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After Gartner forecast IoT security spending to hit US$3.1b in 2021, Huntsman's Piers Wilson says IoT vulnerabilities are being found all the time.

It's been hyped about for years, but according to IDC smartwatches are finally beginning to make an impact on the wearables market.

APeJ AI services market boom: IDC predicts 78% growth in spending, forecasting AI as key for competitive edge.

New Zealand organizations are under pressure to prioritize security in all technology deployments, according to a new report from IDC New Zealand.

Hyperconverged integrated systems (HCIS) will experience the strongest growth at 55%, while integrated stack systems will experience a 5% decline.

Hyperscale operators' capex surged 19% in Q4 2017, hitting $22bn. Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook are the five biggest spenders.

Expect more notches, under-display fingerprint readers and camera integration to apps as bezels begin to fade away.

The worldwide wearables market continued its upward trajectory in the final quarter of 2017 with full year shipment volumes reaching new records.

Global smartphone sales dropped by 5.6% in Q4 2017, marking the first yearly decline since 2004, as per Gartner. Samsung stayed on top despite this shift.

Veritas Technologies has launched CloudPoint 2.0 on Google Cloud Platform, offering enhanced data protection and simplicity for multi-cloud environments.

New data from Synergy Research Group has solidified the world's most dominant cloud providers as Amazon (AWS), Microsoft, Google – and Alibaba.

Gartner predicts global device shipments will rise 2.1% to 2.32 billion units in 2018, driven by high-end smartphones and premium ultramobiles.

Synergy reports the global cloud market soared to USD $180 billion in 2017, marking a 24% annual uptick, with IaaS and PaaS leading at 47% growth.

Gartner predicts smartphone AI will evolve into personalised companions by 2022, with 80% of devices boasting on-device AI, up from 10% in 2017.

Much has been said about artificial intelligence's (AI) imminent elimination of human jobs, but Gartner says in actual fact the reverse is true.

​Canalys has released its latest predictions surrounding the global IT security market's performance over the third quarter in 2017.

Gartner has predicted security spending to total US$96.3b in 2018, an increase of 8% from 2017 with some segments performing better than others.

Overall, the report finds that chief data officers are becoming a linchpin of digital business transformation.

Cylance, Symantec and Carbon Black have all featured top of the ranks in the Enterprise Management Associates next-generation endpoint security report.

Global smartphone sales grew by 3% in Q3 2017, with top vendors posting strong gains. Samsung led with 19.3% growth, while Xiaomi soared with an 80% rise.