Posts by Mike Knight
‘Only’ Double IT Spending Growth (To $5 Trillion)
New research from Gartner has predicted that global IT spending this year will reach $5 trillion and IT spending growth will be more than double that of 2023. A First – Spending More On IT Than Communications In its IT spending forecast, Gartner predicts that the massive $5 trillion global spend means that spending on…
Read MoreNew Certification For Copyright Compliant AI
Following many legal challenges to AI companies about copyrighted content being scraped and used to train their AI models (without consent or payment), a new certification for copyright-compliant AI has been launched. The Issue As highlighted in the recent case of the New York Times suing OpenAI over the alleged training of its AI on…
Read MoreHearing Loss And Tinnitus Warning To Gamers
A new review of existing research, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), warns that video gamers who are listening to high-intensity sound levels for long periods of time may be risking permanent hearing loss and tinnitus. Overlooked Area Whereas headphones, earbuds, and music venues have been recognised as sources of potentially unsafe sound levels,…
Read MoreWork Starts On £790m UK Google Data Centre
Work has started on Google’s first UK data centre which will cost $1 billion (£790m), will add to Google’s 27 data centres worldwide, and will support its move into AI. Crucial Compute Capacity The data centre is being built on a 33-acre site at Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. In addition to the construction and technical jobs…
Read MoreApple To Allow Sideloaded EU App Stores
In compliance with the regulations in the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), and following the iOS 17.2 update, it’s been reported that Apple will soon be allowing iOS users to sideload app stores in the EU. This means that iOS users will be able to download and install apps from sources other than its official…
Read MoreWhat MSPs Should Know About the Dunning Kruger Effect
There’s a psychological phenomenon known as the ‘Dunning-Kruger Effect’. This cognitive bias (discovered by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger at Cornell University in 1999) is a paradox where people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability, while experts tend to underestimate theirs. That’s not to say this effect comes as a…
Read MoreMicrosoft Now More Valuable Than Apple
Worries about smartphone demand have been blamed for Microsoft’s stock market value ending a trading session higher than Apple’s last week for the first time since 2021. How Much? Microsoft adding 1 per cent to its stock value compared to just a 0.2 per cent rise from Apple saw Microsoft’s value (market capitalisation) reach an…
Read MoreA Quick Guide To Flash Drives & HDD Storage
In this brief guide to storage technology, we compare and contrast the benefits of flash drives and Hard Disk Drives (HDD) for enterprise storage and take a look at some other popular storage options. What are Flash Drives? Flash drives, sometimes called Solid State Drives (SSDs), use ‘flash memory’ to store data. The flash memory…
Read MoreWhat’s Fun At CES?
Following the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week, we take a look at some of the more novel and fun gadgets (and claims from the show) and what lessons businesses can take away from this year’s event. CES The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which this year took place in Las Vegas (from…
Read MoreGoogle Waives Exit Fees for Cloud Data Transfers
Google has announced that Google Cloud customers who want to switch and migrate their network data to another cloud provider and/or on-premises will no longer be charged a transfer fee to do so. How? The process for the free transfer away from Google involves contacting the Google Cloud account team (if one has been assigned),…
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