According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Black Book, worldwide IT spending will increase by 4.1% in constant currency this year, down from IDC’s previous forecast of 4.6% and also down from last year’s growth of 4.5%. According to the new report, IT spending has been volatile since the beginning of the year, with macroeconomic wild cards including the crisis in Ukraine and the slowdown in China adding to the general sense of uncertainty which continues to...
Read MoreA lack of understanding around the pervasive spread and convergence of IT, communications and other digital technologies is causing business leaders to launch ill-judged initiatives and miss crucial opportunities. This is according to chief research officer for Ovum IT, Tim Jennings, who in his keynote at Ovum’s Industry Congress (OIC) urged enterprises to change their mind-set and adopt a more flexible approach to business technology innovation, to adapt to the profound change occurring...
Read MoreFujitsu has appointed Michael Keegan as Head of its £1.8bn business in the UK & Ireland. Keegan’s new role sees him take the reins from Duncan Tait, who was recently promoted to Head of EMEIA, Corporate Senior Vice President, Fujitsu Ltd.
Read MoreThe DCS Awards have become a key date in the international data centre calendar and last Thursday the industry’s great and good gathered at London’s Millennium Hotel, Mayfair for the 2014 event.
Read MoreManageEngine has announced the results of a survey which found that almost half (40%) of IT professionals describe the current capacity of their department to do its job as ‘stretched’ or ‘over-stretched’.
Read MoreComputacenter Recognised for: • Computacenter is EMC’s largest Pan-EMEA reseller by revenue • Computacenter’s business with EMC in 2013 grew by 57% compared to 2012 • Computacenter saw double digit growth in 2013 across all lines of EMC business including: DPAD, ESMD and Isilon.
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