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PC sales set to dip by 8.7 per cent in 2015

A new study reveals that 87 per cent of businesses feel that employees using their personal devices for work is making security more challenging, yet many do not consider these challenges as high priority security concerns. The research, conducted by F-Secure, found that only 29 per cent of the 1780 …

75 million devices are now running Windows 10, but can Microsoft reach its one billion goal?

It aims to address the UK skills gap by encouraging more women to join the IT industry

GfK's Carl West to run through the most promising categories at PCR Boot Camp North

Source claims three staff have been fired overall on a 'wage bill basis'

There are many aspects of your working life that can now be managed using an application or platform. From managing your calendar and completing everything on your to-do list, to helping your team collaborate on projects and tracking your firm’s cash flow and invoices, there’s bound to be an app …

Google and Netgear are pushing new Wi-Fi products

Earlier this year we wrote about the idea that drones could offer resellers a potential new revenue stream. At Computing’s Enterprise Mobility and Application Management Summit 2015, Rentokil’s global director of enterprise, Anthony Meadows, revealed the firm is looking in to using drones for bird pest control, which got us …

Nest’s François Girodolle reveals his thoughts on the growing smart home category

Westcoast's Phil Bell says cloud and mobile learning are still key growth areas for the education space

As the old adage goes, ‘knowledge is power’, however, in relation to data science, the real power is in sharing knowledge. Too often, whether it’s an internal data science team or an external provider, the wider business only gets to see the results of data analysis. Information on how conclusions …