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Employees will often bypass a corporate firewall with a hotspot, survey finds ORLANDO mdash; More than 75% of corporations have policies that pro vaso stanley hibit the use of consumer online file sharing and collaboration tools, stanley cup yet employee use of the services is still rampant, according to an Enterprise Strategy Group survey.The thing is, IT had control of the data in the past. Now, it has only been three years since this OFS market has taken off and now data is everywhere, said Terri McClure, who spoke at SNW here Tuesday.McClure cited an ESG survey completed late last year of 499 IT personnel throughout the U stanley thermos .S., all of whom had some control over corporate file management. Of those, 77% said they had a formal policy or ldquo trongly discourage or outright prohibit the use of online file sharing services. Only 22% said they had no formal policy against the use of such services.When asked if end users in their company are using non-IT approved OFS services, 36% said yes, 34% said they suspect they are, and 28% said they do not believe end users are using their own services. One percent said they didnrsquo;t know.Even if employees are physically prohibited by a companyrsquo network from using a consumer file sharing service, McClure said itrsquo not unusual for them to link to their favorite service via a Wi-Fi hotspot or a conference room network. Irsquo;m not going to say everyone has violators hellip; but boy this Nmxz London tech startups attract $200m Singapore venture capital fund Infocomm

Tuesday 01 March 2016 4:24 am|Updated:Wednesday 04 August 2021 2:26 pmStealth taxes on insurance are driving up costs for businesses and motorists: Donrsquo;t make it any worse, chancellorBy: City A.M. ContributorShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailThe rise in the rate of Insurance Premium Tax IPT from 6 to 9.5 per cent, announced in last yearrsquo Budget, did not grab the headlines. But it has had a very real impact. It has led to a further financial squeeze on millions of responsible businesses and households who have done the right thing and taken out insurance protection.Insurance is not a luxury ndash; just ask those 15,000 homeowners and businesses who were hit by the floods earlier this wi stanley cup nter and who are relying on their insurers to help them get back to normal. This is why the chancellor must resist any temptation to further raise the IPT burden for businesses and households in next monthrs stanley cup quo Budget.Raising the rate of IPT fails insurance customers and society on four counts:First, i stanley us t hits businesses. As companies lead the way in the economic recovery, higher IPT increases their operating costs. Any further rise in IPT by the same amount as last year could add an extra pound;500m a year to the insurance bill for the commercial sector. Higher insurance costs pose the real risk that some firms could cut back on their cover, leaving them dangerously exposed to unforeseen events,