Research Director stories - Page 28

A recent global study from CenturyLink has revealed Asia Pacific (APAC) businesses are on top of the world when it comes to digital transformation.

Huawei, Oppo and Vivo have grabbed a combined 24% of the global smartphone market, with ASPs on the up as buyers spend more for better phones.

According to Gartner, consolidation played a major role in the market share rankings, with several large companies growing through acquisitions.

The newest version features the option to use public cloud infrastructure like Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS S3 for backup data storage.

Hyperscale operators are snapping up increasing amounts of the fast growing cloud markets - and its changing the data center vendor landscape.

Gartner's latest survey revealed ANZ CIOs to have a greater focus on digital transformation than their global peers, but budget growth lags.

IDC report shows a persistent slump in tablet sales, with slate models diving since 2014, as detachables see mixed results.

Security improvements and cloud capabilities are spurring Windows 10 deployments in enterprises, leading to the fastest OS upgrades seen says Gartner.

Shipments of end user devices might be flat, but the revenues are still on the up, thanks to increasing average selling prices, Gartner says.

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products for cloud IT grew to $32.6 billion in 2016, with Japan leading the way and APAC above average.

IDC says 37% of Aussie data centre compute capacity will be installed in hyperscale data centres this year, with data centres taking 29% of DX spend.

​Gartner's report contains a series of predictions about IT infrastructure services that could have some serious implications on the industry.

Cavium integrates FastLinQ Ethernet Adapter into Data Plan Development Kit, offering improved performance and scalability for NFV and cloud workloads.

IDC is urging all enterprises to understand and plan for the adoption and use of cognitive and AI systems, as spend on the technologies surges.

Hyperconverged systems surged by 87.3% in Q4, countering a declining overall converged systems market, which saw a 1.4% drop.

Juniper Networks launches Open Cloud Interconnect to accelerate cloud service delivery and simplify network operations.

A retail arms race is offering potential for resellers as Aussie retailers rush to embrace customer facing technologies, cloud, big data and mobility.

Dell's merger with EMC has seen it jump to the top of the cloud infrastructure market to share a three way tie with HPE and Cisco.

Enterprise SaaS has recorded growth of 32% year on year in Q4 2016, with Microsoft leading the charge - but Google and Oracle snapping at its heels.

A new think tank report by BlackBerry says that Australia's cyber risk is changing all the way down to infrastructure, even to the people behind it.