Managed Services trends revealed in SolarWinds report
Tuesday 11th Feb 2020 by clarebSolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, has released the findings of its 2019 Trends in Managed Services report, showing the health of managed services and the forces shaping the market across North America and Eur...Read More...
Half of MSPs wait post-hack to invest in cybersecurity
Friday 7th Feb 2020 by clarebAround half (47%) of IT Managed Service Providers (MSPs) admit to investing in cybersecurity products only after being hacked, according to new research by ESET, experts in cybersecurity and anti-virus company. The research surveyed 400 MSPs to ...Read More...
Increasing uncertainty placing strain on UK business leaders
Friday 10th Jan 2020 by clarebUK business leaders are struggling to cope with the pressures of a rapidly changing world. Increased competition, political uncertainty and facing greater scrutiny are all making it much tougher at the top - according to new research. A study of 1,0...Read More...1
2/5 UK business managers reluctant to hire those requiring flexible working
Wednesday 8th Jan 2020 by clarebKnowYourMoney.co.uk has commissioned a survey among more than 2,000 full-time workers in the UK, 750 of which were managers or directors. It has revealed businesses’ attitudes towards flexible working. Three-...Read More...
MSPs must close the ‘trust gap’ to succeed in 2020
Tuesday 7th Jan 2020 by clarebTrust is the most important factor for CIOs when choosing IT partners to work with, according to new research, showing that 80 per cent of respondents rate it as ‘quite important’ or ‘very importan...Read More...
Phil Jones channel predictions for 2020
Monday 6th Jan 2020 by clareb2019 was another year of consolidation in the channel. While this will continue, expect the ripple effects of some global megatrends to make themselves felt too. Phil Jones MBE, Managing Director of Brother UK shares his predictions. Power...Read More...2
How to improve employee retention in 2020
Monday 6th Jan 2020 by clarebIn 2019, 51 per cent of people had planned to move jobs by the end of the year, resulting in many businesses having to redouble their efforts to look for new talent going into 2020. Research shows that January 31st is the day that mo...Read More...
Five top trends that will shape the workplace in 2020
Monday 16th Dec 2019 by clarebWith employees demanding a better work experience, organisations are having to rethink their workspaces to facilitate a greater variety of collaborative interactions and autonomous work activities. With that in mind, Kleopatra Kivrakidou, Channel Mar...Read More...
MPS market poised for growth as 79% businesses plan to increase spend
Thursday 12th Dec 2019 by clarebThe Managed Print Services market is set for growth in 2020, but businesses are becoming more demanding as they aim to power digital transformation, reduce cost and security risk and improve sustainability performance. Quocirca’s latest M...Read More...3
CompTIA releases IT Industry Outlook 2020
Wednesday 20th Nov 2019 by clarebThe global IT industry heads into 2020 balancing its drive to produce new products and services, while addressing issues that are often by-products of innovation, according to the IT Industry Outlook 2020 report from CompTIA. Moving p...Read More...
Confidence remains high in channel despite challenging market
Monday 11th Nov 2019 by clarebAccording to new research from Agilitas IT Solutions, channel companies have a very high level of confidence and optimism in the future of the channel, giving an average confidence score of 7.6 out of a possible 10. As a pivotal part of its ‘C...Read More...
Uptick in UK demand for IT professionals
Tuesday 5th Nov 2019 by clarebMore than 165,000 job openings for core information technology (IT) positions were advertised by employers across the United Kingdom in Q3, according to an analysis of employment and labour data by CompTIA, the trade association for the global techno...Read More...4