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Analyst report stories - Page 171

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Digital initiatives driving high growth for AIM software

Mon, 20th Mar 2017
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api management
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Digital business initiatives are driving high growth in the application integration and middleware software market says Gartner.
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Comparing master data management with application data management

Mon, 20th Mar 2017
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data management
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opinion
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analyst report
Gartner Analysts delve into MDM vs. ADM, unravelling the complexities of data governance from tactical perspectives.
Customer

Help needed to convince local businesses of value of IoT for CX

Mon, 20th Mar 2017
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uc
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cx
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martech
Technology providers will be crucial in helping businesses embrace IoT to improve customer experience, with a new report showing ANZ adoption lagging.
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IoT adoption in Australia & New Zealand lagging behind rest of APAC

Wed, 15th Mar 2017
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crm
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uc
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cx
Australia and New Zealand rank lowest in IoT-enabled customer experience maturity, according to a new report by Genesys.
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Dell leads external storage; hyperscale data centers, all-flash drive overall market

Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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storage
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network infrastructure
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enterprise storage
Dell holds a big lead of the declining external enterprise storage systems market, but which storage segments are growing - and who's winning in them?.
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Google makes shift towards enterprise with G-Suite at Google Cloud Next 2017

Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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microsoft
So many vendors are now pushing the digital workplace standard forward rather than just supporting how users currently work.
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Gartner: Why there is No Intelligence in AI

Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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ai
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opinion
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analyst report
Gartner debunks AI hyperbole, explaining 'intelligence' as a misnomer for the evolving landscape of astonishing tech advancements.
Business tug of war

IDC NZ: Apple takes top smartphone vendor spot for first time since 2012

Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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apple
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samsung
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huawei
The smartphone market in 2017 looks almost guaranteed to be extremely competitive, with stakes heating up between the three main vendors.
Multiple cloud

IDC forecasts cloud boost for tech spend in 2017

Wed, 8th Mar 2017
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iaas
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analyst report
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government investment
Cloud services will drive much of the ICT spending story this year, with cloud now dominating the ICT market outlook.
Eating cloud

Gartner: The Edge will eat the Cloud

Wed, 8th Mar 2017
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cx
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edge computing
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martech
Customer experience won't simply be defined by a web site experience. The cloud will have its role, but the edge is coming, and it's going to be big.
3d spine

3D printing mainstream by 2018, medical sector leading charge

Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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document management
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ecm
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martech
A new report from IDC says 3D printing will be mainstream in APAC by 2018 but there's consolidation and change ahead too.
Winning race

Frost & Sullivan rank the top APAC data center service providers

Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
Frost & Sullivan evaluated 12 major data center service providers in Asia Pacific (APAC) region to find just who is providing the best service.
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Dell and Huawei enjoy lone growth in declining server market

Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
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hpe
Dell and Huawei were the only vendors to experience growth in the global server market in Q4 2016, according to Gartner.
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IDC: Wearables aren't dead - market grows 16.9 percent in fourth quarter

Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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wearables
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market
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analyst report
​While many may think the wearables market is a dwindling one, it is actually quite healthy - a change of focus has been put down as the cause.
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Trend Micro amongst top vendors in NSS Labs Endpoint tests

Thu, 2nd Mar 2017
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malware
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dlp
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cybersecurity
Trend Micro has received one of the highest malware protection scores with no false positives in the NSS Labs Advanced Endpoint Protection Public Test.
Rosy future

Smartphone volumes to rebound from all-time low in 2016

Thu, 2nd Mar 2017
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microsoft
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analyst report
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technology gifts
​2016 was the smartphones market's lowest year-over-year growth ever, with a measly 2.5 percent, but the future is looking more encouraging.
Business tug of war

Detachables in NZ: Apple narrowly out-ships Microsoft in 2016

Thu, 2nd Mar 2017
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microsoft
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apple
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detachable
Apple edges past Microsoft in NZ's heated detachable market battle, seizing a narrow 2016 lead with a 32% share.
Australia and nz

Oodles of opportunities for cloud-focused partners and vendors in ANZ

Wed, 1st Mar 2017
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partner programmes
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cloud services
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cloud adoption
Developing organisations on both sides of the Tasman represent great opportunities for growth, with progression and potential in equal measure.
Vintage ransomware

IDC: PC outlook remains mildly negative – but there is a silver lining

Tue, 28th Feb 2017
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pc hardware
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notebook
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pc market
IDC has released their report that details a slight decline in the personal computing devices market through to 2021 - it's not all bad though.
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Could deception methods be the new answer to cybersecurity?

Mon, 27th Feb 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Firms are unable to detect attackers for almost five months once they are inside systems, but deceiving attackers along the way can slow them down.