IBM set to spin off managed infrastructure services to focus on hybrid cloud

Next year, IBM will split into two separate public companies, according to reports. One part of the business will focus on hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI), and is expected to be led by Red Hat, while the other part will focus more on legacy IT infrastructure. We still don’t know much about the new company, but it will reportedly …

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Becoming a leader: the lessons of migrating from affiliate network to SaaS platform

The decision to migrate an affiliate program from a network solution to a SaaS platform isn’t a trivial one, but there comes a point in a company’s life where it begins to make an increasingly compelling kind of sense. Done correctly, at the right scale, there are costs to be saved and enhanced revenues to be made, as well as …

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IaaS visibility and access management could be key to stopping cyberattacks

Almost half of the world’s organizations have suffered a cyberattack due to poor infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) visibility and access management. This is according to a new report from SailPoint, which claims that businesses are failing to prioritize proper identity governance controls for IaaS platforms as they would for other parts of the business. Making matters worse, three quarters of businesses use …

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IT teams need to work closer together than ever before

Businesses whose IT teams communicate better, especially during turbulent periods, perform far better than those that struggle to collaborate internally. This is according to a new report from SolarWinds, which claims IT teams need to work closer than ever before if they are to help their organizations move through the pandemic. According to the report, businesses are faced with “new …

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Many companies are only spending on IT to avoid penalties

Protecting company and customer data is not the main motivator behind the increase in cybersecurity investment, which is driven primarily by a fear of financial penalty, claims a new report from Thycotic. Based on a poll of more than 900 CISOs and senior IT decision makers globally, the report states that almost a quarter of respondents (23 percent) believe the …

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Businesses struggling to implement hybrid cloud effectively

Even though most companies see hybrid cloud as the ideal IT model, many are having trouble implementing it. This is according to a new report from enterprise cloud computing firm Nutanix, which states that digital transformation took longer than expected for 70 percent of organizations. Almost all of the companies polled think they would benefit from an “optimal” hybrid implementation, …

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Shadow IT could be the secret key to business growth

Shadow IT, which refers to the use of unapproved tools by employees, could actually propel business growth in the months and years to come, claims a new report from Forcepoint and Fujitsu. According to the report, Covid-19 and the remote working boom have resulted in “unprecedented” levels of shadow IT. There has been a reported 45 percent increase in the …

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Nearly a third would quit their job if remote working was not supported

Some people have enjoyed working from home so much during the Covid-19 pandemic that, if asked to return to the office, they would simply refuse. This is according to a new report from Data Solutions, which claims that almost a third of UK workers would rather quit their job than forfeit the option to work from home on a permanent …

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Integrated infrastructure will make the National Data Strategy a reality

The release of the National Data Strategy (NDS) in September is a major step forward for the government’s digital approach. Long in the making, it sets out an ambitious program for improving the country’s data capabilities, drawing on experience from the government’s response to Covid-19. The pandemic starkly illustrated public services’ urgent requirement for accurate and accessible data. Such information …

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Quarter of workers will suffer in silence rather than contact tech support teams

Remote workers in the UK would rather suffer in silence than reach out to their IT department for help, a new report from NetMotion claims.  According to the company’s figures, two thirds of remote workers (66 percent) reported encountering an IT issue so far during the pandemic. Of these, more than half (57.5 percent) decided not to share their issues …

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