Worldwide IT Spending to Decline 5.5 Percent in 2015, Gartner Says
Worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3.5 trillion in 2015, a 5.5 percent decline from 2014, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. Analysts attribute the decline to the rising U.S....
View ArticleIDC: Worldwide Cloud IT Infrastructure Spending Forecast to Grow 26 Percent...
Total cloud IT infrastructure spending will reach $33.4 billion in 2015 — a year-over-year increase of 26.4 percent, according to a new report from International Data Corp. (IDC). IDC’s Worldwide...
View Article25GE Ports to Make Up 9 Percent of Converged Data Center Network Adapter...
The transmission of Ethernet frames at 25 Gigabits per second (25GE) is making its debut into the converged network adapter market — and adoption of the technology likely will be driven by the value it...
View ArticleFinancial Services Lead IT Spending Growth in 2015, Consumer Economics Study...
IT operational budgets in the financial services sector have gained an average of 5.5 percent in the first half of 2015, according to the new Computer Economics IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks...
View ArticleMobile and Online Traffic to Reach 438 Billion Messages per Day by 2019:...
Mobile and online messaging traffic will reach a whopping 160 trillion per year by 2019 — up from 94.2 trillion this year — according to new data from Juniper Research. That translates into...
View ArticleRetailers Need Advanced Analytic Capabilities to Compete in the Digitalized...
Retailers will not be able to compete in the digitalized marketplace without advanced analytic capabilities, according to new research from Gartner. Because of this, the analysts advise retail...
View ArticleCloud Costs Falling Slowly, But Huge Savings Await Enterprises That Commit,...
Although on-demand pricing for cloud services has fallen only 2.25 percent since October 2014, enterprises that negotiate and commit to the cloud have saved 12 percent, 451 Research has found. Using...
View ArticleSmartphone Vendors Making the Most of High Growth in Emerging Markets,...
Emerging markets are fast becoming the new battleground for smartphone vendors as well-known global players are facing hot competition from local manufacturers, according to a new report by...
View ArticleGartner Forecasts 59 Percent Mobile Data Growth Worldwide in 2015
Global mobile data traffic is set to reach 52 million terabytes (TB) in 2015, an increase of 59 percent from 2014, according to Gartner, Inc. The rapid growth is set to continue through 2018, when...
View ArticleEuropean Smart Thermostats Market to Rocket Up to $2.5 Billion in 5 Years:...
The European smart thermostats market is set to boom, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. In a new report, Analysis of the European Smart Thermostats Market, finds that the market...
View ArticleGlobal mPoS Installed Base Growing at 32% CAGR To Quadruple by 2019, Says 451...
Global mobile point of sale (mPoS) installed base is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32 percent over the next four years to reach 54.03 million units by 2019, more than...
View ArticleJuniper Smartphone Quarterly: Global Smartphone Shipments Reach 338 Million...
Global smartphone shipments reached 338 million units in the second quarter of 2015, however the year-over-year growth rate slowed to 16 percent, according to Juniper Research’s Smartphone Quarterly....
View ArticleJuniper: 5G Service Revenues To Reach 7% of Operator-Billed Revenues and...
The next evolution in mobile/ wireless telecommunications technology, 5G, is projected to reach $100 million in 2020, its first year of commercial availability. By 2025, however, it is expected to...
View ArticleLEO/BTR Survey: Organizations Increase Innovation Investments Year-over-Year
Washington, DC and London, UK – The state of the global innovation economy is alive and well, according to a recent survey report from Leading Edge Only conducted by BizTechReports. The survey features...
View ArticleBTR Webcast: Cloud Computing Drives 5.5% OPEX IT Spend Uptick in Financial...
According to research from Computer Economics, the financial services sector is leading all other vertical industries in increasing its IT spend, as the final vestiges of the 2008 crisis appear to have...
View ArticleData Breach, Cyber-Related Public Statements Up Nearly 20 Percent in 2nd...
Data breach communications are up and financial misdeeds are down in the second quarter of this year, according to new data from CrisisReponsePro.com, a web startup that tracks public statements by...
View ArticlePersonal Cloud Is Growing in Importance as it Intersects With IT Initiatives,...
Personal cloud is growing in importance as it shapes how employees operate across their digital lives, according to Gartner, Inc. End-user computing (EUC) and digital workplace managers responsible for...
View ArticleVirtual Reality Devices to Ship 43 Million Units by 2020, ABI Research Says
Virtual Reality Devices as a whole are expected to grow rapidly over the next five years, with an average combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 106 percent and combined shipments of 43 million in 2020,...
View ArticleWeb To Influence More Than Half Of European Retail Sales By 2020, Forrester Says
Cross-channel retail sales in Europe — purchases that consumers begin using a digital channel but do not complete online — will reach €704 billion by 2020, up from €457 billion this year, according to...
View ArticleGartner Says Competition Is Increasing to Be the IoT Gateway to the Connected...
The hype surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT) in the home is growing rapidly, according to Gartner, Inc., as the battle for the IoT gateway in the connected home gets underway. The opportunity is...
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