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LG is highlighting the qualities of its 24UC98 display for Apple users who want to get the optimum performance on the desktop. The 34-inch curved ultra-wide quad HD, IPS monitor comes with a Thunderbolt connection, so it is ideal MacBook users who want to maximise productivity on the desktop. In June, Apple discontinued its Thunderbolt...

The new Veritas NetBackup version 7.7.3 I snow available, offering faster cloud backups, increased operational efficiencies, and support for the latest workload and storage technologies. Cloud backups now make use of compression technology to boost performance and storage efficiency. Activity monitoring and Linux software deployment has been streamlined, and VMware tags can now be fully...

Veritas’ Backup Exec 15 has been given a Recommended award by IT Pro magazine in recognition of its easy management, excellent VM support and attractive pricing. The magazine said it ‘delivers an impressive range of features and automated backup strategies’.  You can read the full article at www.itpro.co.uk/back-up/25923/veritas-backup-exec-15-review.

IBM has announced that they are saving significant amounts of money by deploying Apple Macs across their business as opposed to traditional PCs. This statement comes a week before the scheduled announcement of new Macs, with IBM claiming to have seen savings of up to $535 per Mac over four years. 90,000 IBM employees now...

Asus has launched the third generation of its pioneering Transformer 2-in-1 range. The Transformer 3 Pro has been designed to deliver exceptional power and convenience, and also has admirable expansion capability. Made aluminium-magnesium alloy, the Transformer 3 Pro has premium looks and is incredibly light and thin; it weighs under 800g and is 8.35mm in thickness....

The new Toshiba Canvio for Desktop offers convenient, fast, inexpensive storage expansion for any SMB or home user. With up to 6TB capacities and super-fast USB 3.0 transfer speeds (over 10x faster than USB 2.0, which is still supported), and a compact piano-black design, it looks a smart and professional. It can be positioned horizontally or...

Two new Windows 10 Enterprise licensing options have been released, delivering subscription licenses for Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, a technology that adds a post-breach layer of protection to Windows 10 clients. The new license are available within the following licensing programs for midsize and large organisations; Enterprise Agreements, Select Plus, and Microsoft Products and...

AutoCAD 360 Pro is an easy-to-use drawing and drafting app that allows users to view, edit and share AutoCAD drawings on mobile devices, such as a smartphone or tablet. It works with all versions of AutoCAD – including LT – and runs on iOS and Android devices. It can be used to add text, mark-up...

Lenovo Mobile Business Group (MBG) has launched the new Moto g4 Play, which with its attractive set of features and pricing, promises to be one of the best-sellers in the market this year. It comes with a fast and reliable Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor with a quad-core CPU and 2 GB of memory as standard. It...

The University of York has reduced complexity and bolstered security by migrating all of its primary workloads to VMware NSX, the virtualisation platform for software-defined data centres. The University was already using VMware technology extensively and wanted to guard against the increased risk of cyber attacks and used the micro segmentation features of NSX to...

Intel has started shipping ITS 7th Generation Kaby Lake chips to PC manufacturers and new devices using them can be expected later this year. They will be faster, but not smaller, than Skylake processors. It’s expected that there will be variants from Core i3 up to a 10-core ‘Extreme’ Core i7. Core M models for mobile systems...

Even more resilient smartphones are on their way according to Corning, which says its new Gorilla Glass 5 will survive unbroken around 80% of the time when dropped from shoulder-height. Shattered screens are the biggest bugbear of many users. Corning stresses that the resilience of the glass is dependent on the phone’s design, but we...