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Cylance gains top spot in Magic Quadrant for second year running

Cylance has been positioned as a 'Visionary' in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms for the second year running.

By Sara Barker • 1 min read • Tue, 7th Feb 2017

Microsoft

Dominating Apple not immune to tablet market woe, Lenovo 'one to watch'

Even the holiday quarter of 2016 couldn't save the dwindling tablet market as it continued its spirally decline, IDC says.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 3rd Feb 2017

Workplace

Digital workplace vendors work best with revolutionary organisations

Digital workplace tech vendors thrive with forward-thinking firms, but must navigate longer sales cycles and cultural hurdles to succeed.

By Craig Roth • 4 min read • Fri, 3rd Feb 2017

Endpoint Protection

CrowdStrike's 'visionary' approach lands a spot in Gartner's Magic Quadrant

Cloud and endpoint security provider CrowdStrike has been named a 'Visionary' in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 2nd Feb 2017

Apple

Apple pips Samsung following 'roller coaster' year for the smartphone

The global smartphone market experienced growth in Q4 2016, with vendors shipping a total of 428.5 million units, according to IDC.

By Shannon Williams • 6 min read • Thu, 2nd Feb 2017

Cloud Services

Most smartphone users spend zilch on apps, survey finds

Over half of smartphone owners don't shell out for apps, engaging more with in-app purchases, says Gartner's latest survey.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 31st Jan 2017

User and Entity Behavior Analytics

Buckle up for the AI security revolution – spending to hit $96b by 2021

AI security spending to reach £72bn by 2021 amid a surge in machine learning to combat cyber threats, says ABI report.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 31st Jan 2017

Network Infrastructure

Declining APAC PC market set to stabilise, but will remain challenging

Asia Pacific PC market sees 5.5% YoY decrease in 2016, but commercial market contracts by only 1.4%, says IDC.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Jan 2017

Microsoft

Cloud marketplaces: The death knell for resellers?

There will be less need for middlemen, resellers in particular. Cloud platforms and marketplaces eliminate geographical issues...

By David Yockelson • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Jan 2017

Opinion

Retail CIOs must help unify execution of customer-facing processes

In this new business environment, the role of the CIO as a trusted advisor to the business, in particular to the CEO, is more relevant than ever.

By Robert Hetu • 2 min read • Wed, 25th Jan 2017

Data Analytics

Australian businesses yet to harness business advantages of big data

Many Australian businesses are missing out on the benefits of big data, says IDC, with many still seeing it as a fad rather than a business advantage.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Jan 2017

Digital Transformation

Digital transformation and what it means for Indonesia

Digital transformation will reach macroeconomic levels in Indonesia, reshaping the global economy, says IDC. #DXEconomy.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Jan 2017

Cybersecurity

Trend Micro attributes Magic Quadrant leadership to strategic acquisition

Trend Micro's acquisition of TippingPoint has been a key strategic move in its positioning as a leader in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 23rd Jan 2017

Hyperscale

Frost & Sullivan predicts emerging APAC markets will pave data center growth

Frost & Sullivan says Asia Pacific will lead the modular data center infrastructure market until at least 2020, and there will be moderate growth.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 18th Jan 2017

Stories from Other Regions

Analyst report stories

Digital Transformation

DX to drive 75% of Kiwi IT spend by 2019 says IDC NZ

Technologies enabling DX will drive more than 75% of Kiwi IT spend by 2019 with 50% of all infrastructure and software spend being cloud-based by 2020.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Tue, 7th Feb 2017

Digital Transformation

DX to attain 'macroeconomic scale' in Australia in next three to four years

Digital transformation will attain macroeconomic scale over the next three to four years and the channel will play a big part on the cloud front.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 6th Feb 2017

Trump

Trump's tough talk may crush Asian vendors' US plans

The global smartphone market is in a good place. Or perhaps was until Trump made his intended plans clear, that would affect all of Asia's industries.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2017