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A new study has identified that Hybrid Cloud is the ‘great enabler’ of digital transformation. The study, conducted by IDG Research and published by EMC this month, found that companies who adopt the technology are three times more likely to approach business and infrastructure readiness goals. Survey responses suggest that digital transformation enabled by hybrid...

A report from IDC shows that HP Inc remains the overall hardcopy market leader, with a 38.7% share. They are followed by Canon, who have 20.5% and Epson at 15.8% The report shows that manufacturers shipped 2.2 million business inkjet devices in the third quarter of 2015 – a 16.3% year-over-year growth. The overall worldwide hardcopy...

Vendor unit shipments of large-format displays (LFDs) across EMEA were up by over 15% in Q3 2015 compared to the same period last year, according to data published by Context. Unit sales of screens of 65-inches and above grew significantly, increasing by more than 107% in year-on-year. The firm said that there has been a...

Original article by Antone Gonsalves posted here Cisco led in six of seven key tech infrastructure markets last year, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise gained strength in several of the sectors, a research firm reported. Cisco topped six of seven key tech infrastructure markets last year, but Hewlett Packard Enterprise gained in several of the tech sectors,...

By 2018, a consumer in a mature market will use and own more than three personal devices, according to Gartner. The firm estimates that in 2016, the installed base of devices will total 7.8 billion units (including wearables, phones, tablets and PCs) and is on pace to reach 8.3 billion units in 2018. Gartner expects users...

Total worldwide enterprise storage systems factory revenue grew 2.8% year over year to $9.1 billion during the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), according to IDC. Total capacity shipments were up 31.5% year over year to 33.1 exabytes during the quarter. Revenue growth was strongest within the group of original design manufacturers (ODMs) that sell directly...

At a recent analyst briefing in London, Martin Gibbons, Group IS Director of food company Samworth Brothers, explained how migrating key applications and more than 3000 users onto Office 365 to an SCC hosted data centre, has benefited the business. Background scenario and core requirements Few people will have heard of Samworth Brothers but if...

Veritas’ Databerg Report 2015 Organisations across Europe, Middle East and Africa are hoping to harness the power of information in the face of a growing data deluge. This makes the findings from the largest independent research report into organisational data management, covering some 1,475 respondents across 14 countries, a must-read for IT executives. The study,...

A new family of Lenovo appliances will be made available with Nutanix software pre-loaded as a result of a strategic partnership between the two firms. They expect to make their first joint announcement this month at the Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management Conference in Las Vegas. More information is available from www.lenovo.com/systems/nutanix.

January 2016 is set to see the official launch of the new Veritas as Symantec and the Carlyle Group have announced that they expect to close Carlyle’s acquisition of Veritas by 29th January. The close of the acquisition, previously expected to take place on 1st January 2016, is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing...

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is a Government agency that invests approximately £3.6 billion each year into adult training programmes. Their aim is to support people in finding jobs, or improving their career prospects through the development of key skills. With the aim of optimising their IT infrastructure and driving cost savings while maintaining business...

Global telecommunications company CenturyLink is exploring strategic alternatives for their datacentre and colocation business operations. CenturyLink has 59 datacentres in North America, Asia and Europe with over 185 megawatts of power across 2.6 million sq ft of raised floor capacity. The review of strategic alternatives will involve a full range of options including, but not limited to a...