Many UK firms still aren’t making effective use of technology
For the majority of UK businesses, the biggest challenge in the next twelve months will be making the most of their tech stack. This is according to a new report from secure IT, comms and cloud service provider Daisy Corporate Services (DCS). Polling 165 UK businesses, DCS found that this challenge is further exacerbated by the fact that improving their …
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How can firms shatter the glass ceiling when it comes to achieving gender parity?
In the professional world, we’ve taken some laudable steps on the path to gender parity — but there’s still an awful lot of work to be done. This is true especially in the technology sector; a realm in which women remain woefully underrepresented with recruitment structures skewed heavily towards their male counterparts. The proportion of women in tech remains staggeringly …
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Migrating to the cloud is the top priority for most firms
The amount of unstructured data harvested by enterprises is growing fast, forcing organizations to improve their data management strategies and move deeper into the cloud. This is according to a new report from data management firm Komprise, based on a poll of 320 IT and storage professionals, which states that more than half (56 percent) are now prioritizing moving more …
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UK tech firms are struggling to recruit the right workers
Businesses are having a difficult time recruiting high-quality staff for technology roles, data from Tech Talent suggests. According to the firm, less than a quarter of UK tech leaders find it easy to identify suitable candidates. US businesses seem to be having a better time in that respect with 47 percent of leaders finding it easy to hire. However, technology …
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Majority of firms cannot detect rises in cloud costs
Most organizations have no idea how much money they are spending on cloud services, a new report from autonomous monitoring company Anodot suggests. As reported by Venturebeat, research suggests that four in five (80 percent) organizations cannot detect spikes in cloud costs immediately. More than a quarter said it can take months to notice a significant increase in how much …
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Many firms see distributed cloud as a viable solution for many challenges
The use of public cloud “skyrocketed” last year, with the Covid-19 pandemic driving revenues of $312 billion, according to analyst house IDC. This year, the firm says businesses are rushing to make the most of cloud and, to that end, many are eyeing distributed cloud. This service, which lets users run public cloud infrastructure in multiple different locations, allows for …
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Nearly half of firms aren’t reporting data breaches
New figures from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike suggest many British firms aren’t reporting data breaches in a timely manner, as is required per General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The company recently polled 500 decision-makers from the UK and found that less than half (42 percent) of those that had fallen victim to a data breach reported it to the relevant authority, …
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Many firms set to shift from big to small and wide data
Gartner believes it’s time for a shift in the direction data-hungry, AI-powered organizations are taking. Its latest report, “Top Trends in Data and Analytics for 2021: From Big to Small and Wide Data,” states that by 2025, almost three-quarters (70 percent) of organizations will shift their focus from big data, to small and wide data. That way they’ll be able …
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UK firms are being let down by their business security
With email being as prevalent as it is, and even more so since the rise of remote working, it may be a bit surprising to see the majority of businesses using email clients that don’t provide necessary cybersecurity protection. Yet, according to a new report from Mimecast, that’s exactly what’s going on: most businesses (58 percent) are using subpar email …
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British firms show recovery following pandemic
Despite Covid-19-induced lockdowns wreaking havoc among businesses in the UK, most managed not only to adapt to the shake-up but to thrive in it. According to a new report from Oracle NetSuite based on a poll of 2,000 employees all over Europe, 83 percent of UK businesses met or exceeded growth targets last year. Most of them don’t expect 2021 …
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