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From Grad to Great – InsightEDGE Graduate is ‘One to Watch’ in 2020
InsightEDGE Graduate, Isabel Holden is the proud achiever of Pareto’s ‘Ones to Watch’ award. For over 25 years, Pareto Law has been assessing, training and placing the highest calibre of graduate talent into leading businesses around the world, and Insight is delighted to have onboarded 12 of these graduates as part of its InsightEDGE programme which launched in 2019.
Read MoreGiant Microsoft partner earns Azure Expert MSP status
Insight has been awarded Microsoft Azure Expert MSP status, joining 57 other cloud providers globally. Microsoft launched the programme last year, claiming that partners have to go through a "rigorous" process before obtaining the accreditation, which one partner.
Read MoreCloud for Business
According to the 2019 European Insight Intelligent Technology Index, published early this year, UK businesses are on average frittering away £8.8 million annually on unused cloud services, equivalent to £24,000 a day.
Read MoreUK Office Workers Wasting 1.8 Billion Hours a Year Due to Mediocre Technology
UK office workers waste 1.8 billion working hours every year because the technology they’re given isn’t good enough, research from Insight has revealed. The survey of 2,000 UK office workers also showed that more than a third (34%) of employees said that not being equipped with the right technology makes remote and flexible working difficult and stressful.
Read MoreMillions Wasted on Unused Cloud Services
European enterprises are spending £29.48 million on cloud services, and 42 percent say the cloud has been critical to digital innovation initiatives in the last two years, according to the 2019 European Insight Intelligent Technology™ Index (ITI). However, the survey of 1,000 enterprises across Europe showed that 30 percent (£8.8m) of this cloud spend is on services that are not utilised.
Read MoreEuropean Enterprises Spend £8.8m a Year on Unused Cloud Services
European enterprises are spending £29.48 million on cloud services, and 42% say the cloud has been critical to digital innovation initiatives in the last two years, according to the 2019 European Insight Intelligent Technology Index (ITI). However, the survey of 1,000 enterprises across Europe showed that 30% (£8.8m) of this cloud spend is on services that are not utilised.
Read MoreAlmost £9m Wasted on Under-Utilised Cloud Tech Every Year
European businesses are wasting £8.8 million every year on unused cloud services, according to research. The findings also suggested that a large number of businesses feel IT is being set up to fail as it handles both transformation projects and legacy tech. The research was conducted by research firm Coleman Parkes, on behalf of the Insight Intelligent Technology Index (ITI) and featured 1,000 IT decision-makers at companies with 500 employees or more.
Read MoreBusiness Are Wasting Millions on Unused Cloud Services
Even though cloud services are generally perceived as critical to business success, many organisations are throwing away lots of money, buying services that they end up not using at all. This is according to a new report, the European Insight Intelligent Technology Index (ITI).
Read MoreEuropean Enterprises 'Waste' £24,000 a Day on Unused Cloud Services, Says Insight Research
According to the 2019 European insight intelligent technology index report, enterprise cloud users are running into difficulties when it comes to making the most of their off-premise deployments, as they grapple with trying to keep tabs on who is using what and where in their organisations.
Read MoreEuropean Enterprises Say Cloud Is Critical to Innovation, yet Millions Are Being Spent on Unused Cloud Services
European enterprises are spending £29.48 million on cloud services and 42% say the cloud has been critical to digital innovation initiatives in the last two years, according to the 2019 European Insight Intelligent Technology Index (ITI). However, the survey of 1,000 enterprises across Europe showed that 30% (£8.8 million) of this cloud spend is on services that are not utilised.
Read MoreFinding and Smashing Watermelon SLAs: Four key Warning Signs
Sat by the pool during my holiday this summer, a member of the waiting staff handed me a watermelon smoothie, writes Karen McLaughlin, VP EMEA Services, Insight. Apart from its refreshing qualities, the drink’s vivid red colour really struck me. Thinking about it, watermelons are quite misleading – green on the outside, but red on the inside. This is perfectly acceptable at the poolside, but in the world of business promising one thing and providing another can seriously damage customer relations.
Read MoreAre you AI ready? Making bots part of your workforce
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been part of our lives for longer than you think. Whether it’s helping you find your favourite film on Netflix, sorting your Instagram feed to show photos from your best friend’s wedding, or recommending the latest dishwasher just when you needed it most – AI is impacting our lives daily.
Read MoreInsight UK Recognised as a 2019 ‘Best Workplace™ in Tech’
Acknowledging its outstanding workplace culture, Insight UK is pleased to announce it has been recognised by Great Place to Work as one of the 2019 ‘Best Workplaces™ in Tech’, ranking No. 7 in the Large category.
Read MoreInsight Recognised as a Centre of Excellence in Wellbeing
Insight is proud to announce it has been recognised as a ‘Centre of Excellence in Wellbeing’ by Great Place to Work. This is a UK-wide recognition for organisations with excellent wellbeing practices, as perceived by employees, and assesses six key dimensions that drive a culture of wellbeing including mental and physical health, work-life balance, fulfilment at work and interpersonal relationships.
Read MoreFinalist at this year’s CRN Channel Awards
We are delighted to announce Insight is a finalist at this year’s CRN Channel Awards for the ‘Corporate Reseller of the Year’ award. This award recognises excellence in the delivery of solutions, service and support to end user customers, taking into consideration the reseller's ability to deliver real benefits to the end user organisation, and to meet customer objectives in terms of improved efficiency, ROI and investment protection, and cost reduction.
Read MoreWomen in IT Excellence Shortlist
Insight are proud to announce that five teammates have been shortlisted for this year's Women in IT Excellence awards.
Read MoreCRN Women in Channel Shortlist Unveiled
Insight are proud to announce that nine teammates have been shortlisted for this year's CRN Women in Channel. Congratulations to all of our teammates.
Read MoreWhy AI Is Both Overhyped and Underused
It’s not unusual for new technologies to be accompanied by often intense levels of promotion, long before they even hit the market. There is perhaps no better current example of this
Read MoreFive Ways to Avoid Digital Transformation Burnout
Research from Econocom shows that are all too common, with one in four UK projects failing to realise their desired goals. Fatigue can easily undermine digital transformation projects. These five tips should help organisations stay the course
Read MoreUK Office Workers Wasting 1.8 Billion Hours a Year Due to Mediocre Technology, Research Reveals
The survey of 2,000 UK office workers also showed that more than a third (34 percent) of employees said that not being equipped with the right technology makes remote and flexible working difficult and stressful. In total, 80 percent of office workers at some point have felt they don’t have the technology they need to do their jobs properly, putting them at a disadvantage.
Read MoreIs Technology Letting You Down? You’re Not the Only One
UK office workers waste 1.8 billion working hours every year because the technology they’re given isn’t good enough. That’s according to a survey of 2,000 people undertaken by Insight, which also showed that more than a third (34 percent) of employees said that not being equipped with the right technology makes remote and flexible working difficult and stressful.
Read MoreUK office workers wasting 1.8 billion hours a year due to mediocre technology, Insight research reveals
UK office workers waste 1.8 billion working hours every year because the technology they’re given isn’t good enough, research from Insight has revealed. The survey of 2,000 UK office workers also showed that more than a third (34 percent) of employees said that not being equipped with the right technology makes remote and flexible working difficult and stressful. In total, 80 percent of office workers at some point have felt they don’t have the technology they need to do their jobs properly, putting them at a disadvantage.
Read MoreUK Office Workers Waste 1.8 Billion Hours a Year Because of Poor Technology
Office workers across the UK are wasting 14 days per person each year -- or 1.8 billion hours a year in total -- because the technology they’re given isn't good enough. A new study of 2,000 office workers from technology solutions company Insight shows 80 percent at some point have felt they don't have the technology they need to do their jobs properly. While 34 percent also say not being equipped with the right technology makes remote and flexible working difficult and stressful.
Read MoreUK Workers Wasting Billions of Hours Due to Poor Technology
Technology in the workplace should make employees more engaged, more productive and more relaxed, but the solutions they operate with today – are having the opposite effect. A new report from Insight claims that UK office workers waste 1.8 hours every year (2.4 hours a week), struggling with the technology they’re given as working tools.
Read MoreOutdated Technology Remains a Massive Waste of Time
Two new studies suggest that the failure to keep workers equipped with the latest technology is having a huge impact on their productivity and causing them to waste large amounts of time. According to the first piece of research from tech provider Insight, UK office workers waste 1.8 billion working hours every year because the outdated technology they’re given isn’t good enough to meet their needs.
Read MoreWhy Are Your Employees Ignoring You?
Internal communications just aren’t hitting the mark. According to the survey of 2000 office employees in the UK by Insight, 60 percent of workers claim to ignore internal communications altogether until it’s brought to their attention.
Read MorePoor Office Technology Is Killing Workplace Productivity
A study published by Insight, entitled Are UK Businesses Creating the Modern Workplace, or Falling at the First Hurdle?, found that UK workers waste an average of 2.4 hours a week grappling with inadequate or ill-suited technology, equivalent to 1.8 billion working hours a year across the country.
Read MoreUK Plc Wasting 1.8billion Hours of Office Workers’ Time a Year
UK office workers waste 1.8bn working hours every year because the technology they’re given isn’t good enough, research from Insight has revealed. The survey of 2,000 UK office workers also showed that more than a third (34%) of employees said that not being equipped with the right technology makes remote and flexible working difficult and stressful.
Read MoreOffice Workers Lose out with Poor-Quality Tech
Most office employees feel they don’t have the right technology at work to do their jobs properly. A survey of 2,000 office workers across the UK for Insight’s The Employee Experience report found that 1.8 billion hours a year are being wasted – equivalent to 14 days a year per person – because the technology that staff are given is not good enough.
Read MoreUK Office Workers Wasting 1.8 Billion Hours a Year Due to Mediocre Technology
UK office workers waste 1.8 billion working hours every year because the technology they’re given isn’t good enough, research from Insight has revealed. The survey of 2,000 UK office workers also showed that more than a third (34 percent) of employees said that not being equipped with the right technology makes remote and flexible working difficult and stressful.
Read MoreOnly Quarter of IaaS Users Can Audit Config Settings
Most global organizations benefit from better security in the cloud than on-premise, with some key exceptions, including data loss prevention and configuration settings, according to McAfee. The security giant polled 1000 enterprises around the world and combined its findings with threat data gleaned from its products to compile the Cloud Adoption and Risk Report.
Read MoreMisconfigured Servers Still a Key Risk for Companies Moving to the Cloud
Companies using infrastructure and platform as a service offerings from IT firms have left themselves vulnerable as they on average misconfigured 14 instances. This is according to cyber security firm McAfee who in its Cloud Adoption and Risk Report found that enterprises are still leaving services in misconfigured states, despite recent high-profile breaches due to misconfigured cloud storage.
Read MoreA More Sustainable Supply Chain with Iot: It’s Time for It Leaders to Step Up
Alex Guillen, technology manager at Insight UK, explores how IT leaders can create a more sustainable supply chain by taking advantage of the IoT A more sustainable supply chain with IoT: it’s time for IT leaders to step up image It's time to use IoT to create a more sustainable supply chain. After the UK parliament became the first in the world to declare a national climate change emergency, the goal of “sustainability” has never been more high profile.
Read MoreInnovate or IT Will Become a Pressure Cooker
With a majority of modern organisations exploring the possibilities of digitalisation, many are considering the best approach – aiming to not only streamline their business processes, but drive new opportunities, writes Lal Hussain, Director IT Applications, Insight UK.
Read MoreInsight CEO Ken Lamneck: China's IP Protection Rules 'have to change'
China's IP protection rules "have to change" claims Insight CEO Ken Lamneck, who has told CPI that he believes the US-China trade talks will benefit businesses globally in the long run.
Read MoreInsight EMEA Boss Wolfgang Ebermann Warns Traditional Resellers That Their Model Might Not Be Viable for Much Longer
It’s no secret that some VARs are incorporating an element of software development into their business, in order to stay profitable as hardware margins continue to shrink. But a number of the largest resellers, including the likes of Softcat, CDW and Computacenter, are still seeing success selling the traditional way.
Read MoreThe First Year: What Can Organisations Learn from GDPR Fines so Far?
Just over a year since its introduction, The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is still making waves as the most significant transformation of privacy legislation in decades. The business community and public sector had been made aware of the changes for some time, but as the deadline approached, customer email boxes were flooded with requests for retrospective permissions and headlines of huge fines were commonplace.
Read MoreTipping the Scales in the Cloud: From Security Risk to Security’s Friend
Cloud first, that’s the mantra for many organisations today. So, how curious that there was once a time when adoption was not so straightforward. Many saw the cloud as an experimental technology suitable for nothing more important than storing holiday photos, while others cited security and compliance concerns as obstacles to adoption.
Read More'The Question Is, for How Long?' Insight's Emea Boss on Traditional Resellers Still Seeing Success
US channel giant Insight has no interest in acquiring traditional resellers as it continues to focus more on its own software development, according to EMEA boss Wolfgang Ebermann. Ebermann told CRN that building its own IP is becoming an increasingly significant part of Insight's business.
Read MoreInsight Appoints New EMEA VP to Lead Beefed-Up Services Division
Global reseller Insight has appointed a new EMEA VP to lead its beefed-up services division. Former DXC Technology exec Karen Mclaughlin has been drafted in to lead a 250-strong team. She said that Insight's "entrepreneurial spirit" will help its services division continue to grow across the continent.
Read MoreInsight Appoints New Vice President to Accelerate Services Growth Across Europe
Insight EMEA, a division of Insight (NASDAQ:NSIT), a Fortune 500-ranked global provider of Intelligent Technology Solutions™, has announced the appointment of Karen Mclaughlin as Vice President, Services, EMEA.
Read MoreInsight Appoints EMEA Services Head
Insight EMEA has appointed Karen Mclaughlin as Vice President, Services, EMEA. She is responsible for growing Insight’s services division across Europe, joining from DXC Technology, and before that CSC, where she was Vice President: responsible for helping customers use technology like AI and automation.
Read MoreInsight Makes Hire to Support Services Ambitions
Insight has underlined its commitment to growing its services business with an appointment aimed at cranking up its activities in that area. Former DXC Technology staffer Karen Mclaughlin has been appointed vice president, services, EMEA at Insight and will be joining an operation that is 250 people strong.
Read MoreInsight Appoints New EMEA Services Vice President
Insight EMEA, a division of Insight, has appointed Karen Mclaughlin as Vice President, Services, EMEA. Managing a team of more than 250 services professionals, Karen will be responsible for accelerating Insight’s services division across Europe.
Read MoreBeating the Pack: How Manufacturers Can Win in the IoT Revolution
Consider how more than half of the names on the Fortune 500 list have disappeared this century, as newer, often more digitally-agile competitors take their place. The democratisation of the internet has created a glut of new business models in every industry, and the same will happen in the manufacturing industry as IoT proliferates.
Read More$1.2 Trillion to Be Spent on Digital Transformation
Enterprises around the world are making significant investments in the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation (DX) of their business models, products and services, and organizations. In the latest update to its Worldwide Semiannual Digital Transformation Spending Guide, International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts global DX spending to reach $1.18 trillion in 2019, an increase of 17.9% over 2018.
Read MoreDigital Transformation Spending Flooding Across All Verticals
Customers are spending more on digital transformation projects but as the channel will know only too well investing alone does not necessarily deliver results. Figures from IDC have revealed that spending on digital transformation will hit $1.8 trillion this year, an increase of 17.9% on 2018.
Read MoreInsight Launches New AI-Based Collaboration Platform to Improve Employee Engagement
New communications and collaboration platform, Insight Digital Workspace, claims to help drive productivity and employee engagement through AI technology. Insight EMEA, a division of Insight, a Fortune 500-ranked global provider of Intelligent Technology Solutions, today announced the launch of Insight Digital Workspace.
Read MoreTop Three Technology Trends for 2019
With 2019 now upon us, it’s time to look to the year ahead at what it holds for technology. 2018 saw the rise of digital transformation, with many businesses questioning the hype of emerging technologies – such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). However, this year we will see these technologies truly come into fruition, transforming how businesses operate, secure talent and define themselves.
Read MoreInsight Ranks #23 on Fortune’s ’Best Workplaces in Technology’
Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT), the global systems integrator helping organisations of all sizes manage and transform their business, has been honoured as the No. 23 company on the 2019 Best Workplaces in Technology list by Fortune and Great Place to Work®.
Read MoreEmma de Sousa - winner of CRN Editor's Choice: Channel Achievement Award at this year’s CRN awards.
Following last night’s CRN Channel Awards, we are delighted to announce our very own Emma de Sousa, Managing Director UK & Senior Vice President Marketing EMEA, won this year’s Editor's Choice Channel Achievement Award.
Read MoreInsight Teammate Crowned Rising Star in CRN’s Women in Channel Awards.
Insight are very proud to announce that our very own Olya Scekaturova won the award for Rising Star in the Reseller / Services category.
Read MoreAI Could Boost the Global Economy as Much as the Steam Engine Did During the Industrial Revolution, Claims a Research Institute.
According to the McKinsey Global Institute, AI will add an extra $13tr (£10tr) to global economic activity by 2030. The research organisation predicts 70pc of companies will adopt at least one form of AI during this time. The technology, which uses large data sets to copy human behavior, could also bring about an additional 1.2pc to annual GDP growth by 2028.
Read More3 Tips to Optimise Your Business's Technology Supply Chain
Supply chain optimisation – improving the way in which companies procure and deploy technology resources – may be the key to reconciling sometimes competing business objectives and allowing organisations to free up funds to support the new role of IT. This ultimately drives greater growth and business transformation.
Read MoreInsight Enterprises, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2018 Results and Increases Full Year 2018 Guidance
Insight Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSIT) (the “Company”) today reported strong financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2017. Diluted earnings per share of $1.44 increased 30% year over year Cash flows provided by operations in the first half of 2018 were $351.0 million compared to cash used in operations of $99.3 million in the first half of 2017 Adjusted diluted earnings per share of $1.45 increased 27% year over year
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Insight Technology Conference
Stand by for more information about our next Technology Conference, which will take place in Manchester in September 2020.
Returning to Manchester Central, the 2020 Insight Technology Conference invites delegates to learn, share and deliberate technology that’s enhancing how we connect with our customers and workforce today.
Fast Facts
Insight was founded in
1988 and has global headquarters in Tempe, Arizona.
We provide intelligent technology solutions - hardware, software, cloud and support services.
We have operations in 21 countries and serve clients in more than 180 countries.
We’re Microsoft’s No. 1 Global Licensing Solution Provider.
Insight offers support in 15 languages.
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