Trends stories

Revenue generated by the group of ODMs selling directly to hyperscale data centres declined by 7.7% year over year in 2Q21 to $6.4 billion, while capacity shipped grew 13.8% year over year to 88.7 exabytes.>>

"Increasing demand for service-based consumption of IT resources triggered a broad move within the system vendor community to introduce a variety of offerings to fulfil this demand.">>

The largest area of investment in 2021 will be hardware, where companies are expected to purchase $228 billion in endpoint devices, enterprise hardware, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and robotics and drones.>>

The study also found that 22% of enterprises expect their levels of business in 2021 to exceed pre-pandemic levels, with global enterprise services revenues forecast to grow by 8.8% in 2021, after slowing down to 6.2% growth in 2020.>>

"Traditional anti-malware solutions alone are simply insufficient for today's threat environment. Every organisation needs a layered, proactive security strategy that involves machine learning and behavioural analysis.">>

The survey shows 78% will continue to spend money they normally wouldn't to support workers and struggling businesses, and 97% of those that shifted to shopping locally will continue to do so.>>

"Despite the traditional low-demand season in the first quarter, both quantity and price increased as demand continued to be solid across all applications.">>

"Organisations need to recognise and act on the carbon cost of our digital world by accelerating the move to business models which are supported by sustainable IT capabilities.”>>

Expert analysts find that despite ongoing concerns around semiconductor shortages the PC market continues to be one of the many consumer technology markets that is thriving.>>

The findings from the eighth annual Information Security Maturity Report reveals the current view of security issues facing businesses across the globe, indicating that years of innovation and hard work from CISOs has upheld security defences throughout COVID-19.>>

The Australian enterprise infrastructure market is set to grow significantly due to hybrid cloud adoption and infrastructure modernisation trends, according to new research from IDC.>>

Ransomware attacks on high profile victims has grown nearly eightfold from 2019 to 2020, according to new research from Kaspersky.>>

Software as a service (SaaS) remains the largest market segment and is forecast to reach A$5.7 billion in Australia in 2021 as the demand for composable applications requires a different type of SaaS experience.>>

“The rise in sophisticated, evasive threat tactics last quarter and throughout 2020 showcases how vital it is to implement layered, end-to-end security protections.">>

The survey finds that new workplace models are here to stay, that employees are struggling with the overlap of personal and professional lives, and that finding and retaining talent is a crucial consideration.>>

“Every retailer needs a strong grasp on marketplace strategies to compete in today’s digital-first economy.">>

By 2024, the market is expected to break the $500 billion mark with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.5% and total revenues reaching $554.3 billion.>>

There has been a significant shift in the way that contact centres are managed and how agents are responding to changing customer behaviours and needs, writes NICE Asia Pacific president Darren Rushworth.>>

Some organisations are kicking-off new DX initiatives now, and many others are accelerating investments they had already planned for 2022 and beyond. >>

Nearly all (96.2%) businesses in APAC see cloud as critical to meeting immediate business needs amid uncertainty.>>

“The pandemic impacts pushed companies over the digital transformation tipping point.">>

“As applications are rapidly becoming the most exploited threat vector, these security concerns underscore the importance to safeguard data with confidence by eliminating application vulnerabilities and stopping data breaches.">>

According to the new report, IDC predicts that the focus of digital decision makers in New Zealand will concentrate on filling the gaps exposed in digital transformation plans.>>

Soprano Design vice president for global marketing Matt Thompson details the enterprise messaging trends that may resonate over the coming year. >>