Microsoft plans to eliminate its carbon footprint

Microsoft plans to eliminate its carbon footprint

Microsoft has announced an ambitious goal and a new plan to reduce and ultimately remove its carbon footprint. By 2030 Microsoft will be carbon negative, and by 2050 will remove from the environment all the carbon the company has emitted either directly or by...

Cloud IT infrastructure spend declines but beats non-cloud

Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments – including public and private cloud – declined in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19). This was against the backdrop of the...

In 2020, everyone is at risk from cyber-attacks

Cryptomining, botnets and ransomware are still the biggest security threats that businesses face. This is according to Check Point Research’s 2020 Cyber Security Report, which highlights the main tactics cyber-criminals are using to attack organisations...

Scammers latch on to data leak compensation

Kaspersky experts have detected a new online fraud scheme designed to trick people into thinking they are owed compensation. Under the pretext of offering compensation for personal data leaks, scammers instead urge users to buy ‘temporary US social security...

Online reviews key in customer service

A new report underscores how increasingly important it is for local businesses to engage effectively with the rapidly-growing number of consumers who leave online reviews on multiple social media platforms. Martech firm Social Places has released its first Annual...

Surprising growth in industrial 3D printing

Shipments of Industrial 3D printers priced at more than $100 000 were up by +8% in Q3 2019 compared to the same period the previous year. This key sector – which accounted for almost 70% of all 3D printer revenues for the period – saw even more impressive...