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Octo Telematics: Insurance Telematics – a key proof point for IoT

Earlier this week, Jonathan Hewett, CMO at Octo Telematics gave a presentation on how insurance telematics is a proof point for the Internet of Things. The keynote presentation took place at the annua...

Barclay Ballard 15 April 2016
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The IT manager’s guide to securing your cloud – Infographic

Cloud technology is here to stay, as demonstrated by the fact that 71 per cent of businesses either use it already or plan to implement it in the near future. However, many of the companies who are re...

Barclay Ballard 15 April 2016
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Pivot3 acquires NexGen storage – Compare the Cloud looks at what this really means

In February of this year Pivot3 announced the acquisition of NexGen storage – we look at why this could be significant for service provision and the software defined data centre. [easy-tweet tweet="Pi...

Barclay Ballard 14 April 2016
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Multi-tenancy is made for the arts

What’s often missing from discussions about cloud in the arts is whether the underlying architecture is multi- or single-tenant. When you’re comparing cloud-based applications, you really need to unde...

Barclay Ballard 14 April 2016
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Are cloud and virtualisation technologies key to ensuring the digital security of businesses?

Following numerous high profile data leaks over the past 12 months, Catalin Cosoi, Chief Security Strategist at Bitdefender, discusses why businesses are increasingly adopting cloud technologies to se...

Barclay Ballard 13 April 2016
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A safe introduction to BYOD

It might not seem like it, but smartphones have only been ubiquitous for the past five years. Before that, devices such as Handspring’s innovative Palm Treo series were too far ahead of their time to...

Barclay Ballard 13 April 2016
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Channel partners must transition to a cloud first model – or risk getting left behind

In the digital era, channel partners must transition to a cloud first model or they risk getting left behind. Resellers, service providers and ISVs should harness the massive opportunity and long term...

Barclay Ballard 12 April 2016
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The biggest threat to G-Cloud is Amazon

With Oracle, Salesforce, Amazon and many other US suppliers now part of the government’s G-Cloud project, offering services via the Digital Marketplace and establishing UK data centres so that they fi...

Barclay Ballard 12 April 2016
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The data behind dating: Can data ever really replace chemistry?

There are an estimated 5,000 dating services in Europe and a whopping 91 million people around the world using dating apps. There is no doubt that the modern world and social norms have shifted, such...

Laurence James, Author at Compare the Cloud 12 April 2016
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Disruptive Tech TV launching live at Cloud Expo Europe

DisruptiveTech.tv, an offshoot of Compare the Cloud, is launching on April 12th, 2016; and will be broadcasting live from Cloud Expo in London. Cloud Expo encompasses four events in 2016, Cloud Expo E...

Andrew McLean 11 April 2016
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Securing the IoT

For the past two years, IoT has remained consistently in the headlines, with much discussion surrounding its potential to drive huge economic benefits and dramatically improve our lives and businesses...

Barclay Ballard 11 April 2016
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Why MSPs need to be prepared for the coming IoT explosion

According to a recent Gartner report, there will be 20.8 billion Internet of Things devices by 2020. Whether you agree with this statistic or not, it is certainly true that the Internet is being incre...

James Hulse, Author at Compare the Cloud 11 April 2016