Kaspersky Lab has recently hosted its annual Emerging Market Partner Conference, which gathered more than 100 visitors from 42 countries in Barcelona, Spain, from 30th May to 2nd June.

Xopero joins ESET Technology Alliance
ESET, a global IT security firm, has announced that Xopero, Europe-based provider of data backup solutions has joined the Technology … 0 5998
Huawei enters smartwatch market
Huawei has introduced its Huawei watch to markets in Europe at the IFA consumer technology conference in Berlin.

Ericsson takes patent dispute with Apple to European courts
Following up on lawsuits in the U.S., a dispute between Ericsson and Apple over royalty payments has now moved also to Europe.
VIP Computers exits MENA & SA markets
This move reflects the company’s desire to redirect resources and increase focus on core markets across Europe and USA, where the group is positioned as a system manufacturer as well as a broadline distributor.

Unitrends looks to expand, appoints Kevin Moreau as EMEA boss
Back-up and recovery vendor Unitrends recently announced that it had appointed Kevin Moreau as its new managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

BYOD breeds distrust between workers and IT
The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement is supposed to boost worker productivity but a study released on Monday said it can also breed distrust between employees and IT departments.

PC shipments drop 11.4% in Q2 as Lenovo surpasses HP
Weakness in the global economy, component shortages, sluggish demand for Windows 8 and the popularity of tablets all contributed to another double-digit percentage decline for the global PC market in the second quarter.

Fallout from NSA surveillance programme disclosures spreads
The fallout from the recent disclosures of the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programmes continues to spread.

Information Commissioner threatens Google with legal action over privacy policy
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is threatening legal action and fines against Google over its updated privacy policy.

Prism harming US cloud provider business, European Commission claims
US cloud providers could miss out on billions of euros of business from European customers due to data privacy fears around the Prism surveillance programme, the European Commission has claimed.