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IT budgets set to increase according to a third (37%) of financial services organisations

Survey of UK & Ireland financial services sector reveals companies are set to spend as cost-cutting moves down the agenda and customers become priority.

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Reflexis, a leader in integrated real-time execution and workforce management solutions, has selected SoftLayer, an IBM company, to help customers in the retail industry make the transition to cloud computing. Reflexis is looking to transform the retail industry by providing customers with its own platform-as-a-service (PaaS) based on SoftLayer's infrastructure, to help them implement mobile and Web applications.

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Qsan Technology, Inc. has been picked by cloud hosting expert 1st Easy as favourite to provide the hardware for its cloud computing platforms. 1st Easy, which provides VMware cloud hosting services, chose the Qsan P600Q-D424 arrays in place of its legacy systems because of the solution’s high resilience and excellent cost effectiveness. There are currently three Qsan arrays in situ, providing dual cloud platforms across two commercially independent data centres, providing technical and...

South Korea’s improving economic conditions boost ICT expenditure

Due to the improving economy and enhanced financial prospects in South Korea, enterprises embrace ICT as a major tool for business improvement.

Worldwide IT market showing tentative signs of improvement

According to the newly published International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Black Book (Doc #250222), recent volatility will gradually give way to a more positive outlook for IT spending in the second half of 2014. With the U.S. and other mature economies mostly heading in the right direction and a significant commercial PC refresh cycle already underway, improvements in business confidence are set to drive a moderate infrastructure upgrade cycle over the next 12-18 months, while...

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FireHost, the secure cloud provider, has appointed Eleri Gibbon as Vice President of EMEA. In this position, Gibbon oversees FireHost's business in the region, including all aspects of sales, business development, partners, and support.

New partnership sees IATA take flight in the Interoute cloud

Interoute Virtual Data Centre provides secure, global ICT infrastructure to support IATA financial...

Western Europe split between progressives and conservatives

A game of two halves in Europe as France, Spain and Benelux lead the charge on innovative IT...

Equinix acquires Istanbul Data Centre from Zenium

State-of-the-art facility provides Equinix with additional capacity and interconnection in Turkey.

NexGen selects Interxion to launch its cloud direct connect service in France

NexGen Networks, premier provider of fibre optic-based network solutions to the world’s...

Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT lead colocation market

New Q1 data from Synergy Research Group shows that Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT maintain a...

Newcastle United and Onyx Group announce Premier IT Initiative

Newcastle United Football Club have announced a new project with local firm Onyx Group as they...

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