90% of IT buyers have bought tech their infrastructure can’t support

Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), a specialist in data storage technology and services, in partnership with Wakefield Research, has released a new report identifying the obstacles organisations across industries face in today’s digital economy while on the path to modernisation, and the investment priorities they are focused on to support business growth.

The new report, “IT Leader Insights: The State of IT Modernization Priorities and Challenges Amid Economic Headwinds,” reveals...

AWS to put $13 billion into India cloud infrastructure by 2030

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans to invest 1,05,600 crores (US $12.7 billion) into the Indian cloud infrastructure market by 2030 to meet growing customer demand in the country.

The investment, announced at the AWS Summit in Mumbai, is planned to be for India’s data centre infrastructure and will support more than 130,000 full-time equivalent jobs in Indian businesses each year, ranging from construction and engineering, to telecoms.

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Basil Faruqui, BMC: Perfecting cloud strategies, and getting the most out of automation

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BMC delivers industry-leading software solutions for IT automation, orchestration, operations, and service management to help organisations free up time and space as they continue to drive their digital initiatives forward. We work with thousands of customers and partners around the world, including more than 85% of the Forbes Global 50.

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Virgin Media and Amdocs’ Vubiquity expand collaboration in UK

Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has revealed that its Vubiquity platform has been selected to continue to provide Virgin Media’s customers with Electronic Sell Through (EST) and Transactional Video on Demand (TVOD) content across different devices.

The deal represents an expansion of the decade-long relationship between Amdocs’ Vubiquity and Virgin Media UK.

Vubiquity, a technology-led media services provider, holds...

IT and security pros face increased workload due to hybrid/virtual work adoption

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Ivanti, the provider of the Ivanti Neurons automation platform that discovers, manages, secures, and services IT assets from cloud to edge, has announced the results of its 2023 Report: Elevating the Future of Everywhere Work.

Ivanti collaborated with ‘Future of Work’ experts and surveyed 8,400 office workers, IT professionals and C-level executives across the globe to understand attitudes, expectations and challenges facing future-looking organisations and their employees....

Siloed automation and tool proliferation drain resources and money

CloudBolt Software, the leader in automating, optimising, and governing hybrid-cloud, multi-tool environments for global enterprises, today released its latest research report, 'The Truth About Siloed Automation'. 

CloudBolt Industry Insights (CII) studies examine industry sentiment across specific hybrid- and multi-cloud dimensions. This eighth edition of CII, based on a survey of 350 senior IT and DevOps leaders at companies with 3,000+ employees, reveals the...

Alcatel-Lucent launches new Partner Programme for 3,400 partners 

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, a provider of communications, cloud and networking solutions tailored to customers’ industries, has launched its new global partner programme, the 360 Partner Experience (360PX) that delivers a unique partner journey tailored to each organisation.  

The programme was developed to support ALE’s worldwide network of 3,400 partners and accelerate their proficiency and growth on the company’s end-to-end (E2E) portfolio spanning...

Why cyber resilience remains an underrated element of the security strategy

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A curious article from February 1’s issue of the Borneo Post shone a light on the gap between expectation and reality when it comes to cyber recovery.

Professional services provider KPMG surveyed Asia-Pacific organisations and found almost three quarters (73%) of CISOs did not have the influence to protect their companies fully. Moreover, while progress has been made on prevention and response programmes, businesses are still underestimating impacts on operations and recovery...

83% of CIOs must do more with less in 2023

SoftwareOne Holding AG, a global software and cloud solutions provider, has unveiled the findings of 'CIO Pulse: 2023 budgets & priorities'.

The study, which recently surveyed 600 C-suite and IT decision-makers in the UK and USA examines how the current global economy is impacting IT priorities, revealing that despite 93% of CIOs expecting IT budgets to increase in 2023, 83% say they are under pressure to make their budgets stretch further than ever before – with a key focus...

AT&T Mexico transforms its tech strategy with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

AT&T Mexico is moving critical IT and business processes to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to expand the benefits of mobile internet to more than 21 million subscribers and business customers in industries such as education, health and banking nationwide.

With OCI, the company will be able to manage OSS/BSS workloads, analytics, and databases more efficiently in the cloud.

Jeronimo Diez de Sollano, CIO, AT&T Mexico, said: “AT&T Mexico’s...