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Home working popularity defies recession, study shows

Category: Data recovery

24 May, 2013

Home working has remained popular for employees over the last five years despite the recession, findings show. Just over four million employees worked from home in 2012, amounting to a 470,000 rise since 2007. The South East, Scotland and Wales have recorded the highest rise in the practice over... read more>>

Gartner: IT operations and management software market grew in 2012

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24 May, 2013

The IT operations and management software market grew by 4.8 per cent in 2012, a new study shows. Worldwide IT operations management software revenue reached $18 billion in 2012 (£11.9 billion), marking a 4.8 per cent rise from 2011. However, Gartner believes that a range of new vendors... read more>>

Personal storage market records double-digit growth, study says

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23 May, 2013

The global personal and entry level storage (PELS) market has recorded double-digit year-on-year growth in units and shipment value, one group has stated. The International Data Corporation (IDC) has found that shipment value grew by 54.1 per cent year-on-year to $1.8 billion (£1.19 billio... read more>>

Vendor consolidation and the cloud transform HR, Ovum says

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23 May, 2013

Vendor consolidation and the cloud are capable of transforming HR services, one group has suggested. Ovum has found that the market for multi-process human resources outsourcing has evolved, but it is uncertain how the new technologies will impact the adoption of complex BPO services. Its lat... read more>>

Organisations now converging data centre platforms

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22 May, 2013

Over 40 per cent of organisations are planning to converge their data centre platforms, research shows. NextiraOne has carried out a survey of businesses, discovering that there is a growing need for Unified Computing Platforms because of IT directors’ focus on boosting performance while r... read more>>

More schools looking at BYOD, study shows

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22 May, 2013

An increasing number of schools believe that bring your own device (BYOD) schemes are beneficial for students and teachers, a study has found. Research carried out for the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) found that 67 per cent of schools see BYOD schemes as an important method o... read more>>

Data governance could be a 'big problem'

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21 May, 2013

Data governance could be a big problem for businesses in the next few years, one specialist has suggested. Citeworld.com has reported Deborah Juhnke, director of information management consulting for the law firm Husch Blackwell, as saying that the company is making “good strides” on... read more>>

Cloud and virtualisation bringing new benefits to firms

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21 May, 2013

Cloud and virtualisation technologies have assisted businesses with their unified communications measures, a study has found. The third BT Engage IT Technology Index found that more than two-thirds of companies (68 per cent) have said that virtualisation and cloud technologies had the biggest af... read more>>

Cloud computing can cut IT expenses, expert says

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20 May, 2013

Cloud computing can decrease IT expenses by half, one specialist has commented. DataOne Asia president and chief executive Cyril Rocke believes that the technology can enable firms to minimise expenses relating to procuring and maintaining their IT infrastructure. “Most IT users tend to... read more>>

SMBs show 'strong support' for BYOD

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20 May, 2013

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are showing strong support for bring your own device (BYOD) trend, findings show. Entitled As BYOD Becomes Mainstream, Complexity Increases for SMBs, the study found that 61 per cent of SMBs have introduced a BYOD policy, while just 37 per cent are managi... read more>>