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Public cloud set to be a US$214b market by year's end

Tue, 2nd Apr 2019
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New Gartner research shows the public cloud market to be aggressively expanding both now and in the foreseeable future.
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Traditional IT infrastructure spending surpasses cloud – for now

Fri, 29th Mar 2019
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Traditional IT infra spending surged past cloud in late 2018, despite cloud IT revenue growth hitting USD $16.8 billion. Will cloud reclaim the lead?.
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Worldwide spending on security to reach $103.1bil in 2019 - IDC

Thu, 21st Mar 2019
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Global security spending is set to hit USD $103.1 billion in 2019, up 9.4% from 2017, driven by industries like banking and government, says IDC.
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IDC: Data drives growth of enterprise storage systems market

Mon, 11th Mar 2019
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Global market revenue grew 7.4% during the fourth quarter of 2018, with Dell Inc taking the number one spot for market share.
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Gartner's top security and risk management trends

Thu, 7th Mar 2019
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Gartner has identified seven pivotal security and risk management trends that leaders must prepare for to ensure resilience and uphold business goals.
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IDC: Strong growth for Ethernet switch, router markets FY18

Mon, 4th Mar 2019
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Worldwide Ethernet switch market increased 12.7% year over year in fourth quarter of 2018 - router market rebounds, up 15.6%.
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Spending on public cloud services to reach US$160b in 2019

Thu, 28th Feb 2019
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The bustling public cloud services and infrastructure markets in aggregate are set to undertake substantial growth this year.
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TIBCO named leader in integration platform-as-a-service by Forrester

Wed, 27th Feb 2019
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IPaaS and hybrid integration platform (HIP) providers are gaining recognition as strategic elements of digital transformation.
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Nearly half of today's PaaS offerings are exclusively cloud

Wed, 27th Feb 2019
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The platform-as-a-service (PaaS) market is entering an interesting period with no vendors holding any real dominance over the market.
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'Digital twins' entering mainstream use sooner than expected

Wed, 20th Feb 2019
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The term 'digital twin' may sound foreign to some, but Gartner says it is rapidly becoming established among modern organisations.
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Gartner names ExtraHop leader in network performance monitoring

Thu, 14th Feb 2019
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Gartner names ExtraHop a leader in its NPMD Magic Quadrant, recognising its strength in IT ops, real-time threat detection, and machine learning capabilities.
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APAC holds largest installed base of storage capacity

Thu, 14th Feb 2019
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IDC predicts that worldwide storage capacity will double to 11.7 zettabytes by 2023, with enterprises managing the majority of storage.
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IDC: Growth in ICT spend driven by cloud infrastructure

Tue, 12th Feb 2019
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Service providers account for a growing share of ICT spending, led by a surge of cloud infrastructure spending, according to IDC.
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Illumio eyes global expansion with $65m in the bank

Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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Illumio secures US$65m in funding to expand across Asia Pacific, EMEA, and the US, as demand for micro-segmentation grows.
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Channel partners growing in importance for cloud services

Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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Canalys analysts say the huge growth in cloud services will be of benefit to channel partners with a number of incentives.
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US-China trade war a 'double-edged sword' for ICT spending

Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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The trade war, among other factors, is set to negatively impact global ICT spending but the market will still experience positive growth.
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Four Chinese OEMs among top 10 global semiconductor customers

Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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Four Chinese OEMs—Huawei, Lenovo, BBK Electronics, and Xiaomi—have surged into the top 10 global semiconductor buyers, Gartner reveals.
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AWS and Azure spending big bucks on data centres to get ahead

Fri, 1st Feb 2019
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A new report from Canalys has revealed what the world's two largest cloud providers have been up to – and they've certainly been busy.
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IDC: Worst smartphone sales year ever

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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Smartphone shipments decline 4.9% in Q4 2018, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of decline, according to data from IDC.
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Top risk facing organisations? Why, it's an IT talent famine

Mon, 21st Jan 2019
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The IT industry is experiencing a severe talent shortage, now the top risk for organisations, up from third place, per Gartner's latest report.