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The European General Data Protection Regulation – a major opportunity for cloud providers

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New AIIM whitepaper highlights the potential to deliver EU-wide services under a single operations model, but also the risk if organisations do not comply. The forthcoming European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) offers a single law for organisations to follow, but increases fines up to 100 million Euros if found guilty of a ‘negligent breach’ of privacy or loss of data.

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U.K. research released by Juniper Networks reveals that nearly one quarter of respondents (21.8 percent) said they don’t use cloud technology or don’t know what it is, yet the same respondents spend large amounts of time using digital, cloud-based applications such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Spotify. The findings highlight a large disparity between consumers’ digital behaviour and their understanding of the technology that powers it.

New benchmarking studies reveal how users can get up to 60 per cent more performance from any existing infrastructure

Bare metal cloud provider Bigstep debunks a number of infrastructure myths, such as more CPUs equal more performance and that OS choice has only minimal impact on performance.

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Unisys to modernise, support and maintain mission-critical applications for Spain’s air traffic control services provider.

Survey shows the role of IT is changing

KPMG LLP and ServiceNow have announced the results of a joint survey, shedding light on how IT professionals see their role changing across the enterprise as well as how they can improve organisational efficiency by shifting how work gets done.

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Commitment to providing MSPs with a comprehensive set of solutions expected by clients drives continued growth and service adoption.

Miller renews with Phoenix for 100 per cent continuity coverage

Three-year contract renewal reflects ‘excellent’ services.

Redstor launches Disaster Recovery service

Reading based tech company adds guaranteed Virtual DR to its list of services.

Limitless Digital Group chooses Adapt’s managed hybrid cloud to supercharge growth

Enabling progressive digital commerce with integrated Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Adapt private...

Performance is top challenge for Cloud-wise organisations

Rise of fast, big data applications exposes price-performance obstacles for organisations using...

Failure of iCloud brings richer pickings for hackers

Computer security expert issues warning, in light of celebrity picture leaks.

CIOs feel more vulnerable than five years ago

Research shows European CIOs feel greater personal risk for the decisions they make – as the...

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