Analyst report stories - Page 229

As the tech world goes virtual, Heather Wright polls some experts about their views on where resellers stand to gain the most.

Claims of private cloud dominance are deceptive, a Gartner analyst finds, as the market and its maturity far diverge from reported figures.

Amid title inflation, companies now appoint CEOs per division or country, diluting the once singular role atop the corporate hierarchy.

As more companies embrace technology, the line between tech and non-tech firms is becoming increasingly blurred.

Enterprise SaaS vendors face obsolescence as they resist the pay as you go model, risking becoming the new legacy dinosaurs.

Gartner reveals common pitfalls that lead to new tech product launch failures, emphasizing the vital role of sales channels.

Gartner highlights 8 key forces shaping data centre strategy as organisations face changes in technology use and demand increased agility.

Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to surpass 1.0 billion units in 2013, representing 39.3% growth over 2012.

Gartner advises embracing BYOD with open designs and flexible architecture, recognising it signals a vital shift in IT strategy, not just a trend.

Despite the hype surrounding smart watches, Gartner believes they are unlikely to be featured on many consumers' holiday wish lists this year.

Trend Micro have been in the online security / anti-virus business for a while, and now that business has extended to mobile devices.

Smartphones to predict next moves & purchase based on user data, says Gartner. Smartphones will be smarter than humans by 2017.

Worldwide tablet shipments grew to 47.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013, drove largely in part through Android products.

Cloud-based security services set to soar to $3.1 billion by 2015, with encryption and IAM leading the surge, says Gartner.

The development and implementation of digital government strategies is putting the government CIO role under pressure, leading to the creation of new roles.

This results in every budget being an IT budget; every company being a technology company; every business becoming a digital leader; and every person.

The Nexus of Forces is transforming the approach towards information security as new requirements are brought about by social, mobile, cloud and information.

By 2016, cloud computing is set to dominate IT spending, with Gartner predicting a shift towards hybrid models and significant enterprise adoption.

Affordable devices fuel global growth, with lower-priced models and small tablets leading a 4.5% increase in device shipments in 2013.

Surge in internet usage fuels unprecedented growth in ANZ's WLAN market, with consumers snatching a greater market share.