Digitalisation World

Gartner survey of more than 2,800 CIOs reveals that CIOs must "flip" their leadership styles to grasp the digital opportunity

As the technologies and trends that power digitalization move to center stage, CIOs are being presented with a unique opportunity to become digital leaders according to a global survey of CIOs by Gartner, Inc. The survey showed that CIOs are fully aware that they will need to change in order to succeed in digital business, with 75 percent of respondents saying that they need to adapt their leadership style in the next three years.

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With five new Virtual Data Centre zones launched this year alone Interoute claims its place as the fastest-growing enterprise cloud services platform in Europe. Interoute, owner operator of Europe’s largest cloud services platform opens two new Interoute Virtual Data Centre (VDC) locations, one in London’s Canary Wharf and a second site in Slough, bringing its total number of Interoute VDC zones to ten globally. Together with its recent acquisition of one of the largest networks...

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Rackspace® has announced the appointment of Brian Kelly as Chief Security Officer. Kelly will be responsible for overseeing physical and information security efforts for Rackspace and its customers globally and will report to Mark Roenigk, Chief Operating Officer.

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83% of organisations still host business critical data on-premise.

Gartner says in the Digital World CIOs need bimodal IT: rock solid IT with ability for fluidity

CIOs need a rock solid and efficient IT operation that frees up time and resources for innovation, and just as important in digital business, they need to be fluid, according to Gartner, Inc. In digital business, IT leaders must be part solid and part fluid to succeed.

Tight IT budgets to drive efficiency demands in 2015

Increasing efficiency will be the number one priority for IT departments in 2015, as organisations look to get more value out of their IT spend, according to research released today by Brocade. The research, taken from a survey of UK-based IT Decision-Makers (ITDMs), found that increasing efficiency is a top priority for 53 percent of IT leaders in 2015. Budget restrictions are the main driver behind this need for efficiency, with just 31 percent of organisations expecting their IT capital...

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Tilt Renewables chooses Greenbyte for data management

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Tech Mahindra and Microsoft introduce AI platform for telecom data

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DataRobot and Foxtons partner to drive data transformation

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IFS launches Emissions Management module in collaboration with Climatiq

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