UK and US professionals agree that people are the most frequent point of failure in IT Security

A survey amongst 250 IT security professionals, conducted during this year’s Infosecurity Europe show, has revealed that 20% of organisations believe malicious insiders pose the biggest threat to their security. A further 44% suggest employee’s ignorance could also cause defences to crumble. Hardly surprising, then, that this audience firmly pointed the finger at ‘people’ (70%) as the most frequent point of failure in an organisation’s IT security, with 20% citing...

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Cloud hardware spending breaks $4 billion mark

A new International Data Corporation (IDC) study confirmed that cloud is the major disruption factor in the EMEA infrastructure hardware market, accounting for a growing portion of hardware spending and exerting influence on hardware architectures and vendors' strategies. The overall investment in hardware for cloud environments in EMEA is expected to exceed $4 billion in terms of user value by the end of 2014, with a strong 19% YoY growth. 15% of the infrastructure spend in EMEA will be...

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Global Cloud Services market to reach $555 billion by 2020

According to the new report by Allied Market Research, titled "Global Cloud Services Market (Services, Type, End User and Geography) - Global Analysis, Industry Growth, Trends, Size, Share, Opportunities and Forecast, 2013-2020", the global cloud services market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.6% from 2014 to 2020, reaching a market size of $555 billion in 2020. In 2014, the overall cloud services market revenue will reach $209.9 billion, led by public cloud services. The...

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Security considerations for private Cloud

Cybersecurity today can feel complex, especially if you are moving to or managing cloud security. But it doesn’t have to be. Hear from Rackspace Principal Architect, Luke Huckaba, as he explains some of the major concerns around Private Cloud and Security, and how Rackspace is helping to solve these issues both internally and for customers.

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