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Microsoft extends support for Windows 7 in light of “today’s economy”

Microsoft is extending support for Windows 7 until January 2023, giving businesses more than three years to complete their switch to Windows 10. There...

UK Government pledges £120M to alleviate skills gap

The skills gap is a major issue facing the IT sector, and while there’s no instant fix, the government has pledged £120 million to...

Schneider Electric partners with Avnet, Iceotope to develop liquid cooling solutions for data centres

Schneider Electric is teaming up with Avnet and Iceotope to develop a new cutting-edge liquid cooling solution for data centres.  Thanks...

UK organisations risk falling behind the rest of the world on AI

UK organisations risk falling behind global competitors unless they act now to accelerate their use of AI technology, according to a new report unveiled...

Intel names Cisco veteran Karen Walker as its new CMO

Cisco’s chief marketing officer, Karen Walker, has announced that she is stepping down from the company to join Intel in the same role. ...

UKFast tips former Manchester Airport tech division MD as its new CMO

UKFast has named the former managing director of Manchester Airport Group's technology division as its new chief marketing officer. Nolan Hough, who spent more...

Hidden costs and the lack of a human element are the sting in the tail for hyperscalers, warns Memset

Hyperscalers lack a human element and tailored customer support in the service they offer to clients which – according to managed service provider, Memset...

UK data centres exceed energy efficiency target two years early

UK data centres signed up to the Climate Change Agreement have successfully achieved a more than 15% improvement in their power usage effectiveness, meeting...

53% of IT outages reported to be avoidable, as financial impact of downtime increases

Thanks to the highly complex nature of modern IT infrastructure, it’s inevitable that outages will occur. That’s why it’s important that steps are taken...

European enterprises spend £8.8M a year on unused cloud services

European enterprises are spending £29.48 million on cloud services, and 42% say the cloud has been critical to digital innovation initiatives in the last...

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