Global Stories

Synergy reports record-breaking Q1 capex spend for big cloud providers

Hyperscale operators' Q1 capex soared to USD $27 billion, driven by immense outlays from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook, says Synergy Research.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Tue, 29th May 2018

Google

Google beats Amazon to first place in smart speaker war

Google claims the top spot in the smart speaker market by shipping 3.2 million units in Q1 2018, surpassing Amazon's 2.5 million Echo shipments.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Mon, 28th May 2018

Hyperscale

Big 5 fuel 'staggering' growth of capex in hyperscale data centres

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook continue to balloon in the hyperscale data centre market with spending reaching an all-time high.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 23rd May 2018

Unified Communications

Is your business ready to talk chatbots?

Is your business ready for chatbots? CIOs must embrace these virtual assistants, with more than 50% of enterprises projected to invest heavily by 2021.

By Kong Yang • 4 min read • Mon, 14th May 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

The colocation market conditions you need to know about before picking a provider

As the market expands, so does your ability to find an outstanding collaborative provider who can establish a right-sized approach just for you.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Thu, 10th May 2018

Lenovo

IDC: A new market being born from struggling tablet trade

While the market for slate tablets continues to struggle, the detachables market is starting to flourish - something the top vendors are exploiting.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Fri, 4th May 2018

Hyperscale

Cloud boom continues as giants threaten small operators

Spending on cloud infrastructure services rose by 51% in Q1 2018, surpassing growth rates of the previous five quarters, according to Synergy Research data.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Tue, 1st May 2018

Artificial Intelligence

AI and the cloud - a match made in heaven

When it comes to technology trends, they don't come much bigger than cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

By Steve Singer • 4 min read • Tue, 1st May 2018

DevOps

GlobalData: AWS, lower cloud adoption barriers or face being overtaken

GlobalData has released commentary reporting Amazon's days at the top of the cloud market could be numbered unless it makes some changes.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 19th Apr 2018

Data Analytics

A glance at the future: Mind-reading AI, VR journalism & radical collaboration

Purdue scientists decode brain activity, igniting AI-led mind-reading tech to revolutionise future workplaces.

By Ram Vaidyanathan • 6 min read • Thu, 5th Apr 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Report: Enterprise server demand underwhelming for 4Q17

A report by Dell'Oro Group has shown that high memory costs contributed to a slower than expected Purley refresh cycle slowing sales in the quarter.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Tue, 20th Mar 2018

Hyperscale

AWS launches image recognition AI for APAC developers

Amazon Rekognition makes it easy to add image analysis to applications, using powerful, deep learning-based image and face recognition.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Wed, 14th Mar 2018

Data Analytics

Amazon Web Services strikes record deal with Taipei Government

Amazon Web Services inks a landmark deal with the Taipei Government to boost cloud-based big data in education, partnering with seven local universities.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Mar 2018