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Cisco predicts that global IP traffic will grow by 22% every year between now and 2020, more than doubling from this just over 1 zettabyte (ZB; 1000 exabytes) this year to 2.3 ZB by the end of the decade. This means it will have increased by almost 100 times from 2005. Wireless and mobile devices will...

IDC says that Western Europe shipments of ultra-slim convertibles and detachable devices grew by 44.7% in the first three months of 2016, compared to the same period last year, and accounted for 18.4% of total consumer shipments and 21.9% of commercial devices in the quarter. Detachable shipments grew 190.4% on a year-on-year basis in the...

We are on the cusp of a new age of computing. One where smart businesses are starting to think differently about how they design, build, and deliver technology solutions. We believe that IT teams need rise up and help drive this innovation. That’s why SCC is collaborating with IBM to help our clients apply the power...

Now the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) is agreed, its demands are clear. At the heart is the idea of privacy being a fundamental right. For this to be achieved, it’s organisations must insist on ‘privacy by design,’ ‘privacy by default’ and ‘accountability’. So, although the GDPR is an evolution of the existing privacy framework,...

NSS Labs, Inc. released their results for the 2016 NSS Labs Breach Detection Systems (BDS) Test. In their independent assessment of the security effectiveness and value, NSS recognised Check Point with the “Recommended” rating for the second consecutive year. Key Check Point results from the test include: Detected 100% of evasion attempts 100% catch-rate for...

Manchester-headquartered information, communications and technology solutions provider Brother UK has raised £22,909 for Cancer Research UK with the help of a group of its distribution partners. The initiative saw over 500 people raise money through sponsored events including skydiving, kayaking down the River Thames, completing the Three Peaks challenge, and more throughout July. In addition...

Cisco’s 2016 annual report has shown consistent growth within their software and services business. This has largely been accredited to the introduction of Cisco ONE. For those who haven’t come across or had time to digest Cisco ONE yet, it is a flexible way to buy software for a Data Centre, WAN, and Access domain....

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), a global leader in high-performance solutions for compute, data analytics and data management, for $7.75 per share in cash, a transaction valued at approximately $275 million, net of cash and debt. SGI products and services are used for...

It is widely known that data breaches overall are on the rise and organisations continue to invest in new technologies to better safeguard their enterprises.  However, if you dig a little deeper into the real stories you will find that it is more than just data breaches costing organisations – it is also lack of compliance....

Plantronics recently conducted a study into the impact of noise in the workplace. The study clearly showed that noise in the workplace causes a wide range of issues ranging from the impact on employee concentration and productivity to the negative customer experience from overhearing background conversations when calling into customer services. Open plan contact centres...

Policies written. Tools provided. Training conducted.  As IT leaders, you have sufficiently enabled your users to properly sanitise and redact their documents before sharing outside the organisation, but what happens when they forget? Worse, what happens if they intentionally ignore the policy and process altogether? No longer can the sanitisation and redaction of documents for...

Blog by Lori MacVittie, Principal Technical Evangelist at F5 You might have figured out that yes, I’m one of those people playing Pokémon Go. Or, as is often the case of late, not playing Pokémon Go. That’s bad, because it also means our youngest is not playing, because as it turns out we’re both using...