Research Director stories - Page 36

The worldwide semiconductor market is set to decline for a second consecutive year due to weak demand and oversupply.

AWS continued to dominate the cloud infrastructure services market Q1 of 2016, leaving all its followers including Microsoft and Google in its wake.

Vendors need to step up or step aside as new demands in the digital banking sector place pressure on businesses.

Apple is racking up the wins on the detachables side of the tablet market, taking an early lead in the only growing segment of the tablet market.

A new study suggests Aussie businesses need a digital reality check with big differences between perception and reality in digital transformation.

Gartner is forecasting cloud IoT spend to hit US$348 million this year, and says cloud-based security services will be vital going forward.

IDC is forecasting skyrocketing VR hardware shipments this year, with AR ramping up in the next few years too - to a combined 110m shipments in 2020.

Emerging cyber security technologies aim to protect industrial control systems, but current methods fall short, warns ABI Research, urging OT-focused solutions.

Microsoft is on the charge in the SaaS market and is now challenging for leadership in the growth market with Oracle and IBM also making a big play.

ANZ firms may be overzealous on cloud, risking costs without clarity on benefits, warns Gartner's Warrilow ahead of Sydney summit.

IBM and Oracle are losing out as they fail to capitalise on the booming PaaS market and concede share to specialists, open source and cloud providers.

Spend on server, storage and Ethernet switches for deployment in cloud environments is expected to increase by 18.9% this year.

Dell, Cisco and EMC are closing the gap marginally on Hewlett Packard Enterprise's number one spot for cloud infrastructure sales.

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

Global smartphone market to hit its first single-digit growth, slowing to 7% in 2016, as the industry braces for change, says Gartner.

Wearables are rapidly increasing in popularity, but not everyone is won over - especially when it comes to price.

APAC is home to five of the top 15 cities generating 52% of global retail and wholesale colocation revenues, with four APAC cities seeing 20%+ growth.

IoT analytics revolutionise business intelligence, Gartner says, promising a leap in operational efficiency and data complexity.

Consider that the SaaS subscription enterprise deal has the potential to be the last negotiation of it’s kind with any degree of buyer power.

Carbon Black has been named a 'clear leader in terms of both market share and revenue' by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA).