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Analyst report stories - Page 173

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Dropbox hits $1bn revenue run rate, reveals new web design & solutions

Tue, 7th Feb 2017
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Dropbox launches new solutions and revamps website in bid to revolutionise business. CEO says focus is on collaboration.
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Cylance gains top spot in Magic Quadrant for second year running

Tue, 7th Feb 2017
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Cylance has been positioned as a 'Visionary' in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms for the second year running.
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DX to drive 75% of Kiwi IT spend by 2019 says IDC NZ

Tue, 7th Feb 2017
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Technologies enabling DX will drive more than 75% of Kiwi IT spend by 2019 with 50% of all infrastructure and software spend being cloud-based by 2020.
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Dominating Apple not immune to tablet market woe, Lenovo 'one to watch'

Fri, 3rd Feb 2017
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Even the holiday quarter of 2016 couldn't save the dwindling tablet market as it continued its spirally decline, IDC says.
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Digital workplace vendors work best with revolutionary organisations

Fri, 3rd Feb 2017
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Digital workplace tech vendors thrive with forward-thinking firms, but must navigate longer sales cycles and cultural hurdles to succeed.
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CrowdStrike's 'visionary' approach lands a spot in Gartner's Magic Quadrant

Thu, 2nd Feb 2017
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endpoint protection
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Cloud and endpoint security provider CrowdStrike has been named a 'Visionary' in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms.
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Apple pips Samsung following 'roller coaster' year for the smartphone

Thu, 2nd Feb 2017
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The global smartphone market experienced growth in Q4 2016, with vendors shipping a total of 428.5 million units, according to IDC.
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Most smartphone users spend zilch on apps, survey finds

Tue, 31st Jan 2017
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cloud services
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research director
Over half of smartphone owners don't shell out for apps, engaging more with in-app purchases, says Gartner's latest survey.
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Buckle up for the AI security revolution – spending to hit $96b by 2021

Tue, 31st Jan 2017
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cybersecurity
AI security spending to reach £72bn by 2021 amid a surge in machine learning to combat cyber threats, says ABI report.
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Declining APAC PC market set to stabilise, but will remain challenging

Thu, 26th Jan 2017
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Asia Pacific PC market sees 5.5% YoY decrease in 2016, but commercial market contracts by only 1.4%, says IDC.
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Cloud marketplaces: The death knell for resellers?

Wed, 25th Jan 2017
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There will be less need for middlemen, resellers in particular. Cloud platforms and marketplaces eliminate geographical issues...
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Retail CIOs must help unify execution of customer-facing processes

Wed, 25th Jan 2017
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In this new business environment, the role of the CIO as a trusted advisor to the business, in particular to the CEO, is more relevant than ever.
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Trend Micro attributes Magic Quadrant leadership to strategic acquisition

Mon, 23rd Jan 2017
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Trend Micro's acquisition of TippingPoint has been a key strategic move in its positioning as a leader in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant.
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IIoT industry making headway in Asia Pacific, says Frost & Sullivan

Wed, 18th Jan 2017
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Currently Singapore and Australia lead IIoT adoption, while other countries are only starting to deploy machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies.
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Automation strikes again: Data Science jobs at risk, is there opportunity for channel?

Tue, 17th Jan 2017
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Gartner predicts that over 40% of data science tasks will be automated by 2020, potentially putting data scientists out of a job.
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Citizen data science to skyrocket by 2019, says Gartner

Tue, 17th Jan 2017
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By 2020, more than 40% of data science tasks will be automated, which means citizen data scientists will be able to use more information.
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Public datacenter spend to account for majority of $44 billion infrastructure spend

Mon, 16th Jan 2017
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Total spending on IT infrastructure products for deployment in cloud environments is set to increase by 18.2% in 2017.
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Vendor revenue from infrastructure on the up in 3Q16

Mon, 16th Jan 2017
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Cloud IT infrastructure sales see 8.1% growth in Q3 2016, driven by increased revenue from server, storage, and Ethernet switch sales.
Money into hands

Mixed fortunes for local IT spend in 2017, says Gartner

Mon, 16th Jan 2017
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analyst report
Local IT spend will continue to climb this year but while spend in some categories is increasing, others are falling. Gartner tells who wins and loses.
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Big things ahead for mobile app strategies in 2017

Fri, 13th Jan 2017
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mobility
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mobile apps
Previously a separate and isolated concern, mobility is becoming an embedded part of every application and digital product.