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Data analytics important to nearly two-thirds of European companies

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Senior executives and business decision-makers across Europe say data analytics are important to their companies’ plans across a wide range of activities, from better serving customer needs to creating new products and services, finding opportunities to expand into new markets, increasing sales and revenue, and adding new employees.

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McAfee Labs dubs 2014 “Year of shaken trust”; predicts 2015 trends in Internet trust exploits, privacy, mobile, Internet of Things, and cyber espionage.

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97% aware of risk created by misused or stolen credentials, but only 29% confident of organisation’s ability to detect improper access.

Smart connected devices market continues to grow in Western Europe

The smart connected device (SCD) market posted another quarter of growth in Western Europe, driven mainly by increased demand for personal computers. According to figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), PC, tablet, and smartphone shipments totaled 60.1 million units, with volume 8.6% higher compared with the same quarter a year ago. The trends seen during the previous quarter were confirmed in the third quarter of 2014: shipments of PCs continued to post an increase, with...