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A new report reveals that two in five organisations spend over USD $100,000 annually storing useless IT hardware, posing security and compliance risks.

The IT industry is experiencing a severe talent shortage, now the top risk for organisations, up from third place, per Gartner's latest report.

Increasing data protection requirements will supposedly drive the demand for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure solutions across the globe.

The retail industry takes no prisoners and that's made clear in its 'on the pulse' adoption of new technologies.

Smart home device shipments reached 110 million units in 2018, with a retail value of nearly $17bn, according to a report by Futuresource Consulting.

This will be the company's third data centre revealed thus far this year - and we've barely scratched the surface of 2019.

Experimentation with new technologies will boom in 2019, as cloud services make advanced tools more accessible.

In 2018, over a billion people were impacted by data breaches. From British Airways to Marriott, NordVPN highlights the most severe security lapses.

IDC predicts industry cloud solutions will reach USD $45.4 billion in 2019, with rapid growth driven by sectors like healthcare and manufacturing.

As time progresses and advanced technologies are implemented, the demand for disaster recovery-as-a-service is also expected to increase.

DigiCert has successfully restored trust for its Symantec security certificates after Google's automatic distrust.

Accenture acquires PrimeQ, cementing its position as the top Oracle Cloud integrator in Australia and New Zealand, bolstering digital transformations.

Gartner has positioned Proofpoint as a Leader in its 2018 Magic Quadrant for enterprise information archiving, marking its seventh consecutive year.

Tensions rise after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's arrest in Canada with little explanation, causing a flare-up between China and the US.

IDC has shared its forecast for digital transformation spending in Europe, which looks to be a very profitable industry.

Worldwide spending on robotics systems and drones will jump to USD $115.7 billion in 2019, with a projected leap to USD $210.3 billion by 2022, IDC forecasts.

Vertiv has placed particular emphasis on edge computing being the 'epicentre' of innovation in the data centre space.

Europol and law enforcement authorities from 26 countries have dismantled an online counterfeit goods ring and arrested 12 people.

After elbowing its way into the EMEA market last month, the Chinese cloud provider has now unveiled the full extent of its product portfolio for the region.

The relentless march of the hyperscalers continues with today's announcement that Google is committing a whopping €600 million to a new data centre in Denmark.