News Index

Cloud Market Share: Cloud Leaders and Followers
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on May 22, 2018
The majority of cloud market share is held by the familiar names, yet the game's not over. A look at the leading companies in the competitive enterprise cloud computing market.

Salesforce Makes Its Biggest Bet on APIs and Data Integration
By Jeffrey Kaplan | News Article Published on March 22, 2018
The real power in the cloud market is quickly shifting to those vendors that can facilitate the most cost-effective flow of data across applications in an increasingly connected and complex world.

Financial Companies are Banking on Industrial Cloud Solutions in 2018
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on January 04, 2018
Although the healthcare provider and manufacturing industries will spend more on industry-specific cloud solutions next year, financial firms will adopt them faster, according to an IDC forecast.

Data Center M&A Activity Hit New Heights in 2017
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on January 03, 2018
Deal making surrounding the data center market reached a lofty $20 billion in 2017, finds Synergy Research Group.

Wearables Shipments Poised to Nearly Double by 2021
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on December 21, 2017
IDC expects vendors to ship more than 200 million wearables as consumers increasingly make the switch to smart watches.

U.S. Maintains Hyperscale Data Center Lead
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on December 21, 2017
Hyperscale data centers are popping up around the world but the U.S. still dominates the market, finds Synergy Research Group.

Digital Transformation Tech Spending to Hit $1.3 Trillion in 2018
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on December 15, 2017
The world's enterprises are investing heavily in mobility, big data, cloud computing and other technologies that enable digital transformation, according to IDC.

AI to Create More Jobs than It Kills
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on December 13, 2017
Artificial intelligence will create more jobs than it kills in 2020, according to a new Gartner forecast.

Trust Issues Tarnish the Internet of Things
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on December 12, 2017
Consumers are deriving a lot of value from IoT devices and services but remain wary about how their data is being used, finds a new study from Cisco.

IoT Spending on Track to Hit $772 Billion in 2018
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on December 08, 2017
The market for Internet of Things solutions is growing fast and on its way to crossing the $1 trillion mark in 2020, according to an IDC forecast.

Business Leaders and Consumers at Odds over AI
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on December 07, 2017
Consumers aren't quite as bullish as business executives when it comes to letting AI pry into their lives, finds a study from Genpact.

Smart City Tech Can Yield $5 Trillion in Annual Savings
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on December 06, 2017
The world's urban areas can save big with IoT, AI and automation technologies according to a new report from ABI Research and Chordant.

Resurgent Samsung Ruled Smartphone Market in Q3
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on December 05, 2017
Samsung sold more than 85 million smartphones in Q3 2017, a sign that the company has deftly recovered from last year's Note 7 fiasco.

AWS Lights Up New Enterprise IoT Services
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on December 04, 2017
Amazon announces new cloud-based services that will enable businesses to manage and secure IoT devices and analyze the data they generate.

AWS Debuts New AI Camera and Cloud Services for Developers
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on November 30, 2017
When it ships in April 2018, AWS DeepLens will help developers build AI applications using the world at large as a testbed.

Phablets Becoming the Preferred Smartphone Form Factor
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on November 29, 2017
Consumers are snapping up large-screen smartphones and vendors are happy to oblige, according to a new IDC forecast.

Tech Comics: Great Results
By Oliver Widder | News Article Published on November 17, 2017
Sometimes what's considered "great results" can be remarkably less than thrilling.

Finance Pros on the Fence About Blockchain and IoT
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on November 16, 2017
Despite the hype surrounding blockchain and the Internet of Things, not all finance professionals are sold on the transformational technologies.

Enterprise Mobility is a Budget Buster
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on November 15, 2017
Overages and unused service plans are driving up the cost of furnishing employees with mobile devices, according to a new study from Cisco and Forrester.

Office Workers Ready to Embrace AI Assistants
By Pedro Hernandez | News Article Published on November 14, 2017
Most office workers would gladly allow virtual assistant and AI-enabled bots to handle repetitive and low-value work, finds a new study from Cisco.