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Chief Data Officer

What the chief data officer role should look like

The number of chief data officer roles in organisations has more than doubled, according to research by Gartner.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 15th Feb 2016

Virtualisation

Frost & Sullivan applauds VMware for education technology solutions

Frost - Sullivan recognizes VMware for its innovative education technology solutions, including the AirWatch teacher tools and Workspace Suite.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Software-as-a-Service

Cloud spending to account for half of federal govt IT budget by 2018

Lower price points for cloud services and the changing nature of cloud computing is helping to drive federal government cloud consumption.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Public Cloud

Public cloud boom - and innovation - ahead

Public cloud spend is forecast to double by 2019 in Asia Pacific excluding Japan, growing at nearly six times the rate of overall IT spending growth.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 10th Feb 2016

Cybersecurity

Attacks against IoT, Dark Web indexing, and other tales from Ground Zero

I've uncovered Israeli innovation countering soaring IoT attacks and Dark Web's underworld market indexing—key battlegrounds in cyber warfare.

By Avivah Litan • 5 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Endpoint Protection

Gartner names Bitdefender an endpoint security 'visionary'

Bitdefender named Visionary in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection, validating the company's rapid advancement in enterprise sector.

By Catherine Knowles • 1 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

IT Department

Need IT? Don't ask your CIO

New research reveals LoB managers are heading straight to the source with their IT requirements, rather than going through the CIO.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Data Analytics

Gartner recognises CA Technologies as Magic Quadrant leader

For the fourth year in a row, CA Technologies has been positioned as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Integrated IT Portfolio Analysis (IIPA).

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Mobile wallet

Loyalty cards go mobile, according to new research

More than 3bn loyalty cards will be mobile-only or integrated into mobile apps by 2020, up from 1.4bn last year.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Network Infrastructure

Data center SDN spend to hit US$12.5 billion by 2020

Data center SDN is moving from hyperscale and cloud data centers into the enterprise data center, propelling market spend to $12.5 billion by 2015.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Feb 2016

Wearables

Is there any hope for the smart glasses market?

While an appealing consumer smart glasses product has yet to be launched, the benefits are now being realised with vendors focusing on enterprise.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Feb 2016

Health Technologies

IDC: Detailed approach to targeting growth and opportunity required

IDC is warning that the need is greater than ever for a detailed approach to targeting IT spend growth and opportunity. So where's the opportunity?.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 5th Feb 2016

Data Analytics

NZ businesses set to spend $90 million on BI and analytics

NZ businesses set to make NZ$92.3m from BI and analytics in 2016 as market value increases 8.1%, says Gartner.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Feb 2016

Gaming

Smartwatches, fitness devices, HDMs: What's in store for the wearables market?

The wearables market is booming, with Gartner projecting sales of 274.6 million devices in 2016, including USD $11.5 billion in smartwatch revenue alone.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 4th Feb 2016

Microsoft

Is Microsoft losing the mobility race?

Microsoft's share of the total mobility market is just 12%, behind Google and Apple at 70% and 17% respectively, according to new figures from Canalys.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Feb 2016

Microsoft

Apple winning the detachable race

The transition towards detachable tablets is in full swing, with Apple coming out on top as the clear winner above Microsoft and other PC vendors.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Tue, 2nd Feb 2016

Internet of Things

What's next after the Internet of Things?

The era of the Internet of Things is ending; we are now entering the era of the Pervasive Digital Presence, according to a security analyst.

By Earl Perkins • 6 min read • Tue, 2nd Feb 2016

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Smart Machines

Rise of smart machines means vendors need a new competitive approach

Smart machines will make offshore model obsolete for competitive advantage, says Gartner. 40% of outsourced services will leverage smart machine tech by 2018.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 12th Feb 2016