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International server market revenue surges 26.4%

Global server market revenue soared by 26.4% to USD $20.7 billion in 4Q17, driven by strong demand for cloud services and new server technologies.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Mar 2018

PC Hardware

IDC says there's a silver lining behind ongoing PC decline

Despite the personal computing devices market posting another decline in 2017, IDC says there are a number of positive aspects to take advantage of.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Mar 2018

Data Analytics

Qlik named Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for analytics and BI

Qlik's associative technology brings data together without complex data warehouses and enables users to explore in any direction they want.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Wed, 28th Feb 2018

Apple

2017 sees smartphone shipments decline for the first time ever

Smartphone shipments fell in 2017 for the first time since their inception with some regions worse than others, but IDC remains optimistic.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 28th Feb 2018

Sales

Gartner: Global smartphone sales record first ever decline

Global smartphone sales dropped by 5.6% in Q4 2017, marking the first yearly decline since 2004, as per Gartner. Samsung stayed on top despite this shift.

By Patrick Martlew • 3 min read • Fri, 23rd Feb 2018

Marketing Technologies

Forrester names Adobe leader in enterprise marketing and campaign management

Adobe shines in Forrester's latest reports, leading in enterprise marketing and campaign management, acclaimed for top scores in current offering and strategy.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd Feb 2018

Customer Relationship Management

Gartner says fertile ground for channel in CX tech

25% of organisations will use chatbots by 2020 and other predictions for CX tech by analysts at the Gartner Customer Experience Summit 2018 in Tokyo.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd Feb 2018

Data Analytics

Gartner names MarkLogic visionary in Magic Quadrant for data management solutions

Gartner lauds MarkLogic as Visionary in database analytics for second year, highlighting its innovative enterprise solutions.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Feb 2018

Smart Cities

Smart city technology investment to reach US$80bil this year – IDC

Intelligent traffic and transit and fixed visual surveillance are the two largest use cases in terms of worldwide spending.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Wed, 21st Feb 2018

Converged Infrastructure

Nutanix emerges as Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for hyperconverged infrastructure

20% of business-critical applications currently deployed on three-tier IT infrastructure will move to hyperconverged infrastructure by 2020.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 20th Feb 2018

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Gartner provides 7 steps for dealing with Spectre and Meltdown

No doubt you've heard of Spectre and Meltdown before, given security researchers are calling them 'catastrophic' - here's Gartner's advice.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Fri, 16th Feb 2018

Semiconductors

ASUSTOR responds to Spectre & Meltdown with ADM update

ASUSTOR is releasing updates to its ADM this week as part of its efforts to fix the Meltdown security vulnerabilities.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 14th Feb 2018

EduTech

LPWAN market about to boom, hand-in-hand with IoT - IDC NZ

The low power WAN market is about to get competitive thanks to the rise of IoT, according to a new IDC NZ report.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Wed, 14th Feb 2018

IT Automation

Gartner says just 4% of CIOs have deployed 'meaningful' AI

While there is a huge level of interest in AI tech, actual implementations are extremely low - here are the obstacles early adopters have faced.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 14th Feb 2018

Disaster Recovery

End-users have spoken - Gartner Customers' Choices announced

Gartner has announced the 2018 Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Enterprise Network Firewall, and Data Center Backup and Recovery Software.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Schneider Electric named a leader in facility optimization software

Schneider Electric recognized as a leader in facility optimization software by Verdantix, thanks to its EcoStruxure offerings.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2018

Blockchain

Blockchain spending to surge 90% in 2018 with 60% on IT services

APAC spent around US$148m on blockchain solutions in 2017, with 2018's forecast almost double that and IT services taking the lion's share.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Sat, 10th Feb 2018

Converged Infrastructure

FusionCube receives challenger position in Gartner's magic quadrant

Huawei's FusionCube named a Challenger in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for hyperconverged infrastructure, reflecting its global market influence and tech edge.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Feb 2018

Lenovo

Detachable tablets return to growth while slate tablets continue decline

Growth for the overall year just remained positive with 1.6 percent year over year growth in 2017, a sharp drop from the 24 percent growth in 2016.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 7th Feb 2018

Stories from Other Regions

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Breach Prevention

Mandatory data breach law comes into force THIS Thursday - are you ready?

Despite the imminent law with crippling fines that affects almost every significant sized AU business, a Canon study has found 3 in 5 are unaware.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Wed, 21st Feb 2018