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Worldwide IT market showing tentative signs of improvement

According to the newly published International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Black Book (Doc #250222), recent volatility will gradually give way to a more positive outlook for IT spending in the second half of 2014. With the U.S. and other mature economies mostly heading in the right direction and a significant commercial PC refresh cycle already underway, improvements in business confidence are set to drive a moderate infrastructure upgrade cycle over the next 12-18 months, while...

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FireHost, the secure cloud provider, has appointed Eleri Gibbon as Vice President of EMEA. In this position, Gibbon oversees FireHost's business in the region, including all aspects of sales, business development, partners, and support.

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APM Group, the Cloud Industry Forum’s (CIF) independent certification partner has announced that entrustIT, a provider of hosted desktops & other cloud services, has certified against the CIF Code of Practice, demonstrating its commitment to transparency, accountability and capability in the provision of cloud services.

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SSE Telecoms has appointed Colin Sempill as managing director. Colin will succeed SSE Telecoms’ current managing director, Chris Jagusz, who is leaving the company in September 2014.

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NAKIVO's multi-tenancy and self-service have saved Systemec more than 20% in operational data protection and cloud services costs by enabling users to manage VMware VM backups themselves.

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AstraZeneca has implemented ServiceNow software-as-a-service to evolve how IT services are delivered to its global enterprise users.

IDBS and Vivenics introduce novel SaaS approach for Netherlands science park

Start-up pharma R&D organisations benefit from flexible, local informatics support.

Next disruptive technology breakthrough most likely to come out of US, according to global KPMG survey of technology executives

US regains top spot from China as most likely place for disruptive technology breakthrough.

One vendor approach to cloud is 'dead'

According to the results of IBM's new global study on cloud transformation there has been a drastic...

CenturyLink brings pay-by-the-hour managed services to CenturyLink Cloud platform

Self-service, on-demand managed services now paired with cloud utility for increased flexibility.

Equistone acquires cloud computing operator, Adista

Equistone Partners Europe has acquired cloud computing operator Adista.

SQS launches testing-as-a-service

Strategic UK partnership will improve the quality of web and mobile applications and end user...

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Worldwide IT market showing tentative signs of improvement

Firehost appoints EMEA VP

entrustIT certifies against the CIF Code of Practice

SSE Telecoms appoints new MD

Improving backup-as-a-service and reducing costs

AstraZeneca evolves how IT services are delivered