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← View all opinionsThe advent of cloud computing has not only transformed the technology sector, but also the way that organisations run their businesses. According to the latest research from the Cloud Industry Forum,...
January’s leaders in Compare the Cloud’s Global #CloudInfluence Rankings are the market share leaders Microsoft and Amazon. Both announced impressive cloud revenue growth this month, with their cloud...
When it comes to adopting the latest forms of business technology it can be easy to get carried away. The need to overtake or remain ahead of your competitors can drive some businesses to adopt innova...
To cloud or not to cloud? During its inception, this was a question businesses could ask themselves at leisure. However, with security concerns, increasing profitability, improving business growth and...
The Internet of Things has been much hyped, but the number of mainstream applications remains limited. There has been plenty of industry buzz surrounding connected cars and IoT thermostats, but away f...
For IT managers, cloud computing poses something of a challenge. For those who’ve spent the majority of the last few years doing engineering-style work rather than consulting, the natural question is...
Data has become the currency of the always-on world. But on its own, it’s not enough. Businesses need to make sense of the wealth of data they have. This is where the algorithm economy comes in, and u...
What should we expect – or indeed what is it reasonable to expect – from our political masters in terms of strategy, policy and regulation for cyber-security? [easy-tweet tweet="Read @BillMew's recap...
As a nation we monitor everything. We are constantly recording everything we do from tracking our spending to even our eating habits. The way we do this has rapidly changed, from writing down our expe...
According to Dimensional Research, nearly 90 percent of companies with 5,000-10,000 employees experience a major incident at least monthly. While a quarter of companies with more than 10,000 employees...
The benefits of cloud computing in the manufacturing industry The domestic canary isn’t what most of us would consider a tool for industrial labour. But in 1988, hundreds of these birds were made redu...
Cloud computing appears to have been accepted into the IT mainstream as enterprises of all sizes increasingly adopt public, private and hybrid services. Whether they choose Software as a Service, Plat...