2014 will be a year of escalation, consolidation, and innovation

International Data Corporation (IDC) has offered the first of its annual predictions for the coming year in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. IDC's predictions for 2014 were heavily influenced by the 3rd Platform, the industry's emerging platform for growth and innovation built on the technology pillars of mobile computing, cloud services, big data and analytics, and social networking.

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HP introduces data centre innovations

New IT converged systems, converged storage accelerate time to market, reduce cost, simplify building data centers for New Style of IT.

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Acronis completes full circle of backup protection

Acronis® says that Acronis Backup & Recovery® 11.5 now delivers comprehensive protection for all environments and platforms for SMBs. The added support of Microsoft® Active Directory secures the “backbone” of an SMB’s IT infrastructure, as tens of thousands of business-critical applications rely on Active Directory to authenticate and authorise users.

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Backup Technology offers Symantec ‘lifeline’

Backup Technology (BTL is offering a lifeline to Symantec customers affected by the American company’s decision to close down its Backup Exec.cloud service.

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The power of technology

The improving economy heralds a heartening year for UK investment in IT, according to a new survey from American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) and CFO Research, Supporting Growth with New Technologies. Results of the survey show that more than three quarters (76%) of those surveyed plan to increase investments in technology in 2014, with 41% of CFOs planning to increase their spending on IT by 10% or more in 2014.

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IT professionals cautiously optimistic on 2014 revenues, IT budgets, and hiring plans

Spiceworks has announced the results of a new survey analyzing the perceptions small-to-medium enterprise (SME) and large organization IT professionals have of the United Kingdom (UK) economy, government policies and the perceived IT skills gap. Despite new technology initiatives and policies aimed at driving growth, most IT professionals feel the UK remains in a recession. However, IT professionals, particularly those in large organizations, are optimistic that revenue, IT budgets, and hiring...

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