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There are a lot of vague announcements and myriad of conclusions from security experts and the media regarding recent Microsoft news about the upcoming release of Windows 10 and the introduction of Windows Update for Business. Microsoft has been making some much-needed changes to their development teams over the past …
Read More »Why you need to stop seeing security as just an expensive add-on
The internet has undeniably revolutionised how businesses operate, engage with their customers and bring their products to market. From sole traders to large multinationals, IT is at the heart of every business function, raising the question of risk (and therefore security) that has found itself at the vanguard of C-level …
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 »4K-beater? Hands-on with Samsung’s curved 27-inch PC monitor
PCR tests out the £249.99 27-inch SD590C display available from Northamber
Read More »PCs on a stick: Fantastic selling opportunity or a fad?
We ask our Retail Advisory Board for their thoughts on mini PCs
Read More »PCR takes a tour of the Google Store
Jade Burke visits the store-within-a-store at Currys/PC World in Tottenham Court Road
Read More »Big data in the supply chain ? hype or help?
Big Data is the catchword of the day. But at what point is big data actually “big”? When is data analysis by conventional methods sufficient, and when are big data methods really called for? A company that ships a million packages a month could collect compressed package data for over …
Read More »Are you prepared for the new EU data protection regulations?
Today, data breaches are a regular occurrence. Last year many companies lost customer data, and there was an epidemic of medical data breaches in the US. Businesses can no longer afford to gamble on not getting hacked; they must assume they will be targeted at some point. Therefore it is …
Read More »‘Vendor and distie partner programs too cynical’
The IT Marketing Agency's Gemma Telford says partners are undervalued
Read More »Why you should be using business collaboration tools
We’ve all heard it for years now: IT channel types throwing out terms like "real-time teamwork" and "collaboration" as if they’re going out of fashion. Nice and buzz-wordy, proactive and very much up-and-at-em, but what’s the real, actionable message here? Is something as apparently simple as getting a team pulling …
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