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Despite viruses and unauthorised access proving so destructive, many companies use weak, out-of-date and unsuitable IT infrastructures that might as well come with a welcome mat for hostile forces. 

There are 49 million hosted desktops in the world, equating to 40% of the professional PC market. We’re at the point where the service is widely recognised and celebrated for its ease, efficiency and affordability, and yet despite its huge popularity there are over 100 million businesses still to join a cloud. A recent study for Microsoft shows that the transference to cloud servers is moving at an exponential rate, to the extent that there are 1.7 million cloud-related jobs that need filling. 

Working from home is becoming more and more popular in the UK, with more than 2 million people choosing to work this way and rising. As this week sees the snow set in, the benefits of offering workers the option to work from home becomes clearer. Technology has come a long way since the days when connecting to a VPN to access work files was the only available option many firms had. Now, in the days of superfast broadband and BYOD, telecommuting is easier and more secure than ever, depending on the set-up used by a company.

Microsoft announce new ‘cloud readiness tool’, London gets cloud incident management system, cloud is future for security say Qualys, shift in cloud use say Lufthansa

Microsoft has announced a new tool which they have developed in order to help enterprises test their readiness for deployment to the cloud. The Cloud Security Readiness Tool is a free resource for IT professionals to use and asks a number of questions designed to test compliance, security and transparency.

GoCloud’s Partner Programme offers companies an unmatched opportunity to increase their profits drastically by building a new and reliable revenue stream.

Let’s say you’ve decided to move to a hosted desktop solution. You’ve discovered that GoCloud is the best provider by far and you’re starting the big move. You know the basics but might now be wondering what exactly to expect, so here’s a rundown of the onboarding process.

Cloud-based security is increasingly preferred over older methods, and with very good reason.

I work with a lot of business leaders and they all have one thing in common: they want the freedom to grow their business. Now, we have all witnessed some fairly major technological developments in recent years; high speed broadband, smart phones, social media, laptops that barely weigh a thing, but my favourite is Cloud.

If you’re an IT company looking to expand your product portfolio, then it would make perfect sense to consider becoming a reseller for hosted desktops, or Software-as-a Service (SaaS), as it’s also known. Cloud solutions are on the mind of every company at the moment it seems; not only does it make for a more flexible and secure working environment, it saves businesses money. Currently, IT companies are ideally placed to be able to offer cloud-based products to SMEs, as cloud has made IT services much more accessible than they have ever been in the past.

William Shakespeare famously coined the phrase “All the world’s a stage” in his play ‘As You Like It’. However, 500 years later, the world is no longer a stage – more of a global marketplace. The Internet has significantly reduced the distances between companies and their customers, even when both are located on different continents. Ecommerce websites make ordering a book from the USA as simple as buying one from your local high street store, the only difference being the time taken to have the book delivered.