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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