The new Sapiens BI and analytics offering will include reporting, dashboards, self-service BI and data discovery capabilities
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Amazon opens distribution network for IoT devices
AWS IoT is a new platform that is designed to make it easier to connect devices via the cloud
Dell and DocuSign form cloud electronic document alliance
Dell customers will be able to sign and manage legally enforceable documents in the cloud
Comarch: The Poles are coming!
IT solutions provider on the march thanks to Internet of Things, telemedicine and new UK contracts
Outsourcer Capgemini chooses Unit4 as ERP provider
Capgemini says demand for SaaS and Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) is growing
Fujitsu improves server incentives for partners
Hyper-converged market targeted and a new entry level flash solution to boot
BT puts the British back into customer service
BT expands UK customer service workforce and brings back offshored jobs to improve service
Ormuco chooses MigSolv as cloud data centre provider
The company is an HP Helion cloud service partner for private and public clouds
Echoworx looks to channel to grow message encryption offering
bluesource is one of the first new partners to come on board
SAS opens sales centre in Dublin for wider analytics market
The new centre will create 150 jobs as big data firm looks to mid-market to generate sales
Apple devices pose serious corporate security threat
Both users and IT departments are failing on data security says Centrify
World smartphone sales growth down says Gartner
But overall sales were still up over 13 percent in the second quarter
Fujitsu wins five-year Royal London processing contract
Mainframe has to be maintained as assurer seeks new technologies
Avnet signs Cisco and IBM VersaStack deal
Cloud and big data channel needs further addressed
Flexible working fuels 15 Percent rise in SMB cloud adoption
BT and BCC survey says 69 percent of UK SMBs now use cloud applications, with 9 out of 10 having at least one remote worker
HP aids enterprise Windows 10 migration strategies
The company has unveiled a full suite of OS planning solutions
Acronis cloud backup offered to ProfitBricks’ MSPs
The IaaS provider says it now has a 'best in class' backup offering
Cloud Growth Weighs Down SAP Profits
SAP reported strong growth in its cloud-based products, but saw lower profits and margins as a result
IBM Sees 13th Consecutive Quarterly Revenue Decline
Growth in cloud computing and big data wasn’t enough to compensate for declines in business services, software and hardware
CCS Media’s Future Thinking expo returns
The 18 November expo is sponsored by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Cisco and Microsoft
IT leaders say BI and analytics are ‘legacy’ and need ripping out
Customer databases and document management are also in the sights of IT decision makers wanting to further digitise their firms says Hitachi
Avnet launches CloudReady Programme in UK
Cloud specialists from HP, VMware and Avnet will address the major challenges facing IT service providers at a launch event next week
Avnet says it’s contending with strong dollar as sales reach $6.74bn
Excluding currency changes, sales increased 7 percent across the group when compared to the third quarter last year
Predictive Analytics: The Holy Grail Of Digital Marketing
Advertorial: After years of relentless hype, predictive analytics (PA) remains a woefully untapped weapon in the CMO’s arsenal
Mobile industry fails office workers with poor signals
UK businesses are losing £33 million a week from poor mobile phone signals available to their staff, according to research from ip.access
SME technology upgrades benefitting the channel says Virgin
2015 will see SMEs rushing to update their technology to take advantage of the economic recovery according to Virgin Media Business
Channel helped by increased school budgets says BESA
BESA research shows budgets for local authority schools are up, with rises expected to continue for the coming financial year
Virtualisation drives ‘strong’ network security appliance market
Industry analyst Dell’Oro Group says the network security appliance market will triple in revenue by 2019 helped by virtualisation
World Economic Forum fears of IoT need to be addressed
This week in Davos world leaders expressed fear about the uncontrolled growth of the Internet of Things, Intercede says education is needed
Enterprise flash storage firm Pure expands Emea channel
Pure Storage increases Emea bookings over 300 percent as it establishes its channel presence in more countries and expands executive team