IDC lowers IT spending forecasts

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Black Book, worldwide IT spending will increase by 4.1% in constant currency this year, down from IDC’s previous forecast of 4.6% and also down from last year’s growth of 4.5%. According to the new report, IT spending has been volatile since the beginning of the year, with macroeconomic wild cards including the crisis in Ukraine and the slowdown in China adding to the general sense of uncertainty which continues to...

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Confusion around convergence is causing business leaders to launch ill-judged initiatives and miss crucial opportunities

A lack of understanding around the pervasive spread and convergence of IT, communications and other digital technologies is causing business leaders to launch ill-judged initiatives and miss crucial opportunities. This is according to chief research officer for Ovum IT, Tim Jennings, who in his keynote at Ovum’s Industry Congress (OIC) urged enterprises to change their mind-set and adopt a more flexible approach to business technology innovation, to adapt to the profound change occurring...

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Fujitsu appoints Michael Keegan as Head of UK & Ireland

Fujitsu has appointed Michael Keegan as Head of its £1.8bn business in the UK & Ireland. Keegan’s new role sees him take the reins from Duncan Tait, who was recently promoted to Head of EMEIA, Corporate Senior Vice President, Fujitsu Ltd.

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DCS Awards celebrate industry success stories

The DCS Awards have become a key date in the international data centre calendar and last Thursday the industry’s great and good gathered at London’s Millennium Hotel, Mayfair for the 2014 event.

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Overstretched and constricted IT departments struggling with boardroom ‘demand disconnect’

ManageEngine has announced the results of a survey which found that almost half (40%) of IT professionals describe the current capacity of their department to do its job as ‘stretched’ or ‘over-stretched’.

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Half of businesses are plagued by hourly, daily and weekly IT performance and availability issues

52 per cent state multiple infrastructure apps and multiple monitoring tools have an adverse impact on service and availability excellence.

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Ethernet gets legal thumbs up

More and more leading enterprises are moving to smarter more cost efficient Interconnect solutions, listen to why Wrigleys Solicitors in the UK chose Mellanox’s Ethernet solutions.

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