Technology

CPA Global, intellectual property (IP) management and software specialist, has announced it has bought a Sweden-based IP services provider Patrafee AB, along with related businesses and IP services products.

A new survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit commissioned by Indian IT giant Wipro Ltd finds that nearly all respondents’ businesses have seen a positive economic return

Aastra Technologies’ European subsidiary has announced it has bought a Swedish cloud unified communication specialist Telepo.

The Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report finds that not only is there a worldwide shortage of nearly a million skilled security professionals, but threats designed to take advantage of users’ trust have reached startling levels.

Microsoft has named companies in the Cloud OS Network, a worldwide consortium of more than 25 cloud service providers delivering services built on the Microsoft Cloud Platform: Windows Server with Hyper-V, System Center and the Windows Azure Pack.

UK pricing is among the highest in Europe and is significantly higher than in the other largest markets including Germany, France & the Netherlands says TCL (Tariff Consultancy Ltd).

The three biggest mobile operators in France have each signed up one million customers for faster mobile services, but a price war is limiting their income.

An independent survey of 300 businesses, commissioned by web infrastructure and cloud hosting provider Peer 1 Hosting, reveals that a quarter plan to move their company data away from the US due to NSA-related privacy and security concerns.

Ericsson has teamed up with AT&T to offer improved connectivity for products powered by the Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud aimed at the automotive cloud ecosystem.

"Big Data" is certainly one of the emerging technologies for IT industry in 2014, says researcher Frost & Sullivan.