Blur Group has launched a new online business intelligence tool aimed at enterprises. The Blur Data tool provides a comprehensive industry overview on specific trends in business services. Blur Data is an online dashboard providing an industry overview of key trends in business services e-commerce with insights into geographical focus, …
Read More »The cloud is making education clearer
When I visit our schools customers, we inevitably end up talking about cloud at some point. It may not be the starting point to a question about their ICT need, but I’m finding more and more that when we delve into the changes they want to make, whether they be …
Read More »Mozilla CEO unhappy with Windows 10 as 14m upgrade their PCs
Within the first 24 hours of Windows 10’s release over 14 million users upgraded their devices, but Mozilla’s CEO is not happy with some of the changes to Microsoft’s new operating system. Those that are now using Windows 10 may have noticed that it has made some changes to their …
Read More »A guide to using multi-touch technology as a marketing tool
According to research firm BCC, the multi-touch systems and displays market is predicted to be worth $7.3 billion by 2018. While of course much of this is at the smartphone and tablet end, the plethora of demonstrations and discussions around the technology at AV industry shows such as Infocomm indicate …
Read More »A third of employees would sell your company data
New research by Clearswift as found that for the right price, 35 per cent of employees would hand over information on company patents, financial records and customer credit card details. Clearswift polled 4,000 employees in the UK, Germany, USA and Australia, and found that for £5,000 – the price of …
Read More »SOTI targets 1bn Windows 10 users with new endpoint management offering
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) solution provider SOTI has introduced its new MobiControl offering. MobiControl 12.3 provides deep device and endpoint management across mobile phones, tablets and connected peripherals such as ATMs, POS systems, elevators and wearable tech. With Microsoft’s goal of converting one billion …
Read More »Why weak port security could sink your business
It’s all too easy to overlook the role that network ports play in business. Many people just view them as access points to the corporate network, with many being unaware of the potential security threats they represent. This misconception is a challenge facing many IT professionals as they look to …
Read More »Windows 10 launches today, but is it safe enough for your business?
Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 10, launches today in 190 countries as a free upgrade. Starting today, those running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 on PC or tablet – and have reserved their upgrade (find out more about the here) – will be notified in waves when their upgrade to …
Read More »50% of local government organisations don?t know if they can protect against cyber attacks
New research from Sophos reveals that half of UK local government organisations don’t know if their current practises would protect against a cyber attack. The research surveyed 2,728 local government and police workers across a wide range of disciplines and highlighted that over the past 12 months, 90 per cent …
Read More »Xerox, Lexmark, HP, Ricoh and Canon named MPS market leaders
A new report from industry analyst firm Quocirca has revealed 2015’s market leaders in managed print services (MPS). Xerox remained the lead. Despite limited MPS revenue growth in the past year, its leadership margin was boosted by its breadth of capabilities across office and enterprise printing. Other market leaders include …
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