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Most cloud providers not protecting users against DROWN threat

Skyhigh Cloud Security Labs says average enterprise is using 56 leaky cloud services

UK government venture bemoans inadequate workplace security education

Effectiveness of security training appears to vary depending on executive versus employee opinion, Axelos survey finds

Research: Channel should prepare for digital refreshes across firms

There's still a lot more to come from Windows 10 going by the wait and see game of UK CIOs

Avnet signs European Linux Software Defined Networking deal

But what is SDN? ask most UK firms in Exponential-e research

Cloud services are cheaper in the US than in Europe

Europeans are paying a premium as a result of cloud data regulations, customer service and localised applications

Majority of mobile apps pose data security risks says HPE

Most apps track your location, even when they don't need to, and many collect 'alarming' amounts of data

Research confirms big channel opportunity in education market

New computers, cloud use, BYOD and improved printing in big demand among teachers and students

Cisco holds dominance of global router and switch market

The rest are...well...just minnows according to analyst research

One in ten companies ‘have compromised devices’

The number of enterprises with compromised mobile devices grew by 42 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, finds MobileIron

North East enjoys tech startup boom

Only London is ahead of the region when it comes to new technology firm growth

SAP Research: SMEs benefit from digital but need to get ‘more personal’

Growth comes from big data and CRM but avoid relying on it too much shows SAP research

UK tech firms the most optimistic about growth

CompTIA research questioned over 670 IT Industry executives

Prosecute those who design leaky data systems say IT pros

BCS urges government to adopt legal sanctions for badly designed data systems, for Investigatory Powers Bill

Next week is DataCentres North 2016

Data bods are encouraged to head to Manchester

Windows 10 is already used by 18 percent of EMEA firms

Last year, 40 percent of Spiceworks members predicted their business would adopt Windows 10 by the end of July 2016, 12 months after launch

Wearables sales to reach record 275m in 2016

Apple Watch and VR headset sales will continue to push wearable numbers ever higher, according to Gartner estimates

OpenStack adoption in the UK hits 80 percent, claims SUSE

But cost and complexity woes remain as public cloud adoption easily surpasses private cloud sales

Public bin wearables as they move onto drones and 3D printers

They also want more home automation technologies and electric cars

Reliability trumps price for storage as flash takes off

Research from Western Digital and Crucial maps the storage trends

Cloud hits global outsourcing contract values

EMEA sees a big slump in total deal value and a reduction in the number of contracts signed for the year

SMEs lacking in access security systems

Despite the SME shortcomings the access security market is expanding

WEF: 7.1m jobs to be culled as a result of new technology

But data analysts and 'specialised sales staff' should be safe despite 2020 revolution

Worldwide IT spending plummets $216bn

But the data centre sector is faring well, according to Gartner, with a three percent growth in spending projected for 2016

HPE leads cloud hardware sales market but could be caught by Dell

Sales up 23 percent year on year to $7.6 billion in the third quarter says analyst IDC

Office paper sticks around despite electronic document management

Almost 40 years have passed since British-American information scientist Frederick Wilfrid first envisioned a ‘paperless office’ in 1978

EMEA PC shipments slumped 16% says Gartner

Not much good news for PC vendors this year either says the analyst

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