Confusion around convergence is causing business leaders to launch ill-judged initiatives and miss crucial opportunities

A lack of understanding around the pervasive spread and convergence of IT, communications and other digital technologies is causing business leaders to launch ill-judged initiatives and miss crucial opportunities. This is according to chief research officer for Ovum IT, Tim Jennings, who in his keynote at Ovum’s Industry Congress (OIC) urged enterprises to change their mind-set and adopt a more flexible approach to business technology innovation, to adapt to the profound change occurring...

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Fujitsu appoints Michael Keegan as Head of UK & Ireland

Fujitsu has appointed Michael Keegan as Head of its £1.8bn business in the UK & Ireland. Keegan’s new role sees him take the reins from Duncan Tait, who was recently promoted to Head of EMEIA, Corporate Senior Vice President, Fujitsu Ltd.

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Redcentric announces million pound WAN contract with The Salvation Army

Redcentric plc, a leading UK IT managed services provider, is pleased to announce a contract win with the leading UK charity The Salvation Army. The three year contract has an approximate value of £1.5 million with annual revenues of approximately £400,000 thereafter.

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Riverbed® SteelHead™ 8.6 adds support for Microsoft Azure

Riverbed Technology has announced Riverbed® SteelHead™ 8.6, bringing the number one application acceleration solution to the Microsoft Azure cloud. Already available in other leading public clouds, SteelHead, with the addition of Microsoft Azure, is now capable of optimising and accelerating the delivery of applications across 90% of public cloud deployments. Riverbed also introduced today, SteelHead CX 7055v, an enterprise-scale virtual solution delivering up to 1Gbps of optimised...

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ADVA Optical Networking launches 100G Metro and built-in encryption

ADVA Optical Networking has launched its new 100G Metro technology with built-in on-the-fly encryption. Fully integrated into the ADVA FSP 3000, this is the first solution available on the market capable of transporting 100Gbit/s data rates with integrated line-side encryption. Designed specifically for users who need to transport enormous amounts of data in the most secure way possible, the ADVA 100G Metro with built-in encryption has already been deployed by a number of enterprises and...

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