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As we continue to see the importance of mobile devices increase in the workplace, as well as the benefits of remote working, business owners and their employees are looking for ways to continue working efficently while they are way from their desktops and laptops. Here are ten useful apps for …
Read More »Robot workers are becoming ?viable alternatives? to humans, says Gartner
Smart machines, such as AI and robots, will be more relied upon by businesses over the next five years, according to industry analyst Gartner. The firm has released a new report stating these robots are becoming viable alternatives to human workers, and the rise of the machines will lead to …
Read More »Female IT experts to front record-breaking Google App-a-thon
A group of all-female IT experts are set to take over the Google Campus in London’s Tech City on Saturday 13th June. The team, which consists of engineers, scientists and other IT experts, will be teaching school children how to build smartphone apps and are hoping to break the Guinness …
Read More »HGST Ultrastar Archive Ha10 is world?s first 10TB enterprise HDD
HGST has unveiled a new 10TB HDD designed specifically for the enterprise market The firm claims that the Ultrastar Archive Ha10 is the world’s first ever 10TB hard drive and sets a new standard in enabling the world’s densest server and storage systems with unprecedented TCO levels. The HDD is …
Read More »What Apple OS X El Capitan and iOS 9 means for businesses
Apple has unveiled its latest iterations of both its mobile and desktop operating systems. El Capitan OS X El Capitan (OS X 10.11) features a number of experience improvements to the Mac OS series, including improved Spotlight search through natural language, rather than just keywords and terms. As demonstrated during …
Read More »Migrating customers disappointed with support from cloud providers, says new report
A new report from the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) has found that 35 per cent go IT leaders think their provider could have offered better support whilst migrating to the cloud. The research polled 250 senior IT decision makers n companies with UK-based operations and found that problems in service …
Read More »UK IT skills shortage could slow economy growth
The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has released a new Workforce Survey, revealing that two-thirds of businesses believe computer literacy and IT knowledge are key skills when hiring new employees. Unfortunately the research also revealed that a quarter of the firms surveyed believe there is a skills shortage in this …
Read More »Microsoft Office 365 now integrates Skype for Business
Microsoft has rolled out a number of updates and improvements to its Office 265 web productivity client. the Office 365 client now has Skype for Business integrated in to the Outlook, OneDrive, and Calendar web apps, meaning users can now start a conversation or initiate a voice or video call …
Read More »Are you ready for the dawning virtual age?
Imagine our world without colour. Everything appearing as black and white, or shades of grey. Beauty becomes bleak, or at least limited. Breathtaking becomes monochromatic, some might even say boring. A colourless world would leave most of us feeling rather, well, blue. We all experienced a colourless world not too …
Read More »Future workplaces will be collaborative and wireless
The widespread availability of wireless internet and the growth in mobile technologies has meant that businesses and entire industries that have been successful for decades can suddenly be disrupted over night with the launch of a new web-based application. No one is safe from it and companies are beginning to …
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