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Long shifts in data centres leading to downtime

Human error has been a contributing role factor in major datacentre outages over the past three years and organisations need to guard against operat...

MSPs struggle to keep pace with changes in cybersecurity landscape and to find skilled workers

The biggest challenge facing MSPs is keeping up with the latest cybersecurity solutions and technologies, according to a new report from Sophos.

Magnetic tape sales keep growing despite proliferation of cloud and on-premises alternatives

Sales of magnetic tape continue to be strong, even though there are plenty of cloud and on-premises options available, according to the latest figur...

AI sustainability benefits must be balanced against environmental costs

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help businesses become more sustainable, but the benefits must be measured against the environmental costs of the t...

UK enterprises spending close to £1 billion annually on green tech

UK enterprises are spending almost £1 billion on green technologies annually and organisations with 250+ employees using green technologies are spe...

HP unveils first PCs designed to harness power of AI

HP has launched the HP OmniBook X AI PC and HP EliteBook Ultra AI PC – it’s first next-gen AI PCs built from the ground up with the latest ARM a...

AR/VR spending set for 22% annual growth in Europe over the next four years

Spending on augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) systems in Europe will reach $4.8 billion this year and maintain a 21.9% compound annual growth r...

Why AI and saving energy might be opposing forces

The increasing energy consumption of data centres could be a significant problem, according to a BBC report on the electricity consumption of AI.

Global cloud spending grows 21% in Q1 2024

Worldwide cloud infrastructure services expenditure grew by 21% year-on-year in Q1 2024 to reach US$79.8 billion, an increase of US$13.4 billion, a...

Lenovo unveils new Copilot+ PCs for businesses and consumers

Lenovo has launched the two AI-driven devices for consumers and business – the Yoga Slim 7x and ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 are the company’s first next...

Estimating and demonstrating business value holds back AI adoption

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is the number-one type of AI solution deployed in organisations, according to a new survey by Gartner, w...

Updated version of best-selling Dell display is more energy efficient

Dell has launched the P2425 series of displays, an upgrade from the enduringly popular P2422 range that are more power efficient and ideal for use t...

AI – is it such a big deal and what does it mean to the IT channel?

It’s impossible to read any IT news in 2024 without seeing AI mentioned.

Is it time to take the Pledge?

In this article, we look at the Microsoft Parter Pledge and ask if it’s something that all partners should sign up for? The challenge of k...

Global smartphone market starts 2024 strongly with 11% growth in Q1

According to Canalys’ latest research, worldwide smartphone shipments grew 11% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024 as consumer demand picke...

Lenovo embraces the AI PC Era with new ThinkCentre desktops

Lenovo has unveiled a selection of ThinkCentre desktops designed to meet the diverse needs of modern business.

Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending to grow 8% in 2024

Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5.06 trillion in 2024, an increase of 8% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. This is...

End of Support on Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 now less than 18 months away

Microsoft has reminded users that a number of applications and server products – including Office 2016 and Office 2019 – will reach the end of s...

Q1 PC shipments reflect ongoing market recovery

The worldwide PC market had a healthy start to 2024, with total shipments of desktops and notebooks growing 3.2% annually to 57.2 million units in Q...

Lenovo puts the focus on innovation and sustainability with latest ThinkPad L Series and X Series laptops

Lenovo has launched its latest business laptop offerings – the ThinkPad L series and ThinkPad X13 series – underlining its commitment to innovat...

Spending on shared cloud infrastructure continues to grow at double-digit rates

Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments increased 18.5% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2023 to $31.8...

Nutanix study finds AI, security, and sustainability major drivers for cloud adoption

The use of hybrid multicloud models is forecast to double over the next one-to-three years as IT organisations look to modernise their IT infrastru...

Dynamics teams bring partners together to deliver revolutionary finance solution for the councils

TD SYNNEX has supported a public sector specialist and a Microsoft Dynamics Business Central partner in forming an alliance that has led to the deve...

Can Copilot AI entice people back into the office?

Providing a better environment that is more conducive to collaborative working and conferencing is seen as one of the keys to getting people back in...

HP unleashes ‘industry’s largest’ portfolio of AI PCs

HP has announced what it claims to be ‘the industry’s largest’ portfolio of AI-enabled PCs.

AI-capable PCs forecast to make up 40% of global PC shipments in 2025

An estimated 48 million AI-capable PCs will ship worldwide in 2024, representing 18% of total PC shipments, and surpass 100 million in 2025, 40% of ...

Lenovo and NVIDIA aim to put the power of AI into the hands of every business

Lenovo has announced new hybrid AI solutions, built in collaboration with NVIDIA, that can be used to deliver tailored generative AI applications to...

Lenovo awarded Champion status in Canalys Titans Channel Leadership Matrix

Lenovo has been recognised as a Champion vendor in the 2024 Canalys Titans Channel Leadership Matrix.

AV tech installed during the pandemic needs to be updated

A report by a specialist audiovisual integrator has revealed that 41% of professionals in the sector say technology installed during the Covid-19 pa...

Palo Alto Networks teams up with NVIDIA to provide private 5G security solutions

Palo Alto Networks has announced a range of end-to-end private 5G security solutions in collaboration with leading industry partners, including NVID...

Sophos MDR and Sophos XDR now integrate with Veeam

Organisations using Veeam Backup and Replication can now strengthen their defences against ransomware by taking advantage of the integration between...

Canon expands office portfolio with new A4 i-SENSYS and i-SENSYS x models

Canon UK has expanded its portfolio by launching upgraded versions of its best-selling i-SENSYS & i-SENSYS X range of printers, adding six new A4 de...

Channel partners will continue to thrive and claim three quarters of the IT market in 2024

Channel partners will deliver 73.2% of the total worldwide IT market in 2024, according to Canalys. In its latest IT Opportunity update, the firm pr...

Worldwide cloud services spending to grow by 20% in 2024

Industry analyst Canalys expects global cloud infrastructure services spending to increase by 20%, this year to $348.5 billion worldwide – up on ...

Public cloud spending in Europe to see 21% CAGR says IDC

IT industry analyst, International Data Corporation (IDC), is predicting that public cloud services spending in Europe will total $171 billion in 20...

Big firms will start recruiting neurodivergent talent to improve business performance

Within three years, 20% of sales organisations within Fortune 500 companies will actively recruit neurodivergent talent across conditions like autis...

Healthcare Ecosystem to have strong focus on AI for 2024 meetings

A round table involving core members of the TD SYNNEX Healthcare Ecosystem has decided to place a strong focus on the many ways in which AI can be u...

IDC forecasts AI PCs to account for nearly 60% of all PC shipments by 2027

A forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that shipments of ‘AI PCs’ that have built-in capability to run generative AI tas...

Enterprises will cite sustainability and digital sovereignty as top criteria for choosing public cloud services for GenAI

By 2027, 70% of enterprises adopting generative AI (GenAI) will cite sustainability and digital sovereignty as top criteria for selecting between di...

High-performers, women, millennials are greatest flight risks when strict return to office mandates are implemented

When organisations implement rigid return to office (RTO) mandates, high-performers, women and millennials are the most likely to quit their job, ...

Microsoft offers AI optimised Azure VM series featuring AMD’s flagship MI300X GPU

Microsoft is offering new instances on its Azure cloud platform optimised for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-intensity workloads that are pow...

Google Cloud to play key part in mapping of Earth’s methane emissions

Google has formed a partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)’s initiative aimed at mapping global methane emissions from oil and gas ...

AI skills in high demand

Research from recruitment specialist Indeed on the US hi-tech jobs market, has found that AI skills are likely to be the most in demand and best-pai...

NVIDIA sees amazing growth as AI sales surge

Driven by its success in building AI processors, NVIDIA announced record financial results with quarterly revenue up 265% year on year to of $22.1 b...

Sophos expands channel commitment with dedicated Partner Care offering

Sophos is expanding its commitment to the channel with the addition of Partner Care, a new offering in its global partner programme that features a ...

Lenovo systems selected for super-powered German HPC cluster

Lenovo has signed a contract for the joint construction of a new high performance computing (HPC) cluster with the University of Paderborn in German...

Lenovo unveils Truscale Hybrid Cloud for edge

As organisations innovate through the use of technology, they need greater computing power where it matters most and innovative edge computing has b...

Lenovo empowers teachers and students with new education solutions

Lenovo has announced new solutions to expand its growing portfolio of hardware, software, and services built for teachers and students, including th...

Worldwide market for used smartphones forecast to pass 430 million units and market value of $110 billion in 2027 says IDC

The expectation that the circular economy for technology products will see exponential growth over the coming year has been underlined by a predicti...

AI raises the stakes on identity verification and authentication

Industry-watcher and analyst, Gartner, is predicting that within two years, close to one third of enterprises will see identity verification and aut...

Irish IT leaders see AI as high priority

Almost two-thirds (63%) of businesses in Ireland are preparing to spend more on artificial intelligence (AI) in 2024, with the average amount they e...

Microsoft expands availability of Copilot for M365

Microsoft has announced updates to its Copilot product line-up expanding availability for Microsoft 365, introducing no-seat minimum commercial plan...

Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending to grow 6.8% in 2024

Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5 trillion in 2024, an increase of 6.8% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Despite...

Small and medium resellers set to drive cybersecurity channel growth in 2024

Smaller resellers offering cybersecurity solutions tailored for SMBs are primed for a successful start to the year, according to IT market intellige...

MSP budgets rise to meet growing demand

Managed service providers (MSPs) are increasing their spending by as much as 70% to meet growing enterprise demands and many are also choosing to bu...

Dell revamps XPS line-up and brings in AI-driven models

Dell has unveiled a revamped line-up for its popular XPS laptop range with built-in AI acceleration provided by Intel Core Ultra processors and brou...

CEOs don’t believe the hype over GenAI

Business leaders are struggling to convert the hype over Generative AI (GenAI) into reality, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (...

Lenovo Research techs empower new products and solutions

At the 2024 international Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Lenovo took the opportunity to showcase several new products and solutions ...

Lenovo awarded Gold in the Best Corporate Governance and ESG Awards 2023 by HKICPA

Lenovo’s long-term commitment to delivering excellence across Corporate Governance and ESG practices and reporting has been recognised with the co...

Electric cars sales up 45% in Ireland in 2023

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) has released its figures for new vehicle registrations statistics for 2023, showing that sales of new...

Versatile Toughbook 55 regenerated for the changing needs of the modern mobile workforce

Panasonic Connect has announced availability of the third iteration of its market-leading modular rugged notebook, the TOUGHBOOK 55. The upgraded de...

Lenovo included in 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index for the sixth consecutive year

Lenovo has been included in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the sixth year in a row, receiving...

IDC predicts EMEA digital spending to surge at 4X the rate of GDP growth in 2024 and dawn of ‘AI Everywhere’ era

IDC predicts that digital spending in the EMEA region will record a significant surge, growing at four times the rate of GDP in 2024 – a trend tha...

Legal, compliance and privacy leaders rank rapid Generative AI adoption as their top issue in the next two years

Rapid generative AI (GenAI) adoption is the top-ranked issue for the next two years for legal, compliance and privacy leaders, according to a surve...

AMD reveals Ryzen Power Efficiency Calculator

As part of its commitment to developing energy-efficient solutions, AMD has released the AMD Ryzenâ„¢ and Ryzenâ„¢ PRO Power Efficiency Calculator â...

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