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IDC: All enterprises must understand and plan for cognitive/AI

Tue, 4th Apr 2017
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IDC is urging all enterprises to understand and plan for the adoption and use of cognitive and AI systems, as spend on the technologies surges.
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Hyperconverged systems see hyper growth as overall converged market declines

Mon, 27th Mar 2017
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Hyperconverged systems surged by 87.3% in Q4, countering a declining overall converged systems market, which saw a 1.4% drop.
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Demand for cloud brings 'tidal wave of change' for networking, says Juniper Networks

Wed, 22nd Mar 2017
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Juniper Networks launches Open Cloud Interconnect to accelerate cloud service delivery and simplify network operations.
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Dell EMC muscles in on cloud infrastructure leaders HPE and Cisco

Mon, 20th Mar 2017
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Dell's merger with EMC has seen it jump to the top of the cloud infrastructure market to share a three way tie with HPE and Cisco.
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Microsoft tops; Oracle and Google growing fast as enterprise SaaS tops US$13b

Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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Enterprise SaaS has recorded growth of 32% year on year in Q4 2016, with Microsoft leading the charge - but Google and Oracle snapping at its heels.
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Equinix reveals new platform for global IBX customers

Thu, 2nd Mar 2017
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Equinix introduces IBX SmartView, a data center monitoring software, to enhance visibility and control for customers across its IBX data centers.
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Ovum: What to expect at Mobile World Conference 2017

Mon, 27th Feb 2017
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Tech futurism takes centre stage at MWC 2017 as Ovum predicts smart living and AI advancements transforming the industry in Barcelona.
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Gartner: 2017 public cloud services market to surge 18 percent

Fri, 24th Feb 2017
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Gartner have forecast widespread growth across the globe, with cloud adoption strategies to influence more than 50% of ITO deals through 2020.
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Has the cloud computing ship already sailed?

Fri, 24th Feb 2017
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Cloud computing is still in its infancy and there is still great opportunity for colocation providers, says market-watcher Rhonda Ascierto.
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Ericsson expands portfolio to bring 5G into the arena

Mon, 20th Feb 2017
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Ericsson claim their new 5G platform is the first solution to market to enable today's networks a smooth evolution to the next generation.
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Apple back on top in smartphone battle - but the Chinese are gaining fast

Thu, 16th Feb 2017
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Apple is back on top in the fiercely fought global smartphone market according to Gartner – but Chinese vendors are making big inroads.
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8.4 BILLION connected “things” to be in use in 2017

Wed, 8th Feb 2017
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​The Internet of Things (IoT) has stormed onto the scene in recent years like a bull in a china shop - Gartner says its showing no signs of slowing.
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Palo Alto amplifies endpoint platform to tackle credential theft

Wed, 8th Feb 2017
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network security
Credential abuse and theft are two main ways threat actors are able to compromise and move within an organisation to steal valuable assets.
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Microsoft, Google, IBM surge but AWS still dominates public cloud services

Mon, 6th Feb 2017
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Microsoft, Google and IBM are slowly gaining on AWS in the public cloud services market, as the IaaS and PaaS infrastructure service market top US$7b.
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Most smartphone users spend zilch on apps, survey finds

Tue, 31st Jan 2017
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Over half of smartphone owners don't shell out for apps, engaging more with in-app purchases, says Gartner's latest survey.
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Automation strikes again: Data Science jobs at risk, is there opportunity for channel?

Tue, 17th Jan 2017
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Gartner predicts that over 40% of data science tasks will be automated by 2020, potentially putting data scientists out of a job.
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Citizen data science to skyrocket by 2019, says Gartner

Tue, 17th Jan 2017
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martech
By 2020, more than 40% of data science tasks will be automated, which means citizen data scientists will be able to use more information.
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Public datacenter spend to account for majority of $44 billion infrastructure spend

Mon, 16th Jan 2017
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Total spending on IT infrastructure products for deployment in cloud environments is set to increase by 18.2% in 2017.
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Equinix, Digital Realty, NTT streak ahead in colocation market

Mon, 16th Jan 2017
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Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT extended their colocation leadership last year, growing three times as much as the overall market.
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Vendor revenue from infrastructure on the up in 3Q16

Mon, 16th Jan 2017
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Cloud IT infrastructure sales see 8.1% growth in Q3 2016, driven by increased revenue from server, storage, and Ethernet switch sales.