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IT spending set for major slowdown in 2016

Global IT spending to slow notably in 2016, growing only 2% amid economic instability in emerging markets and smartphone market saturation, reports IDC.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 18th Feb 2016

Supply Chain

Line of Business budgets could make up half of IT spending

Non-IT business units to spend almost as much as IT-funded purchases, says IDC. 47% of corporate IT spending to be funded by non-IT in 2019.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Feb 2016

Digital Transformation

Digital transformation the heart of APAC business

By 2017, 60% of APAC 1000 enterprises will centre their strategy on digital transformation, driving smart city and enterprise development in the region.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Feb 2016

Privileged Access Management

Tracking privileged access vital, says Gartner

Unless organisations track and review privileged activity, they risk being blindsided by insider threats and errors that cause significant outages.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 15th Feb 2016

Chief Data Officer

What the chief data officer role should look like

The number of chief data officer roles in organisations has more than doubled, according to research by Gartner.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 15th Feb 2016

Virtualisation

Frost & Sullivan applauds VMware for education technology solutions

Frost - Sullivan recognizes VMware for its innovative education technology solutions, including the AirWatch teacher tools and Workspace Suite.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Software-as-a-Service

Cloud spending to account for half of federal govt IT budget by 2018

Lower price points for cloud services and the changing nature of cloud computing is helping to drive federal government cloud consumption.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Public Cloud

Public cloud boom - and innovation - ahead

Public cloud spend is forecast to double by 2019 in Asia Pacific excluding Japan, growing at nearly six times the rate of overall IT spending growth.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 10th Feb 2016

Cybersecurity

Attacks against IoT, Dark Web indexing, and other tales from Ground Zero

I've uncovered Israeli innovation countering soaring IoT attacks and Dark Web's underworld market indexing—key battlegrounds in cyber warfare.

By Avivah Litan • 5 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Endpoint Protection

Gartner names Bitdefender an endpoint security 'visionary'

Bitdefender named Visionary in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection, validating the company's rapid advancement in enterprise sector.

By Catherine Knowles • 1 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

IT Department

Need IT? Don't ask your CIO

New research reveals LoB managers are heading straight to the source with their IT requirements, rather than going through the CIO.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Data Analytics

Gartner recognises CA Technologies as Magic Quadrant leader

For the fourth year in a row, CA Technologies has been positioned as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Integrated IT Portfolio Analysis (IIPA).

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Mobile wallet

Loyalty cards go mobile, according to new research

More than 3bn loyalty cards will be mobile-only or integrated into mobile apps by 2020, up from 1.4bn last year.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Network Infrastructure

Data center SDN spend to hit US$12.5 billion by 2020

Data center SDN is moving from hyperscale and cloud data centers into the enterprise data center, propelling market spend to $12.5 billion by 2015.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Feb 2016

Wearables

Is there any hope for the smart glasses market?

While an appealing consumer smart glasses product has yet to be launched, the benefits are now being realised with vendors focusing on enterprise.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Feb 2016

Health Technologies

IDC: Detailed approach to targeting growth and opportunity required

IDC is warning that the need is greater than ever for a detailed approach to targeting IT spend growth and opportunity. So where's the opportunity?.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 5th Feb 2016

Data Analytics

NZ businesses set to spend $90 million on BI and analytics

NZ businesses set to make NZ$92.3m from BI and analytics in 2016 as market value increases 8.1%, says Gartner.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Feb 2016

Gaming

Smartwatches, fitness devices, HDMs: What's in store for the wearables market?

The wearables market is booming, with Gartner projecting sales of 274.6 million devices in 2016, including USD $11.5 billion in smartwatch revenue alone.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 4th Feb 2016

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Smart Machines

Rise of smart machines means vendors need a new competitive approach

Smart machines will make offshore model obsolete for competitive advantage, says Gartner. 40% of outsourced services will leverage smart machine tech by 2018.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 12th Feb 2016

Apple

Slowing smartphone market affecting all players

Global smartphone market slowdown affects Apple, with slowest Q4 market growth since 2008, according to Juniper Research.