More investment in digital technology required to solidify pandemic gains
The Covid-19 pandemic has expedited the digital plans of many UK businesses, who were forced to improve how they communicate with their customers via digital channels. However, many of the changes made in the past year were mostly short-term measures to ensure continuity. Now, to make sure these changes work for the long term, organizations will need to invest further. …
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Workers fear a ‘return to the old ways’ after the pandemic
Despite the obvious benefits of the new technologies implemented by businesses at the start of the pandemic, many employees fear their organizations will roll back the changes as soon as restrictions are lifted. This is according to a poll of nearly 4,000 employees and business leaders across 11 countries, the results of which were published in a new report from …
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The pandemic has accelerated cloud adoption but left us exposed
One year on from the beginning of lockdowns in the UK, businesses and people alike are more than accustomed to the challenges and perks of working from home. Mass remote working is a sizable shift to working cultures, and it is equally matched by the technological shift which is happening beneath the surface to support this. Rapid multi-cloud adoption has …
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Corporate data breaches have skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic
Since the majority of the workforce traded the office for a home working environment, the number of data incidents has increased by a fifth. This is according to a new report from digital marketing firm Reboot Online, which says that, in most cases, former executives and employees are behind the breaches. Reboot polled roughly 1,200 business owners and employees across …
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Organizations forced to ramp up pen testing during the pandemic
Covid-19 and the rise of remote working has forced cybersecurity organizations to rethink how they approach penetration testing. According to a new report from cybersecurity firm Core Security, more than a quarter (28 percent) of businesses have increased pen testing, while almost half (45 percent) placed greater emphasis on network security tests. In total, 85 percent said they conduct pen …
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The pandemic has helped most UK firms speed up digitization
Experts and market analysts have advised organizations to speed up digital transformation for years now, but it has taken a global pandemic to force many into action. This is according to a new report from cloud and hosting services provider IONOS, which found that almost two thirds of UK’s SMEs believe Covid-19 has impacted their digitization efforts. Polling 1,003 UK …
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Mobile devices could help drag SMBs out of the pandemic slump
As UK businesses enter the post-lockdown recovery phase, they are turning to various technology solutions to help them move out of the pandemic slump. One of the main solutions, according to a new report from Samsung, is mobile technology. Polling decision-makers and employees in the Finance and Professional Services sectors, Samsung Enterprise found that three in ten don’t have enough …
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The pandemic has turned data centers into a ‘fifth utility’
For businesses in the UK, data centers have become just as important as water, electricity, gas or telecoms, according to the data and analytics company GlobalData. Describing data centers as the “fifth utility”, the company says various businesses are now “increasingly reliant” on data centers to provide cloud services that will drive “significant” market expansion over the next decade. According …
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Many businesses facing new security challenges after pandemic
Since the pandemic forced everyone indoors, businesses have had to adapt by deploying new IT solutions that facilitate remote working. With new tools and ways of working, however, came a range of new cybersecurity threats. This is according to a new report from security firm Tanium, based on a poll of 500 senior level IT decision-makers, which states that new …
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Public sector working has changed for good due to the pandemic
Prior to the pandemic, extensive regulation was one of the key roadblocks faced by public sector firms that wanted to adopt remote and hybrid working practices. However, Covid-19 has changed all that, steering public sectors organizations down the remote working path. This is according to a new report from cloud provider Nutanix, which states that fewer than 15 percent of …
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