Is it time for virtual reality to influence the data centre?

The part virtual reality (VR) can play in the evolution of the data centre has been mooted as far back as 2013 – but now the future looks good so…

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CSA Report: Shadow IT is a Threat to Cloud Adoption

Companies continue to struggle in identifying precise applications and services used by its employees, without prior validation from IT. The conclusion emerges from the study “Cloud adoption: practices and priorities”,…

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Salesforce quarterly figures prove cloud industry resistant to IT downturn

Salesforce’s latest quarterly figures have reversed the conventional logic of valuing cloud company stock, according to stock markets reaction. Before the cloud giant’s latest figures were released, many Wall Street…

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Major IT Players Form R Consortium to Strengthen Data Analysis

The Linux Foundation announced the formation ofR Consortium, with the intention of strengthening technical and user communities around the R language, the open source programming language for statistical data analysis.…

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45 Percent of IT Personnel Knowingly Circumvent Their Own Security Policies

An Absolute Software survey of 501 U.S. IT managers and decision makers at companies with 50 or more employees has found that fully 45 percent of repsondents admitted knowingly circumventing…

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Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 review – why you should make it one of your five-a-day

With Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, the developers have taken everything that was good about the first game, plonked it in a grow bag, lobbed it in a greenhouse and given it a daily sprinkling with…

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Dark Souls 3 fans take it upon themselves to fix the latest gameplay trailer

From Software debuted the latest gameplay trailer for Dark Souls 3 earlier this week and while the trailer showed off a bunch of great action and weapons, there was something…

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Unified Communications, Same as It Ever Was

Unified communications (UC) continues to be IT’s version of the high school student who yearns to sit at the cool kids’ table but never quite makes it. In the case…

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Best Cloud IT Certifications For 2016

IT pros with solid cloud computing skills continue to be in high demand as more companies adopt cloud technologies. With new credentials being added each year, how do you choose…

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After the flood: Why IT service continuity is your best insurance policy

The severe floods that hit the north of England and parts of Scotland in December 2015 and January 2016 devastated both homes and businesses, and led to questions about whether…

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