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Security has now become a top priority for you. To ensure the highest levels of security with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft are adding new high-availability certificate authorities. For the majority of customers, this change will be seamless and will not have any impact on your Azure applications. This change will only affect those currently using public...

Acer is directly targeting busy classrooms and students with its new TravelMate Spin B1 convertible, which was unveiled at the Bett Show in London last month. The 11.6-inch HD touch-screen notebook comes with Windows 10 Pro provides easy portability, offers four usage modes and has a robust design made for day-to-day use in the classroom....

The new Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-T4 is ideal for customers looking to upgrade their server room connectivity. Uniquely, it offers four 10GBASE-T ports in a low-profile form factor.  Powered by the Intel Ethernet Controller XL710, the X710-T4 adapter provides unmatched performance and features for both server and network virtualisation.

Activity trackers continue to lead the way and look set to dominate this sector for 2017.  FitBit and Misfit were grabbing a lot of attention with their streamlined designs and this is clearly the direction of travel for the mainstream market now. Withings also played a strong card with the new Steel HR, which is...

The biggest cyber attack began in May, spreading to more than 150 countries and infecting 200,000 machines. The outbreak is a ransomware threat, WanaCrypt0r 2.0 also known as WannaCry, with worm-like capabilities leveraging an exploit against vulnerable Microsoft Windows® operating systems. Ransomware mimics the age-old crime of kidnapping: someone takes something you value, and in order to get...

Toshiba made Bett 2017 the launch platform for its latest high-end hybrid, hailing the new Portégé X20W-D as ‘the world’s thinnest and lightest 2-in-1 to utilise a full power 7th Generation Intel Core processor’. The 12.5-inch device is designed for serious users who need optimum portability/. It offers an impressive battery life of up to...

SCC has won the UKI 2017 “Enable Digital” Award for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) at this year’s HPE Global Partner Summit in Las Vegas. The HPE Partner of the Year Awards recognise the outstanding performance and accomplishments of HPE business partners, which raise the standard for business excellence and customer satisfaction. Winners are chosen for...

Designed to be intuitive, Cisco’s new network can recognise intent, mitigate threats through encryption, and learn over time, unlocking opportunities SAN FRANCISCO — Today Cisco unveiled intent-based networking solutions that represent one of the most significant breakthroughs in enterprise networking. The introduction is the culmination of Cisco’s vision to create an intuitive system that anticipates actions,...

Dell is aiming even higher in the HD display market, revealing what it claims is the world’s first 32-inch 8K display and the world’s overall thinnest monitor. The company’s new UltraSharp 32 Ultra HD 8K Monitor (UP3218K), offers four times the resolution of Ultra HD 4K and 16 times more than Full HD. With 33.2...

Spending on IT infrastructure for cloud environments will reach £36.6 billion ($44.2 billion) this year, with public cloud data centres attracting 61% of the total and 15% going on off-premises private clouds, according to IDC. It predicts overall spend on IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, and switches, will grow by 18.2% in 2017 and that...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) recently acquired SimpliVity, a leading provider of software-defined, hyper-converged infrastructure. The market for hyper-converged systems was worth an estimated $2.4 billion last year and is expected to grow at a of CAGR 25%, to nearly $6 billion, by 2020. HPE will continue to offer its HC 380 and the HC 250...

IDC said that strong sales of notebooks in the second half helped the EMEA market to stabilise. This was largely down to the commercial sector staging something of a comeback, growing 10.1% in Western Europe. Notebooks performed well across EMEA and were up 2.7% in the Western region. Consumer demand was down overall.  Annually, traditional...