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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Desktop Virtualization management from Oracle

The latest releases of Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Sun Ray Software are now available and include integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, providing the industry’s first complete, single vendor desktop virtualization solution that spans hardware, software, and enterprise-class management.

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Data Continuity Group launches Cloud Disaster Recovery as Managed Service

Data Continuity Group (DCG) has announced the launch of its managed cloud-based disaster recovery (CDR) service offering organisations the opportunity to deploy a comprehensive and cost-effective DR plan for their entire IT environment for a fixed monthly fee.

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Global publishing firm exceeds SLAs with scale-out flash storage

Agora Publishing, a global holding company for various publishers of financial, health, travel, and special interest books and newsletters, has built greater scalability, reliability and operational efficiency into its virtualisation infrastructure by deploying Coraid EtherFlash™, a scale-out, all-flash Ethernet storage solution.

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Fujitsu desktop virtualisation ‘in a box’ creates new IT beginnings at The Warren School

New IT increases classroom flexibility and enables remote learning on any device.

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Number of data leaks in government sector continues to rise

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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