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Why cloud may not save you money

One of the key reasons usually given for moving services to cloud is to save money by getting rid of expensive IT infrastructure. However, making the business case on cost grounds alone is not necessarily straightforward.

Filming Interviews at Define Tomorrow 2018

Filming Interviews at Define Tomorrow 2018

Digital transformation is transforming business

We are becoming inured to the word “digital”. Digital clock, digital telephone, digital TV... But “digital transformation” means something far more significant. More than just a technology shift, it implies a profound, cultural revolution.

Common cloud security issues: How to address them

As organisations continue to carry out digital transformation, cloud computing is on the increase. The positives of utilising cloud infrastructures are known but a characteristic that often gets overlooked is security. Here are some tips on how to resolve this.

US tech firms set benchmark for data privacy

When General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws came into force back in May, businesses across Europe had to drastically alter the way they handled their customers’ data – and with similar rules now being implemented in the US, attitudes of big business towards data privacy look set to change across the globe.

10 business benefits of an effective cloud system

With so many businesses now moving into the cloud, here are the 10 of the best ways an effective cloud system can benefit your business.

Why augmented intelligence is integral to customer experience

Customers have so much choice of products and providers. It's easier than ever to change supplier if expectations aren't met. It is vital to delight customers, anticipate requirements and issues they may have. But how can organisations deliver first-class customer service? The answer lies in augmented intelligence.

Keep learning and beat the robots

The belief that artificial intelligence will develop and take over our jobs is a common worry. To avoid this we need to get our act together as a country if we are all to fully benefit from the fourth industrial revolution. This requires an informed and practical government-led strategy

IT departments are still grappling with cloud and container technology

Blockchain offers truly beneficial advantages in many industries. However just 8% of IT professionals surveyed were prepared to hail it as the most important technology to an IT organisation’s strategy today.

Using cloud analytics to navigate stormy market conditions

These are uncertain times for business leaders during Brexit negotiations. Against this backdrop, the important role of analytics to drive insights, efficiencies and smarter decision-making could not be clearer, yet many companies are still lagging behind in this area.

How Essential is Cloud for New Startups

How much of an impact did the cloud have for the startup boom and how will it help them survive the essential new era?

Multi-Cloud is the Answer to Black Friday and Beyond

Black Friday represents an opportunity to get the best deals of the year for enterprises it is where IT teams test their mettle.

Blockchain Security Is A People Problem

If something is presented to us as unbreakable, unhackable or inedible, there is always someone with the aptitude and mendacity to crack it.

Graph Technology: The Secret Sauce AI Is Missing

We hear a lot about AI getting more powerful. And it’s true that AI is getting better, but it’s still very domain-specific and actually quite brittle. There are lots of ways where graph databases can start speeding AI work up not by throwing more compute power at the problem, but throwing the right compute power at it.

How HR can benefit from AI implementation

AI has huge potential to improve HR processes. Whether it’s streamlining laborious tasks or analysing information with greater effectiveness. Many organisations are already harnessing the power of the technology and it's no surprise AI spending in on the up, but there is also a huge worry that it could take away jobs.

5 Key Technologies That Are Driving IoT Development

IoT is shaping into a sizeable market thanks to the support of these technological developments.

What you need to take your business digital

In an increasingly digital age, companies are under pressure to develop their technological capabilities or risk being left behind. Digital transformation is both a long and difficult process, but it is an important step to planning for the future success of any business. A change in culture to accept a ‘trial and error’ approach to a digital transformation project is essential.

End the cloud lottery and reduce your risk

When people select cloud services for their applications from cloud service providers, they rarely get the optimal solution. The cloud service providers use an age-old sales strategy to provide so many options, typically in the hundreds, to make the purchase selection almost impossible to understand.

Embracing an optimistic global IT channel through collaboration

Globalisation is something that IT channel businesses are increasingly embracing in order to remain relevant to their end customers. Powered by the developments and advancements in technology and the internationally focused, outcome-led market we serve, collaboration has never been more critical in order to succeed globally.

Automating the Future of the Workplace

As businesses search to deliver even greater efficiency and cost savings, Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered automation has the potential to drive forward the fourth industrial revolution.

Top 10 Cloud Based Recruitment Management Platforms For Your IT Consultancy Business

Management | Top 10 Cloud Recruitment Platforms

Planet of the Apps – taming SaaS Sprawl

Internal technology challenges and IT-mandated policies prevented different departments getting the applications and systems they needed to perform their jobs. Employee’s personal devices were deemed unfit for professional use, and everyone was armed with company-supplied laptops.

Cloud leaders offer security, should you get onboard?

Cloud computing is increasingly growing in popularity among businesses looking to improve operational efficiencies and cut down on technology resources. While cloud computing was once only adopted by a small number of organisations, it is now becoming the norm for businesses across the world.

Dell EMC Gains High Performance Computing Momentum

Why visibility is key to successful VMware deployments

As IT teams are finding themselves under pressure to ‘do more with less’, the demands on enterprise infrastructure, including compute, networks and storage, are increasing exponentially. Not only is the infrastructure deployment required to be automated, secure and agile but it must also operate at much lower costs.

Cloud: The one certainty in an uncertain post-Brexit world

Close collaboration between IT and business leadership is key to success

Close collaboration between IT and business leadership is key to success

Four Reasons to Adopt a Hybrid Operating Model

Businesses are shifting their IT infrastructure to the cloud model and are consuming cloud services directly, enabling bypassing central IT governance.

Get smart and avoid the money pit-falls

Looking at the technologies that will offer better security for businesses operating globally and to avoid money pit falls.

EMEA businesses have their head in the clouds

Despite the lack of education relating to clouds results reveal more businesses are investing in SD-WAN which helps access the clouds quickly and securely.