Monthly Round-up February 2018

Monthly Round-up February 2018 A rundown of all the key news, events and developments from the industry that you may have missed, plus independent analysis of the trends and main events over the month....
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More than half of firms believe flexible working is a 'positive' for company
Nearly 90 per cent of firms expect to increase their adoption of cloud services in 2021, according to new data from the Cloud Industry Forum
Two thirds of firms want to invest in better connectivity for home workers
Vast majority of UK bosses believe half of staff will be working remotely for remainder for 2021, according ot new research from Daisy
Partners could boost UK economy by £9bn this year - Microsoft
Focus on AI, data analytics and remote working solutions could generate an extra £2.3bn, according to vendor’s research
Channel playing 'increasingly important' role in cloud adoption - Canalys
Cloud infrastructure services spend grew to $142bn in 2020
Gartner: Pre-COVID spending on IT won't return until 2022
IT spending will see modest growth this year driven by software and devices
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