IT professionals specialising in big data are benefiting from growth in pay as employers show more demand for their skills, research has revealed. In its latest Tech Cities Job Watch report, IT resourcing firm Experis revealed that average salaries for people with big data expertise have risen by almost eight per cent in a year….
The lack of a clear strategy for securing businesses' most sensitive information could be one of the major barriers that prevent companies from fully exploiting big data analytics, a new survey has warned. Research conducted by Dataguise revealed that almost three-quarters of enterprises (73 per cent) report that their big data initiatives have been delayed…
Many businesses in the telecommunications sector are turning to Hadoop-based big data analytics solutions in order to tackle fraud, a new survey has found. Research by Cloudera and Argyle Data noted that fraudulent activities are one of the biggest challenges for the industry, with telcos in the US alone losing around $38 billion a year…
The Internet of Things (IoT) has grown into one of the most important new trends in the IT industry, as more and more companies realise the benefits it can bring to their employee and customer experience. Gartner has explained some of the top trends expected to affect the rollout of the IoT in the coming…
Cloud email is rising in popularity across the world, as 13 per cent of identified publicly listed companies worldwide utilise one or two of the main cloud email vendors. This is according to Gartner, which found that 8.5 per cent of public companies use cloud email from the Microsoft Office 365 service, whereas 4.7 per…