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Infrastructure-as-a-Service

IT spending a casualty of economic uncertainty, says Gartner

Worldwide IT spending to drop this year, according to Gartner, due to economic uncertainty and currency fluctuations.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 8th Apr 2016

Cybersecurity

Blue Coat dominates network security forensics market

Blue Coat has been acknowledged for its dominance in the global network security forensics market, winning Frost & Sullivan's Leadership Award.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Apr 2016

Opinion

Isn't it about time that the CIO set out on a customer journey?

How have CIOs stepped up to the role of delivering better marketing insight, or driving higher sales, or pushed for a more loyal customer base?.

By Michael Maoz • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Apr 2016

Marketing Technologies

Has digital marketing finally become just marketing?

Digital, now the DNA of marketing, challenges brands to innovate with a customer-centric, multi-channel approach, experts agree.

By Kirsten Newbold-Knipp • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Apr 2016

Semiconductors

Slowing demand for key applications drag semiconductor market down

Semiconductor spend dropped in 2015 as slowing demand for key applications and currency fluctuations caused turbulence.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Apr 2016

Bimodal it

Service providers must go bimodal or become irrelevant

Gartner is cautioning IT service providers to get a move on in becoming bimodal, with concerns about providers abilities to transform quickly enough.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Data Analytics

The hype and misunderstanding surrounding analytics

The hype related to analytic technologies and vendors continues unabated. It seems that investors are still pushing up prices of analytic vendors.

By Andrew White • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Building materials

3D printing expansion unveils growth opportunities for superior materials

Suppliers of superior materials for 3D printing should focus on application-based products, as the market is set to reach $920.4bn by 2020.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 4th Apr 2016

Converged Infrastructure

Converged systems revenue hits $3 billion mark

Converged systems revenue surpasses $3.1bn in Q4 2015, with hyperconverged systems driving growth, according to IDC.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 4th Apr 2016

Digital Transformation

Is there such a thing as a little disruption?

Dollar Shave Club proves that disrupters come in all shapes and sizes, as it challenges market leader Gillette in the men's shaving market.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 1st Apr 2016

Analyst report

Smartphone market to see single digital growth for the first time

Global smartphone market to hit its first single-digit growth, slowing to 7% in 2016, as the industry braces for change, says Gartner.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 1st Apr 2016

Platform-as-a-Service

MuleSoft 'leader' in enterprise integration PaaS, who else makes the cut?

MuleSoft is among five companies to garner a position in Gartner's 2016 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration PaaS.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 31st Mar 2016

Health Technologies

Where is growth coming from for the reseller channel?

A new survey from Canalys reveals the reseller channel is bullish about 2016. So where's the growth coming from - and how can you capitalise on it?.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 30th Mar 2016

Digital age

Are you betting your career against the future?

CIOs and IT professionals need to embrace digital business or risk being left behind, warns Gartner Research VP.

By Diana Morello • 2 min read • Wed, 30th Mar 2016

Supply Chain

Nespresso doing digital right, says expert

40 years after the invention of the Nespresso machine, the latest models are going digital - it's a pivotal example of digital business in action.

By Mark Raskino • 3 min read • Wed, 30th Mar 2016

Digital Economy

Economics of Connections fuelling digital business, says Gartner

Business and IT leaders must adapt to the new economics of a digital economy to capitalise on its potential, says Gartner.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 30th Mar 2016

Network Infrastructure

SD-WAN set to boom as organisations seek to optimise cloud

IDC says SD-WAN revenue will start to ramp up strongly this year as organisations seek to optimise their cloud strategies.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 30th Mar 2016

Network Infrastructure

Dell, HP lead as APAC thin client market bucks global trend and grows

Dell and HP continue to dominate the thin client market - a market where Asia Pacific was the only region to see an increase in shipments last year.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 29th Mar 2016

Disaster Recovery

EMC dominates purpose-built backup appliance market

Adaptation by vendors in the purpose-built backup appliance market is helping drive the market which remains completely dominated by EMC.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016