Personal and entry level storage market sees strong end to 2013
According to data from market intelligence specialist IDC worldwide shipments of personal and entry level storage (PELS) grew by 13.6 percent in 2013.
By the end of the year 75.2 million units had been shipped. Shipment values were up too, growing 6.2 percent over the year to reach $6.7 billion.
Intel Data Platform helps businesses unlock their big data
Many companies are keen to exploit the potential of big data but are wary of the potential costs involved in doing so.
To help businesses get maximum value from their big data investments Intel is launching the Intel Data Platform, a software suite based on open source technologies.
HP mobile app catalog empowers companies to deliver BYOD
The spread of BYOD means that employees increasingly expect a seamless experience, accessing content on the device of their choice.
With the launch of its new HP Access Catalog, HP lets enterprises create a secure app store so employees can instantly download applications and digital content across both mobile and desktop devices.
Elasticsearch adds features and scalability in new release
Elasticsearch, the big data search and analytics specialist, has launched its first major product release.
Elasticsearch 1.0 is built on the company's experience of helping businesses deploy Elasticsearch as part of the ELK stack, used by many major organizations including Netflix, Soundcloud and Facebook.
Free 15GB Bitrix24 account for BetaNews readers
Social intranet cloud site Bitrix24 is two years old and has over 100,000 company sign-ups. To celebrate it is giving BetaNews readers the chance to claim a free account with 15 GB of online document storage -- standard free accounts only get 5GB.
Here is how to claim yours.
CRM is here to stay as businesses seek to improve customer experiences
CRM has been around for a long time, but don't be tempted to think that it's on the way out. Companies are seeing CRM technology as a major part of their digital initiatives in order to improve customer experience.
This is the finding of the latest Gartner market trends report which says that demand for improved customer relationships is driving the expanded integration and use of CRM technology.
2013's malware trends reveal non-Windows systems face greater threats
Threats to Mac OS X, Linux and Android systems have increased over the past year as the malware landscape has evolved.
This is among the findings of Russian antivirus company Doctor Web which has released its annual overview of threats. Other trends include an increase in the number of programs designed to display annoying ads and a surge in the number of Bitcoin and Litecoin mining trojans.
CryptoLocker ransomware is flourishing
The number of CryptoLocker infections is rising, causing problems for administrators and potentially raising millions of dollars for the malware authors behind it.
Security awareness training firm KnowBe4 says it's seeing a rise in the number of complaints about CryptoLocker as users are tricked into opening attachments and infecting their workstations.
GoGrid simplifies moving to big data
Big data is something that many companies are keen to exploit, but implementing big data solutions involves a number of hurdles.
Open Data Services specialist GoGrid is aiming to make the move to big data easier with its launch of 1-Button Deploy technology.
Point.io makes accessing enterprise data easier regardless of platform
We looked at the launch of the Point.io backend as a service (BaaS) platform last year and explained how it could help companies retain control of their data in the era of BYOD.
The company is now making it easier to enable fast, secure data links with the launch of APIdoc, a single point of access for all file sharing and storage technologies.
Automated reminder system helps cut the cost of missed appointments
Missed appointments cost health services and other businesses a significant amount of money, estimated at millions of dollars each year. Los Angeles-based marketing firm Screenpush is aiming to change that with the launch of Notifly.
Notifly works by sending out text message reminders in the run up to an appointment, prompting patients or customers to either confirm or cancel. On the business side of things a color-coded interface makes it easy to track each day's appointments and work around changes.
Cyber security threats are for life, not just the Winter Olympics
With the Winter Olympics about to start there have been a number of stories pointing out the security risks of people using their mobile devices in Sochi.
Writing in a blog post, Paul Proctor, vice president and analyst at Gartner says it's important to remember that you're not really safe anywhere and it's your behavior that's the key factor in your security.
Xamarin and built.io get together to aid end to end mobile development
Mobile development specialist raw engineering saw its built.io backend as a service product come out of beta in November.
It's now announced a partnership with front end developer tool Xamarin to give users a complete development solution whilst making built.io’s functions available to existing Xamarin clients.
The top drivers and barriers for BYOD
Many businesses are still unsure of the benefits of allowing BYOD despite the fact that it's reckoned 59 percent of people using BYOD get more work done on their own device. So what are the main factors involved?
BYOD implementation expert Moka5 has put together an infographic showing the top three drivers and barriers to companies investing in the technology.
Over 60 percent of organizations suffer security breaches in 2013
A survey of more than 750 security decision makers and practitioners in North America and Europe finds that more than 60 percent have suffered some form of security breach in 2013.
In its first Cyberthreat Defense Report the Cyber Edge Group aims to provide an all-round view of organizations’ security threats, response plans, processes, and investments.
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