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The Internet of Things will move toward mainstream adoption in 2016 in many industries, according to a survey conducted amongst Gartner Research Circle members across the globe. Although less than a third (29%) are currently using IoT, this ratio is expected to rise to 43% in 2016 and 64% eventually. However, the report also notes that...

A report by the innovation charity, Nesta, says that many leading council could save millions by embracing digital transformation. It said that councils could shave as much as 13% off their total budget, even if they maintain their current ways of working. But they can save up to 40% if they transform everything they do,...

The race to dominate the chip market for virtual-reality headsets is heating up. Gartner forecasts VR headset shipments will rise from 1.4 million units this year to 6.3 million units in 2017 and key chipset developers are lining up to compete for the most successful vendors of consumer and business-oriented solutions. While several VR developers...

Shipments of wearable devices are expected to rise 38.2% in 2016, according to IDC. While the Apple Watch is expected to claim almost half the market this year (49.4%), Android Wear watches are predicted to win a healthy 21.4% of the sector, with 6.1 million units shipping globally in 2016. The wearable devices market is...

Veritas Technologies has been formally re-launched as a newly independent company with a focus on solving organisations’ exponentially growing data challenges. Veritas provides businesses with software and services to help them collect, protect, analyse and optimize their data, so organisations can make smarter decisions, manage risk and minimize expense growth. Today, Veritas is in the...

By 2022, almost 98% of cars will be Internet-connected, up from 30% in 2015, according to a prediction from the specialist market forecaster, IHS Automotive. Several leading car manufacturers, including Audi, Ford, GM and Volkswagen amongst others are looking at options with various IT firms competing to provide required technology.

The worldwide public cloud services market is projected to grow 16.5% in 2016 to $204 billion, up from $175 billion in 2015, according to Gartner. The highest growth will come from IaaS, which is projected to grow 38.4% in 2016 to reach 22.4 billion. Cloud advertising, the largest segment of the global cloud services market, is expected to...

In the last quarter of 2015, almost 20% of all tablets shipped in Western Europe had a detachable keyboard. A report by IDC has highlighted that, despite sales of tablet devices overall falling by 1.8% between 2014-2015, a total of 2.6 million detachable tablets were sold, a huge rise from just 800,000 the year before....

Article adapted from https://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/british-companies-falling-behind-on-tech/ A new study from global technology firm Epson has highlighted that a third of British business are behind the times in regards to their new technology needs. After surveying 3,600 European IT buyers across a range of sectors, it was revealed that 20% of those in the UK admitted to not...

CCS Insight has predicted the total revenue generated by wearable technology this year will hit $14 billion with smart watches and fitness trackers expected to account for half of 123 million wearables shipped in 2016. A separate prediction from Gartner forecasts that 274.6 million wearable electronic devices will be sold worldwide in 2016; an increase of...

Article adapted from https://www.modernmanager.co.uk/6-simple-steps-perfect-it-operations/ A recent survey undertaken by Epson has revealed that over 70% of office workers see technologies such as desktop computers and printers as essential to working effectively. 55% of people surveyed estimated that their productivity would drop by 10-25% if these technologies were not provided. Rob Clark, Senior Vice President of...

Research body IDC claims that digitisation is transforming businesses across every industry, creating a $2.1trillion global market opportunity by 2019. Achieving digitisation requires a digital network that goes beyond simple connectivity, but enables business innovation, generates insights and creates customer experiences. This network should reduce cost and complexity with new orchestration and automation capabilities, whilst...