ANALYST REPORT:
This IDC Vendor Spotlight reviews Cisco's collaboration services. This paper also reviews IDC research on the overall collaboration market, including unified communications (UC), and looks at the impact and benefits of collaboration services on customers and partners.
EZINE:
It's hardly surprising that the Netherlands is pioneering smart cities. The tech-savvy nation is already planning to have a digital port in Rotterdam with automated ships. Now, according to one Dutch academic, "almost every Dutch municipality is doing something with smart technology".
EZINE:
In this issue of CW Europe, find out how researchers in the Netherlands are attempting to help IT systems fight certain cyber attacks in a similar way to the human immune system works. Also find out about the so-called "Klarna academy" in Stockholm, which has created the next set of Nordic fintech entrepreneurs.
CASE STUDY:
Dropbox cut its procurement cycle time by over 50% by adopting ServiceNow and partnering with Genpact for consulting and implementation. Read this case study to see how this company replaced disconnected, manual processes with a streamlined, automated system providing transparency and efficiency.
EZINE:
Swedish citizens are becoming more concerned about the activities of social media companies and are reducing their online interaction with them as a result.
EZINE:
What more does a region need to be recognised as a technology leader than its very own valley, of the silicon variety? Where once only oil flowed down Saudi Arabia's economic valleys, tech has now taken a grip. Read in this issue about the country's ambitions in the tech sector.
EZINE:
Sweden's Handelsbanken is cutting its branch network by nearly half, which means more money will be invested in IT. But it's not just Sweden and the Nordics – banks across the world are watching the fintech industry demonstrate to consumers what banking can be like if the right technology is in place.
EZINE:
The Middle East faces fierce competition for IT professionals with the right skills, so it is so worrying that the region's women are so underrepresented in the IT community. In fact over quarter of businesses in the Middle East have no women in their IT departments, according to Computer Weekly's Salary Survey.
EGUIDE:
The European Central Bank has found that banks with the most IT expertise in the boardroom have better control in several IT risk categories, including fewer successful cyber attacks and less downtime of critical IT systems.
