The huge number of potential benefits the cloud can bring to businesses has undoubtedly driven its popularity. Increased operational agility, enhanced flexibility and having the capacity and bandwidth to scale up and down are just some of the profitable perks. For early adopters of the cloud, security was also an enticing reason to migrate; business…
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A business moves to a cloud based solution for many reasons. Scalability is one, as is connectivity. Increased security usually wins the list of requirements, alongside greater resilience, redundancy and guaranteed uptime. Then there is the plethora of ‘as a service’ style software solutions, all of which have to be built, configured, and populated with
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In the last year, there has been a significant shift in the way businesses manage and process data. Since the switch from individual servers to network systems, the cost of in-house data centres have soared. There are significant expenses involved in maintaining and updating the infrastructure, and security and repairs also require additional budget allocation.
Colocation, the practice of housing privately-owned servers and networking equipment in a third-party data centre, has increasingly become an effective means for companies looking to scale their data centres. According to a BCC Research report the industry is forecasted to grow in size to $54.8 billion by 2020, with an expected compound annual growth rate
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SCC has become one of only five organisations in the UK that has been awarded the CAS (S) certification by the UK government. It’s a notable achievement, highlighting our capabilities in handling highly sensitive information by giving SCC the authority to handle and process classified government data. SCC’s Barry Mitchell (Supply Chain Sales Manager) and
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As cyberattacks grow in sophistication, ethical hacking, or penetration testing, is the key to ensuring a secure cyber future. Regardless of the size of an organisation, all IT systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks. These can be from Internet-based viruses such as WannaCry, or internal breaches by employees. And if businesses want to avoid becoming a
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The ‘on demand’ mindset of the modern consumer is forcing businesses of every type to digitally transform all aspects of their delivery strategy. According to Forbes in today’s age of the customer, brands have embraced customer experience as a key competitive differentiator, with a Deloitte survey revealing that 90% of businesses flagged improving the customer experience
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For many millennials and emerging Generation Z customers, the on-demand economy is so overarching that many have no idea what the world was like without instant consumer gratification. The busy high street; queueing in shops; Blockbuster videos; Radio Rentals. All are redundant in the on-demand economy. From instant video streaming on Netflix to online home
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For many decades, the UK has been falling behind both its European counterparts and its US cousins, with British workers producing less, per hour of work, than their equivalents in the US, Germany and France. At present, the UK has the world’s fifth largest economy, but languishes in 15th in terms of the productivity table.
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We will soon be living in a post smartphone era, but what will that look like? In the dark recesses of all IT departments in all businesses there will be some It products of yesteryear gathering dust. Fax Machines, Palm Pilots and laptops that were the size of suitcases all reside there now that sun
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The UK is now the most targeted nation for cyber-attacks following a 134% rise in hijacking attempts against British machines and soaring ransomware attacks. That’s according to Malwarebytes’ annual State of Malware report, that reveals UK-bound ransomware has increased by 165%. On a global basis, ransomware targeting businesses also saw a 90% hike over the
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Over the last few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has grown in importance. In Silicon Valley, the world’s biggest tech companies – Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tesla – are engaged in an artificial intelligence arms race. In the last year, we’ve seen AI commercialised for home-use in the form of Amazon’s Echo and the Google Home, with
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