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Don't Forget Your Toothbrush

Most of all travel bookings are made online today. Travelers want maximum flexibility and above all, always the cheapest and most up-to-date prices.

Don't Blame the Cable Guy: Customer Digital Demand Creates Opportunity for VARs

Cable provider customers are intolerant to any break in service.

Does What It Says on the Tin: The IT that Miners Safe

When a tin time in Wales had the need to Wi-Fi enable several hundred metres of underground mines to connect with Health and Safety devices and sensors, they faced many issues around placing IT in a hostile environment with no IT expert onsite.

How One Airport Went From Failure to Launch to First Class Service

When you're moving the equivalent of the population of Turkey every year in passengers through one airport.

ACCESS DENIED: How Banks Mitigate ATM IT Failure

Banks are strong investors in IT redundancy. For obvious reasons, their reputation is reliant on having strong and secure IT systems, which do not fail.

From Train Wreck to High Spec: Modern IT Mitigates Accidents on Rail Networks

Signalling systems on transport networks need to remain functioning 24/7. For this, they need robust architecture and redundancy.

Driller Killer: The IT Tech Keeping Oil & Gas Supplies Ship Shape

Ever wonder how oil a& gas from offshore rigs gets back to land? Sometimes it's by pipeline, but also often via tankers.

Young "Thing" Seeks Smarter People and Devices

We know you're jaded about hearing about the Internet of Things, the Internet of Everything, the Internet of Everything X, Y and Z, and who could blame you.

Drug Store Data Dilemma: Patient Privacy Compromised by Lax IT Security

The confidentiality of consumers health records is as sensitive as their financial records.

Operation Transformation - The IT that Helps Keep Hospital Superbugs at Bay

With the onslaught of hospital superbugs, keeping hospitals with multiple operating theatres medicinally hygienic is a constant battle. This challenge is confounded by the need for state of the art IT diagnostic equipment within these theatres.

Whatsupp? How 4G is Creating Opportunities for IT VARs

If you're a business with new premises, in most European countries you'll face a lengthy delay in getting a broadband connection in a time frame that suits your needs.

We're Only Humans - Remove Humans and Improve Availability

Human error is still, yes still, the biggest factor in data centre IT downtime with actually no improvement in this score in 3 years.

Retail Therapy - The Changing Face of Retail Demands More Power Protection

Customers are migrating to more online shopping. This creates both opportunity and challenge for high street retailers.

Old Grids and New Technologies Create New Issues

Did you know that the majority of the power disruptions to IT equipment are actually caused by the quality issues of the power rather than the actual power outages?

Transport Network Sophistication Creates Opportunity to VARs

By the end of this century, conservative estimates of population growth mean we will add about another 3 billion people to the planet. Add to this fact that the city

Secure Data is a Key Element in the Fight Against Terrorism

It's almost becoming a daily news item of what institution/high profile politician/bank or even Jennifer Lawrence's iPhone have had data compromised.