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G-Cloud Breaks Billion Pound Barrier

Feb 12, 2016

Digital Marketplacehas reached £1 billion in sales, it was recently announced.

Ouch! Average Data Breach Over A Million Squid

Feb 12, 2016

UK companies no longer believe data breaches are something that usually happens to someone else – they're now expecting it, and expecting it to cost. According to the latest Risk:Value report from NTT Com Security, the majority of businesses in the UK (57 per cent) nowadays expect to be breached, and anticipate it would cost at least £1.2m...

IT Profs Feeling The Heat

Feb 11, 2016

Security breaches, data theft and various cyber-threats with expensive consequences have put a lot of pressure on IT executives everywhere, a disturbing new study by Trustwave suggests.

Hacking Incident Overshadows Kid IT Firm

Feb 11, 2016

Electronic toys maker VTech has recently been a victim of a cyber-attack, which has seen the data of more than 6.3 million children exposed - hackers got access to chat logs and photos, it confirms.

One In Four UK Firms Outsource At Least Some IT Jobs

Feb 10, 2016

IT resourcing specialist Experis says there's a definite rise in interest.

Figures Suggest Big Upsurge In Outsourcing

Feb 10, 2016

During the first half of 2015, one might have said that outsourcing in the UK has seen better days - but by the end of the year, a total of £5.67bn of UK such agreements got inked.

Silver Surfers Comfortable With E-Talking With Suppliers

Feb 10, 2016

In a third of cases, people aged 65 and over say they prefer to communicate with businesses through digital channels, a new study by Echo Managed Services says.

Is Local Government ICT Built On 'Shifting Sands'?

Feb 10, 2016

Raft of pressures on local authorities has increased diversity of ICT-enabled service transformation approaches, says latest Socitm report.

Facebook 'Illegal Tracking' Claim

Feb 09, 2016

Social media giant facing a great deal of heat in the European Union, where many countries are concerned with the ways in which the site collects data and in how it uses cookies to track users.