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← View all opinionsThe internet of things (IoT) has been dubbed ‘Industrie 4.0’ in Germany for its potential to spark a new industrial revolution. Eighty percent of companies see IoT as the most strategic technology ini...
Cloud computing has become the default option for IT service provision be that off or on premise or via a hybrid model. Against this backdrop the words ‘mainframe’, ‘cloud’ and ‘agile’ may not often a...
You may think of gaming and the workplace as incompatible concepts. The former is usually thought as being fun, entertaining and trivial, while the latter is often typecast as important, structured an...
The increased adoption of cloud services is redefining the role of the IT department and a perennial need to do more with less, all while meeting increased demands from the business means IT needs to...
“True Cloud”… here to stay? Consumers are already reaping the rewards of ubiquitous access to their data anytime, anywhere and from any device. Many are even using cloud based services such as DropBox...
IP EXPO Europe, Europe's number one enterprise IT event has today launched its 2016 IT showcase, to take place on 5-6 October 2016 at the ExCeL in London. Following the success of last year’s event, I...
They never show up late and they can work 24/7. They don’t take lunch breaks, sick days or require paid leave. They don’t leave coffee cup rings on the desk, or complain about the air conditioning. So...
I’ve just about recovered from my Microsoft WPC induced jet lag, following the conference, which took place in Toronto last week. It was a great event, and as a representative of a Microsoft Cloud Sol...
Security concerns around cloud adoption are on the rise. According to the 2016 Cloud Security Spotlight Report from Crowd Research Partners, 53 percent of organisations see unauthorised access, throug...
When Compare the Cloud was invited to speak at the Red Hat Summit in San Francisco, of course we graciously accepted. The topic? Next-generation applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Enterprise...
Ask any CIO and COO if they’re concerned about using the cloud and they’ll often cite concerns around data security, compliance and transparency as significant barriers to adopting cloud computing ser...
The initial wave of cloud migration has been about relocating workloads to cloud infrastructure. As business confidence in public cloud platforms increases, the pace of adoption has been accelerating...