloud in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) grew by 27% to reach $1.1 billion in revenue in 4Q14 and totaled around $4.1 billion for the whole year, with 28% growth over 2013. The cloud-related share of total EMEA infrastructure expenditure on server, disk storage, and Ethernet switch grew by 3 percentage points to exceed 17% in…

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