Category: Analysis

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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By 2020, more than 50% of government agencies with direct citizen engagement missions will direct at least 25% of their programmatic budget to 3rd Platform technologies and IoT, according to IDC Government Insights. To achieve the intended benefits of the citizen experience, innovation will not only come in the form of new digital channels but also as a more comprehensive approach to redefining the citizen experience. IDC Government Insights has developed the IDC MaturityScape on citizen experience (IDC #GITS04X) to help senior digital government leaders create a road map to better align the organization’s…

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Study from the University of Texas uncovers sales and productivity improvements following the use of big data analysis. Use big data analysis to improve your business You might be unaware, but there is certainly a great amount of data hiding in the corners of your business offices. Data sheets with customers contacts and last purchases, for example on your logistic department. QR-codes or RFID tags safe-keeping the level of your stock on your storage building. Log in records resting on your servers, showing which pages of your website attract more traffic and when they…

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Malware enters infrastructure, then sends in more advanced viruses to carry out attacks A Trojan is targeting firms in the energy industry, infiltrating systems in a bid to gather information about a company’s operations. The malware, discovered by researchers working at Symantec, found that most of the attacks involved victims in the petroleum, gas and helium industries, especially those based in the United Arab Emirates, which accounted for one in four attacks. According to a blog post by Christian Tripputi, security response manager at Symantec, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Pakistan each accounted…

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Without a mobile app strategy and custom applications tailored to your business needs, faster-moving competitors will surge ahead in the vital mobile app space. … The enterprise mobile app landscape is changing rapidly. A few years ago, CIOs and others were questioning whether to create app stores and adopt BYOD. Today, most business and IT leaders have traveled into the way beyond. Apps are everywhere, mobility is mainstream and there’s no turning back. But there is a growing array of nuances related to mobility. CDW’s new Enterprise Mobile App Report offers some…

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In February Google Analytics came out with a beta release of the Cohort Analysis. This report can be extremely useful in helping SEOs prove the value of new customer acquisition via organic search, show how they engaged with the site, and surface when they ended up converting over time. Even if the customer ended up converting through a non-organic channel like email or PPC. In this article we’ll take a quick glance of the components of the report, then break down how to use segments to help quantify SEO specific…

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 Total worldwide enterprise storage systems factory revenue grew 7.2% year over year to nearly $10.6 billion during the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. FRAMINGHAM, Mass., March 6, 2015 –Total capacity shipments were up 43.7% year over year to 31.8 exabytes during the quarter. Spending for the full year was up 3.6% to $36.2 billion. Full-year capacity consumption was up 43% to 99.2 exabytes. “The storage market had a strong finish to 2014,” said Eric Sheppard, Research Director, Storage. “Fourth quarter…

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Since its inception, cloud computing has become a major aspect of information technology, used by thousands of people and companies. However, some people, including those who are more tech savvy than others, harbor some confusion and fear toward the cloud. According to a Wakefield survey, half of its respondents, who were mostly millennials, had the misconception that stormy weather interferes with cloud computing. In addition, most cloud users said they didn’t use the cloud or understand how it works. Thankfully, the cloud isn’t prone to interference from stormy weather. Cloud computing was…

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