Analyst report stories - Page 215

Gartner's Tiffani Bova urges overhaul of stale channel programmes, trapped by outdated metrics, as cloud challenges loom.

Worldwide server market revenues increase 1.9% in the fourth quarter as demand in china once again drives the market forward, says IDC.

Printing isn't dead yet, with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Production Print Tracker showing significant growth in the print market.

Gartner's Schlegel highlights the need for skill over software in the evolving landscape of Business Intelligence success strategies.

Resellers take note: the devil is in the detail for the IoT and its success will rest on managing identities and access.

Despite CIOs claiming security as a priority, IDC reveals a startling gap between their concerns and actions in New Zealand.

Although the frequency of a cybersecurity attack on a large scale is low, by 2018, 40% of large enterprises will have formal plans in place.

The concomitant move towards bigger screens in smartphone handsets may be about to throw a further spanner in the works.

Android and iOS are continuing to move toward total domination of the worldwide smartphone market following results from 2014.

As the secondhand smartphone market surges to £14 billion, vendors must strategise for the growing appetite for refurbished tech.

According to IDC, mobility is primed for faster growth in consumer and enterprise markets in the Asia/Pacific region.

According to IDC the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) market will surpass the $1 billion mark by 2018 in the APEJ region alone.

Frost and Sullivan has identified 'mega trends' that will support unified communications (UC) market growth in the APAC region.

Digital surge redefines roles; Gartner urges firms to appoint Chief Data Officers alongside CIOs to spearhead data strategy.

Samsung's struggles continue as low-cost vendors are quickly proving that mid- to high-priced Android tablets simply aren't cut out for today's tablet market.

Emerging UC players set to shake up the New Zealand market, challenging giants like Microsoft and Cisco with fresher cloud-based solutions.

Nutanix crowned by IDC as top dog in hyperconverged solutions, commanding a hefty 52% market share in H1 2014.

According to IDC, the managed print services market in the Asia Pacific region will grow as vendors move into mid-market and offer value-add solutions.

APAC's resilience shines as Lenovo, HP see growth, offering a glimmer of hope amidst global PC market decline, per IDC.

Growth in Asia/Pacific's cloud services, including NZ, set to hit $7.4B in 2015, driven by intra-region integration and tech advancements.