Analyst report stories - Page 212

Plan B acquires Turnstone for business continuity services, will expand offering to customers. No layoffs, potential for more acquisitions.

Plan B has reached an agreement with voice, video and data network provider Turnstone to acquire the business and assets of the company.

Enterprise apps surge as key business drivers, with focus on user experience and heavy reliance on mobile technologies for growth.

The wearables market continues to grow at a rapid rate in 2015, driven by new vendors, end-user awareness and new devices such as the Apple Watch.

MuleSoft has announced its position as a Leader in Gartner’s 2015 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service for the second year.

IDC:The industry saw competitive dynamics shift with major vendors forming new partnerships. This is sure to set a new competitive landscape for 2015.

By 2019, smartphones set to claim a dominant 77.7% market share in the realm of smart connected devices, leaving PCs and tablets trailing, reveals IDC.

A flurry of US economic data including on housing, manufacturing, inflation and GDP will determine the timing of a Fed Reserve interest rate increase.

Amid waning PC sales, Gartner forecasts a 7.2% hike in global device spend, buoyed by mobiles and ultramobiles in 2015.

CIOs are urged by Gartner to foster ethical AI, building public trust in smart technology through responsible programming.

IDC’s reports regularly pop up in tech news stories, but have you ever wondered how those reports are collated – or how IDC operates as a business?.

Bolstered by the increasing propensity for malicious attacks, the security appliance market has experienced double-digit shipment growth and 8.6% reve.

Enterprise videoconferencing equipment showed positive results in 4Q14 with overall videoconferencing equipment revenue increasing 15.8%.

The PC market is in a state of flux, with shipments expected to fall in 2015 but grow in 2016 and 2017, according to IDC.

While the iPad is the weakest link, salvation comes in the form of Microsoft and the commercial sector which will help garner low but positive growth.

Deidre Steyn, ICONZ-Webvisions general manager, managed hosting, ANZ, makes the case for cloud computing, and offers tips on getting your CFO onboard.

Only a small minority of CIOs consider public cloud a first consideration for projects, with many CIOs clinging to their existing infrastructure.

Apple Watch lacks compelling use cases for salespeople, says Gartner analyst, who questions why salespeople would choose it over their iPhones.

By 2016, DevOps will be a mainstream strategy employed by 25% of Global 2,000 organisations, and will no longer be niche.

Gartner's Tiffani Bova urges overhaul of stale channel programmes, trapped by outdated metrics, as cloud challenges loom.