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Cisco CTO Kevin Bloch forecasts the top 10 ICT trends for 2018, highlighting advancements from AI to autonomous vehicles, driven by rapid tech growth.

Cloud, cybersecurity and analytics are where government CIOs plan to spend in 2018 according to a recent survey by Gartner.

Gartner forecasts a 4.5% rise in global IT spending to USD $3.7 trillion in 2018, driven by digital business, AI opportunities, and SaaS solutions.

The inclusion of the company in the Leader category is based on Gartner's criteria, including completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Gartner and IDC offer contrasting views on Q4 2017 PC market, with IDC reporting growth while Gartner shows a decline. Optimism remains for both.

Gartner predicts smartphone AI will evolve into personalised companions by 2022, with 80% of devices boasting on-device AI, up from 10% in 2017.

Much has been said about artificial intelligence's (AI) imminent elimination of human jobs, but Gartner says in actual fact the reverse is true.

In 2018, Australian businesses will harness machine learning and AI technology for seamless operations, pre-trained models, and enhanced IoT functionalities.

​Bucking the decline of the first quarter, the global server market saw growth in the third quarter with some vendors doing better than others.

LogRhythm, IBM, Splunk and McAfee named 'leaders' in Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).

Gartner has predicted security spending to total US$96.3b in 2018, an increase of 8% from 2017 with some segments performing better than others.

Gartner VP warns: 80% of IT asset upgrades could miss savings goals without simplifying current Mode 1 systems.

Gartner's 2018 report highlights 10 crucial trends for infrastructure and operations, urging IT leaders to adopt agile, decentralised, and strategic approaches.

One part of Microsoft 365, the EM+S component has matured rapidly and now I believe it has reached a tipping point.

Overall, the report finds that chief data officers are becoming a linchpin of digital business transformation.

Gartner says in most cases you can deliver a more agile IT environment using commercial off-the-shelf infrastructure.

Global smartphone sales grew by 3% in Q3 2017, with top vendors posting strong gains. Samsung led with 19.3% growth, while Xiaomi soared with an 80% rise.

Equinix highlights the rise of private blockchains, AI's mainstream breakthrough, and IoT's edge computing needs among its eight IT predictions for 2018.

According to recent forecasts by Gartner, more than 20.4 billion devices are expected to be connected by 2020.

An expert from Epicor Software discusses the intricacies of digital transformation and the difficult choices businesses will need to make.