Research
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
Two thirds of employees do not expect permanent office return
HP the most-owned brand among home workers, according to report by Quocirca
European cloud providers are disappearing amid rise of hyperscaler giants - research
AWS, Microsoft and Google are eating up market share from local European firms, according to data fro Synergy Research
Nearly a third of IT professionals want a career change, research finds
Employer behaviour, work-life balance and re-evaluated priorities are driving factors behind new job searches, according to Reed
What will drive PC demand in 2021?
Canalys outlines where the opportunity lies for the channel next year in a 'booming' market
Pandemic has highlighted 'digital divide' among England's schools - Microsoft
One per cent of state primary schools can provide students with take home devices, according to vendor's report
Cloud database vendors lambasted by analyst for expense, 'vulnerable' products and poor support
Gartner takes AWS, Microsoft, Google, IBM and more to task in its inaugural Magic Quadrant for cloud database management systems
Over half of UK companies pay ransomware attacks in full - research
Organisations with greater complexity in cloud infrastructure more likely to pay off hackers, according to new research
Ultima launches automated cloud platform for MSPs
IA-Cloud platform simplifies daily monitoring and managing of Azure environments and reduces costs by 66 per cent, says automation specialist
Channel should brace for tightened end user spending, analyst says
Forrester says partners should buckle up for a year where frustrations will build among end users, and says automation will be a key trend to help
Amazon, Microsoft and Google benefit as cloud spending surges - Canalys
Canalys claims the top four providers collectively grew by 40 per cent during Q3
UK tech sector bounces back amid 'economic gloom' - KPMG
New data shows UK tech sector optimistic about growth over next year and bucking hiring trend seen in wider economy
UK sees 'bounce back' in tech job postings - CompTIA
Programmers and software developers the most in-demand roles from UK employers
Forrester's top five predictions for European businesses in 2021
From AI enablement to changing CIO priorities, Forrester has shared its advice for partners planning their 2021 strategies
Over half of channel salespeople find virtual selling 'challenging' - research
Forty per cent of channel sales teams have reported a negative impact on sales since pandemic started, according to report from Next Gen Sales Academy
'This will be the European channel's most profitable year ever' - Canalys CEO
Big resellers have prospered during pandemic, claims Steve Brazier, who uses Canalys Channels Forum keynote to tell partners that business next year will be even better
Cybersecurity spend rockets amid 'lockdown 2.0' - analyst
Market watcher Context outlines which countries have benefited the most from the security products sales spike since July
On-prem spend sinks as demand for cloud solutions sours - research
Spending on hosting and cloud solutions totalled $12bn in the second quarter of 2020, according to Synergy Research
