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IT services market endured a dismal end to 2012

Last year was the worst for IT services contract activity since 2002, according to research from Ovum. Performance in the three months to the end of December 2012 fell well below the levels seen in the same period of 2011, ensuring that annual IT services contract activity fell to its lowest level for 10 years, both in terms of total contract value (TCV) and deal volume.

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Dataguise has announced the results of a recent survey on the importance of securing sensitive data in Apache Hadoop environments. The study was conducted at the O’reilly Strata Conference and the RSA Conference where survey participants highlighted the need to secure sensitive information in Hadoop deployments, reducing the risk for non-compliance.

Published in Device Security Management Security + Compliance Storage + Servers

InfoWatch Research Center has released its latest annual report on worldwide data leaks reported by the press during 2012. According to InfoWatch analysts, more than 1.8 billion records were compromised in 2012, including those containing financial and personal data. The press reported 934 confidential information leaks, a 16% increase compared with last year. Direct losses – those that were published in open sources – alone amounted to more than 37.8 million dollars.

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Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting Device Security Management Security Security + Compliance Storage + Servers

A report on remote and home working released today has found that British businesses could be saving £34 billion just in freeing up overheads. But Fasthost’s Simon Yeoman has suggested that whilst working outside of the office has essentially become the norm for an increasing number of firms, decision makers must have the foresight to prevent hidden costs associated with taking business critical data off-site.

Dell joins forces with Softcat on the NSSA to deliver servers and storage to universities

Dell has confirmed Softcat as one of its nominated resellers on the National Servers & Storage...

Nottingham Building Society strengthens security

Varonis has detailed how Nottingham Building Society is using Varonis DatAdvantage and...

Email fraud risk under the air industry's radar

The COVID-19 pandemic saw international travel halted and while many regions are still unable to...

UK channel providers over-reliant on vendors

38% of resellers do not or will not collaborate with fellow service providers.

Most companies are unprepared for DNS attacks

Infoblox has released results of a global survey finding that DNS security is often overlooked...

IST chooses Proact as a partner

Proact is supplying a converged IT infrastructure to IST (International Software Technology AB)...

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