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Cloud hardware spending breaks $4 billion mark

A new International Data Corporation (IDC) study confirmed that cloud is the major disruption factor in the EMEA infrastructure hardware market, accounting for a growing portion of hardware spending and exerting influence on hardware architectures and vendors' strategies. The overall investment in hardware for cloud environments in EMEA is expected to exceed $4 billion in terms of user value by the end of 2014, with a strong 19% YoY growth. 15% of the infrastructure spend in EMEA will be...

Apple and IBM forge global partnership

Apple and IBM have announced an exclusive partnership that teams the market-leading strengths of each company to transform enterprise mobility through a new class of business apps—bringing IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities to iPhone and iPad.

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New offering includes enhanced service levels, transparent charging models and a developer+ programme.

Global Cloud Services market to reach $555 billion by 2020

According to the new report by Allied Market Research, titled "Global Cloud Services Market (Services, Type, End User and Geography) - Global Analysis, Industry Growth, Trends, Size, Share, Opportunities and Forecast, 2013-2020", the global cloud services market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.6% from 2014 to 2020, reaching a market size of $555 billion in 2020. In 2014, the overall cloud services market revenue will reach $209.9 billion, led by public cloud services. The...

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Half of cloud users cite lack of in-house skills as a reason for adoption.

No escape from company email

Independent research commissioned by GFI Software reveals that the demands of work email are encroaching even more into everything from holidays to starting a family.

Cloud and emerging technology fuelling positivity in IT channel

CompTIA State of the Channel Report reveals that cloud and emerging technology, such as AI and...

Analysing the performance of your hybrid cloud

By Martin Warren, Cloud Solutions Marketing Manager, NetApp.

Multi cloud mayhem?

A vast majority of enterprises worldwide have adopted multi-cloud strategies to keep pace with the...

Centrify launches new tier in channel partner program

Helping national system integrators and consulting partners to speed deployment of cloud-based...

Mobility, APIs and business enablement spark new attitudes towards security and drive an increase in investment

Protection is still the main driver for security, but a new study reveals that UK organisations...

Manufacturing industry opts for hybrid cloud

Nutanix has published the findings of its Enterprise Cloud Index results for the manufacturing...

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