BULLETIN 01732 759725 4 Where do you take yours? We’re all about championing print at PrintIT Reseller, and we’d love to know where you read your issue. Whether it's atop a mountain, on a deserted beach, or even in the heart of a bustling city. We want to see where our magazine travels with YOU! Simply send me a pix of yourself reading PrintIT Reseller in the most unusual, far-flung spot you can find, and you could be featured in our next issue! And the best part – the most creative entry will WIN an exciting prize! We can't wait to see the incredible places our magazine ends up. Send pix to [email protected] Cloud to drive IT spend Gartner has predicted that IT spend will reach $1.1 trillion in 2024, expected to be fuelled by the investment into cloud security and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) which will prompt an increase in overall expenditure on IT services across Europe. The research has predicted that there will be a 9.3% increase on a projected total of $1 trillion this year on IT spending with cloud computing being a large contributor as IaaS, for example, is expected to surge 27% across 2024. CIOs focus is said to be on artificial intelligence and generative AI which is also contributing to the drive in cloud spending as AI-related security risks are driving spending on both the integration of the technology along with underpinning safeguards. The consultancy has said that this underlines shifting priorities among businesses during a period of economic uncertainty as businesses prepare themselves for the future while spending on other areas such as security and risk management are projected to reach around $56 billion, marking an increase of 16% compared to 2023. In a separate forecast, Gartner predicted that end-user spending on public cloud services will reach $678.8 billion, surging by 20.4% across 2024. www.gartner.com AI technologies The Nutanix State of Enterprise AI Report, a global research study providing insights into enterprise decision-making around AI shows AI technologies are ushering in new era of data and infrastructure modernisation. The report provides a holistic view into how enterprises are approaching AI technology strategy and adoption, as well as how future plans will affect IT spending and budgeting. “In just one year, generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has completely upended the worldview of how technology will influence our lives and enterprises are racing to understand how it can benefit their businesses,” said Sammy Zoghlami, SVP EMEA at Nutanix. “While most organisations are in the early stages of evaluating the opportunity, the State of Enterprise AI report confirms that most consider it a priority. More importantly, the survey uncovered an important theme among enterprises adopting AI solutions: a growing requirement for data governance and data mobility across data centre, cloud, and edge infrastructure environments making it even more important for organisations to adopt a platform to run all apps and data across clouds.” 90% of EMEA respondents said that AI is a priority to their organisation and the same number say that security, reliability, and disaster recovery are important considerations in their AI strategy. The report also found that infrastructure modernisation and data security are at the forefront of EMEA AI decision-making. Cost ranked as the third-lowest consideration for EMEA organisations running or planning to run AI workloads. Furthermore, when asked about the key drivers behind upgrades for AI applications or infrastructure, EMEA respondents once again ranked cost as the lowest priority. By contrast, over 90% of respondents in the region agree that their IT costs and cloud spending will both increase due to AI applications. www.nutanix.com Cyber risks not covered in IT security training A pan-European survey from Sharp Europe reveals a worrying disconnect between levels of IT security concern and the specific training businesses have in place to address the most common cyber risks. Despite human error being the biggest IT security concern for over a third (34%) of SMEs across the UK, IT training is missing some of the most common cyber weakness areas for more than half. The research of 5,770 professionals responsible for purchasing IT reveals that employees not following or even having any cyber training is seen as the biggest risk overall to the effectiveness of their businesses’ IT security: more so than large scale industry attacks or concerns around not having the right protection in place. In fact, a third (24%) are now more concerned than previously about technology security risks because of the lack of training for employees. Despite the importance of training, and the concerns around human error, the research reveals that areas that would help address threats, that have impacted UK SMEs, such as virus attacks (25%), phishing (31%), data loss (30%) and password attacks (24%) are simply not covered by a significant proportion of the current training provided to employees. Security training programmes in less than half of SMEs cover passwords (46%), downloading files (46%), connecting to a secure network (45%), or even the basics around logging on and off (44%). www.sharp.co.uk 20 23 Royal Lancaster · December 5 Winners See page 22 Our publishing director Neil Trim has started the ball rolling…
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