Acquiring new talent, offering cloud services and marketing initiatives have helped matters shows research
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Smartwatch market plummets in the third quarter
Sellers forced to push ageing watches as suppliers dilly dally on the way forward says analyst IDC
Brits own £2.3bn worth of unused gadgets
Old mobiles, smartphones, laptops and games consoles just gathering dust shows research
CIF: Channel needs more vendor support in selling cloud
Migration, contracts, SLAs and technical support are still big issues for many resellers
Most UK SMEs feel ‘no impact’ from Brexit says Close
London reports bigger impact but even there is the most positive when it comes to Brexit opportunities
Large format printer market ups shipments and sales
HP Inc shipped 46 percent of LFPs globally in the second quarter of 2016 says IDC
IT departments admit they don’t understand business
Continuing confusion caused by the on-demand economy makes it harder for channel to do business
IT SMEs struggle with business contracts and compliance
Business insurance firm Hiscox publishes handy guides to help IT SMEs address the issues
Almost all cloud applications are ‘insecure’ shows research
98 percent of cloud apps analysed are 'not GDPR ready' shows Blue Coat research
Almost two-thirds of EMEA firms avoid Windows 10
The free upgrade ends tomorrow but it hasn't enthused many firms according to research
€5.3 million tender to support European cloud initiative
Ten top European research bodies, including the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council, support the tender
UK sees big jump in technology firm investments
The UK is still a good place to make technology investments according to research
Internet of Things far from replacing service engineers
Human instinct cannot be replaced say firms that run their own field service operations
Mobile phone insurance market outstrips travel insurance
Expensive smartphone takeup is driving the global mobile insurance market says analyst
CompTIA-certified IT pros earn an average of £60,000 a year
Over 2m CompTIA certifications have been awarded globally so far, including widespread take-up in the channel
Brexit fails to dampen cloud spending says analyst IDC
Public cloud spending is taking the lion's share though says the analyst house
MSPs expect high growth but they ‘fear’ the cloud
CompTIA research shows managed service providers aren't jumping head-first into the cloud
UK SITS market to reach £50bn by 2019 says analyst
Digital transformation and cloud to dominate proceedings, eventually, says TechMarketView
No panic in IT recruitment despite Brexit says Harvey Nash
Research since the result last week shows most IT hiring companies are just getting on with it
Video conferencing hardware market pummelled by cloud
Revenue down 22 percent as simple cloud products ruin video conference infrastructure sales
Field service to become prime sales driver by 2018
Maintenance and service is the earner to go after as margins rapidly get lower at the point of sale
Grim outlook for PCs not helped by free Windows 10
Prolonged slump of PC shipments will get worse, despite falling sales of both tablets and smartphones
IT buyers follow the tech trends but can’t deploy them
Capita and Cisco research outlines buyer frustration and confusion when it comes to nine emerging IT trends
Cloud and security are main IT spending areas this year
Toshiba research outlines the spending targets for the UK, France and Germany
Outsourcing in UK retail more than doubles
E-commerce and mobile help drive digital transformation strategies of retailers
CIOs complain of increasing IT support burden
Mixture of cloud, mobile and legacy IT support demands is keeping IT leaders awake at night
Projector market fails to see the light as sales tumble
Only India and China showing any real growth as other technologies challenge
Average national IT salary breaks £40,000 mark
And four regions are well over the average shows research
Most firms don’t have a ‘full’ cloud strategy
Companies not coming up to the mark on multi and hybrid cloud strategies
Most UK firms moving towards digital transformation
CIF research though shows there is still plenty of work to do
