Remote working needs are driving investment in new IT

Businesses are investing in new IT solutions to facilitate remote working, even though they’re severely strained on cash, a new report from iOFFICE’s Teem. Called “The state of workplace tech”, the paper polled 300 IT professionals, HR managers, and workplace experience leaders from the United States. It claims that for two in three respondents, a positive employee experience and the …

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HPC, the driving force behind engineering simulation?

Once limited to large-scale applications in the automotive, aerospace and defense sectors, over recent years engineering simulation is increasingly being applied to smaller scale, but no less valuable, R&D challenges. As customers demand higher quality products and more choice, companies are having to respond with faster, lower-cost prototyping and design, all delivered on time and within budget. To help meet …

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AI and automation are driving a shift in the storage market

Artificial intelligence (AI), automation and big data analytics projects are fueling a “fundamental shift” towards flash-based object storage, new data suggests. This is according to a new report from software-defined object storage firm Scality, which found that, while some businesses expect the change to happen within a year, others believe a three-year time period is more realistic. Polling IT decision-makers …

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Supply issues driving the price of business hardware through the roof

Margin mugging, a practice whereby businesses purchase products with heavily inflated margins, was rampant in the IT industry last year, a report from managed IT services firm Probrand suggests. As reported by The Register, the firm analyzed $6.6 million worth of hardware bought by businesses in the three months before the pandemic, as well as the rest of 2020. It …

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Is cross-collaboration the key to driving innovation when we get back into the office?

The UK has been working from home for over a year, and now with the success of the vaccine rollout, organizations are looking to head back into the office. Over 66 percent of business leaders are planning on reimagining the previous working model, by offering hybrid solutions for employees to work in the office and remotely. Navigating this new hybrid …

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Remote working is driving an exodus from major cities

Traditionally, people have been forced to move to big cities to take advantage the best job opportunities. But this also involved taking on higher living costs and suffering long and crowded commutes. However, with Covid-19 showing the majority of business owners (and employees) that remote working can be just as effective, we could witness a major mindset shift. This is …

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Vaccine programs driving increase in government IT spending

As vaccine rollouts gather pace, laying the foundation for economic recovery, governments around the world will look to speed up their digital transformation initiatives and prepare for an increasingly software-oriented future. This is according to a new report from analyst firm Gartner, which claims governments worldwide will spend more on software and remote working solutions, such as collaboration tools. Gartner …

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Remote working is driving the uptake of unified communications technology

The number of businesses that plan to support some form of remote working after the pandemic has increased by a third, a new report from software firm Ribbon Communications suggests. And unified communications will play a significant role in supporting these policies. Polling more than 4,500 technology decision-makers in 18 countries around the world, Ribbon found that Microsoft Teams, Zoom …

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AI driving personalization in travel buying

Personalization is the art of tailoring products, services and their delivery to individuals. In the age of digitalization, it takes websites to a new state of direct engagement with the visitor – responding to each individual’s interactions to understand their intent and interests to present the most relevant offers. In the travel sector, personalization allows businesses to significantly enhance the …

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How the citizen developer movement is driving digital transformation

In 2020 nearly every aspect of life has been upended, on both an organizational and individual level. Consumer behavior has shifted dramatically as we adapted to lockdowns and social distancing regulations and, to keep up, organizations have relied on software and hardware technologies to transform and modify business operations at rapid speed. Digital transformation (DX) is no longer a buzzword …

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