Analyst report stories - Page 226

Harnessing emotions, relevancy, trust, and clear benefits, Gartner outlines four essential steps to drive social media behaviour effectively.

Once perceived to have limited potential, Juniper forecasts that Phablets will ship over 120 million units by 2018, rising from an estimated 20 million in 2013.

Are distributors still relevant in the world of software delivery? IDC predicts a major trend in 2-tier distribution.

Tablet market growth is forecast to slow in 2014 due to slowing consumer purchases and declining average selling prices.

IDC's grim forecast sees PC sales plummeting by 10% in 2013, marking the sharpest decline ever due to challenging market conditions.

Big data's dark side revealed: gathering more data may seem wise, but like a dead chicken, it can quickly become a problem.

The cloud industry faces complex challenges requiring cross-discipline expertise. Collaboration via the CloudEthernet Forum is key, says President James Walker.

Worldwide sales of tablets to end users reached 195.4 million units in 2013, a 68 percent increase on 2012, according to Gartner.

The rise of big data, social networking and mobile interactions is forcing organisations to focus on the enterprise information that is most relevant,.

Samsung's new gear smart watches have been launched with few minor updates and Samsung's second-generation smart watches are based on their own Tizen OS.

Worldwide smartphone shipments will slow to 8.3% annual growth in 2017 and 6.2% in 2018, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation.

Differentiation is key to survival in the cloud market, as commoditisation leads to price competition and reduced margins, says IDC.

Only 16% of partners earned 100% of their revenue from their own services, from their own products, or through resale, according to a recent IDC survey.

IDC claims vendors that provide the most compelling and useful enablement for their partners will gain channel dominance.

Unified theory of computer market: CPU, server OS will swallow up all functions & features. New blog by @valdis_filks.

Worldwide sales of smartphones accounted for 53.6 percent of overall mobile phone sales in 2013, exceeding annual sales of feature phones for the first time.

Nearly half of all jobs risk automation in the next 20 years. Can smart machines enhance or threaten your career path?.

Wearable tech is set to transform how we live, driving hands-free functionality in everyday tasks and spurring 5% of sales by 2020.

Google sells its smartphone division to Lenovo at a significant loss, exiting the race less than three years after buying Motorola.

NBC News accused of misleading report on cybersecurity in Sochi; conditions equally bad at Starbucks, says Gartner analyst.