Fragmented data raises risks
The increasing tendency for employees to store their company information on cloud services and mobile devices does not only pose a cyber-security threat for businesses. Fragmentation of corporate data creates unnecessary cost, escalates risk and potentially undermines...Firms missing info strategy
Fewer than 10% of today’s enterprises have a true information strategy. Research by Gartner has found that, just as business model thinking wasn’t mainstream or well-rehearsed a decade ago, management thinking at an “information as strategy” level is...HP embraces new IT style
HP Discover, Las Vegas – The concept of a new “IT style” emerging in the industry, as opposed to an evolutionary step or a paradigm shift, was first mooted by HP at its PartnerWorld conference earlier this year. And during a press conference at HP...Sixth quarter of server decline
Factory revenue in the EMEA server market reached $2,8-billion in the first quarter of 2013, a decrease of 10,5% when compared with the same quarter of 2012, according to the latest EMEA Server Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). In euros, revenue...Jo’burg is most popular in Africa
Johannesburg is set to be the most popular destination in Africa, with a projected 2,54-million international visitors expected to visit the city in 2013, according to the third annual MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index. Despite a marginal 5,5% increase in...