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Global smartphone sales look to have reached its peak, with new reports forecasting sales will no longer grow in double digits.

The global wireless LAN market grew by 4.5% YoY in Q1 2016, with the enterprise segment experiencing its best growth in over a year.

Salesforce leads as the CRM market expands by 12.3%, hitting $26.3bn in 2015 amid a surge of M&A activity, per Gartner.

Unisys expands its APAC team with the appointment of Corrine Murphy as director of planning and operations for the region.

Global revenues for big data and business analytics are set to explode, with IDC forecasting a growth to over $187 billion in 2019.

Charis is gearing up to launch his third startup, the iKON Tracker, which has already been recognised as one of the top 30 startups at DEMO Africa.

Recent research has found security and value justification remain the biggest obstacles to IoT project deployment by enterprises.

Unleashed Software has raised $3 million in new capital and is reportedly planning to expand business both locally and on an international level.

Dimension Data and Blue Coat's managed cloud security service, designed to extend web security controls to the cloud, is rolling out first in Aussie.

Minimal growth this quarter is primarily attributed to strong smartphone saturation in developed markets, as well as a decline from Apple and Samsung.

In the slowing smartphone market, Apple has reported its first every year-on-year decline, while Samsung has held its ground.

Australia is falling behind in cloud computing policies, ranking 6th out of 24 leading IT economies, according to a study by the BSA.

PCCW Global has entered into a long-term deal with Keppel Data Centres Holding to co-develop and market an international carrier exchange in Hong Kong.

Kiwi start-up designs app for Aramex, the Middle East's largest logistics company, using Microsoft's Xamarin framework.

Colocation revenues, and square footage, are climbing with APAC now accounting for 40.1% of global colocation space - but there's consolidation ahead.

If this realm truly embodies the seedy underbelly of the Internet, then why do 29% of respondents think it should not be taken down?.

New research reveals that over 90% of malicious domains are hosted in the US and Germany, according to Infoblox.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been ranked as the best university for Computer Science, according to a global survey.

The data center blade server market is expected to see CAGR of 8.7% out to 2021, on the back of increasing adoption of virtualisation solutions.

Busson and Jarre say at each stage of the New Zealand leg, they were welcomed and impressed by this country’s approach to edtech.