Research & Reports
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Ransomware is on the rise – and SMEs increasingly under fire
Read moreIn 2016 the number of blackmail attacks by means of software multiplied strikingly. And ever more often such “ransomware” is now aiming to squeeze money out of small and medium-sized enterprises.
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IBM 5 in 5 and Retarus
Read moreFor the past ten years IBM Research has been releasing its annual “5 in 5” prognosis. This time round it’s all about visibility.
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Which Country Has the Best Software Developers?
Read moreIn an intriguing study, HackerRank has analyzed its data to find out which countries have the best developers—and the results may surprise you.
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The Bad Guys Just Keep Getting Better
Read moreLast year, the private sector spent more than 75 billion dollars on security software. But have systems and data become any safer?
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Cloud Washing or Software as a Service? It’s all Relative
Read moreEven if it has cloud written all over it, software is only seldom truly provided as a service. This is the core finding of a recent study by PwC.
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Constant availability raising employee stress levels
Read moreThe excitement of having a chic new company smartphone can quickly turn sour, when you realize that you will have to pay for it with your constant availability.
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Crypto trojans: waves of attack are on the increase
Read moreAbout one third of all businesses has experienced ransomware attacks in the last six months. No virus protection software can offer 100% protection from such attacks. Nevertheless, security can be boosted substantially with the fourfold virus scan from Retarus E-Mail Security Services.
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BITKOM study: Fax more popular than social networks
Read moreAccording to a recent survey by the German IT industry association BITKOM, fax is in greater demand than ever before. While it remains true that E-Mail and telephony are by far the most popular means of communication at companies and therefore indispensable, eight out of ten companies surveyed use fax for internal or external communication.…
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Experton study: 25 percent lower costs with managed cloud solutions
Read moreThe analysts at the IT consultancy Experton Group have investigated opportunities for cost optimization through managed cloud services in a new study. The result: When compared with running an in-house IT infrastructure, companies can achieve savings of 25% on average in this way.