The majority of organisations are struggling with digitisation, according to the Measuring digital adoption: A path forward for CIOs report, which was based on a survey of 255 UK CIOs. The study, commissioned by digital adoption platform provider Userlane and professional services provider PwC, found that the average large organisation completes five major software […]
Online retail sales accounted for a quarter of all retail sales in January 2023, according to numbers from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). This is a small drop month on month, with online retail sales making up 25.7% of all retail sales in December of 2022. Overall quantity of total retail sales for […]
Ignoring the results of its own online IR35 status checker tool resulted in HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) needlessly pursuing a £100,000 investigation for three years into the tax affairs of an engineering contractor, it is claimed. The government tax collection agency opened an investigation into the unnamed contractor’s tax affairs in November 2019, […]
People who have adopted contactless payments spent an average of £3,327 using the technology in 2022 as they took advantage of the higher spending limit. According to figures from Barclays bank, over 90% of transactions in 2022 that were eligible to be made using contactless technology were paid that way. The bank said the […]
Backup specialist Veeam has launched the all-in-one Veeam Data Platform that comprises Veeam Backup & Replication, monitoring tool VeeamONE, Veeam Recovery Orchestrator automation functionality, and SaaS backup modules for Salesforce and Office365. In this, it replaces Veeam Availability Suite, which previously bundled all Veeam’s data protection products together. Kubernetes container backup product Kasten can be […]
Security experts are unanimous that using SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) is insecure and puts users at risk of compromise – SMS-based communications are too easily intercepted or redirected by malicious actors in so-called SIM swapping attacks, and the time to move away from this outdated and unsafe technology has long since passed. So if […]
Desktop virtualisation is not a new concept, but IGEL, which recently moved out of the hardware business, is now partnering with major PC providers to offer thin-client access to Windows. HP, Lenovo and LG are among the hardware providers offering a range of thin-client desktop and mobile devices that run IGEL’s edge operating system. […]
Zopa bank has acquired fintech DivideBuy, in what it described as a move into buy now, pay later (BNPL) 2.0 financial services. The acquisition comes soon after Zopa announced a new round of funding worth £75m. BNPL products are offered by an increasing number of fintech providers – Klarna being one of the biggest – […]
In July 2021, joint research from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) found the area with the biggest shortfall in IT skills to be cloud computing security. The survey of 489 cyber security professionals revealed that the main ramifications of the skills shortage were an increasing workload for the […]
Most people feel they lack the necessary qualifications to pursue science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers, according to research by IBM. The worldwide study found 61% of the 14,000 people asked said they don’t have the appropriate academic degree for a STEM job, and 60% believe gaining the digital skills for a STEM […]