The highest revenue growth will come from cloud system infrastructure services (infrastructure as a service [IaaS]), which is projected to grow 36.6 percent in 2017 to reach $34.7 billion.
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Only 1% of global CIOs have deployed blockchain technology: study
Only one percent of CIOs indicated any kind of blockchain adoption within their organisations, according to Gartner's 2018 CIO Survey. The study also found that only eight percent of CIOs were in short-term planning or active experimentation with blockchain.0 2784
Gartner: worldwide PC shipments declined 3.6 percent in Q3
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 67 million units in the third quarter of 2017, a 3.6 percent decline from the third …
Worldwide IT spending set to hit $3.7 trillion in 2018: Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 4.3 percent from 2017 estimated spending …
MENA IT security spending on track to hit $1.8bn in 2017: Gartner
The growth for security services will be driven by ongoing skills shortages in the information security domain as well as increased awareness of threats.
AI, cybersecurity will significantly change role of CIO: Gartner
The research firm’s global annual study, The 2018 Gartner CIO Agenda Survey, gathered data from a record number of 3,160 CIOs across 98 countries and all major industries.
Gartner: 55 percent would not ride in self-driving cars
Gartner research has revealed that 55 percent of respondents would not consider riding in a fully autonomous vehicle, while 71 …
Gartner: Q2 server growth jumps 2.8%, Huawei 58%
Worldwide server revenue increased 2.8 percent year over year in the second quarter of 2017, while shipments grew 2.4 percent …
VPA-enabled wireless speakers market to reach $3.5B by 2021
End-user spending for the worldwide virtual personal assistant (VPA)-enabled wireless speaker market is forecast to reach $3.52 billion by 2021, up from $0.72 billion in 2016, according to Gartner.
Gartner: Emerging markets drive 6.7% Q2 smartphone growth
Global smartphone sales totalled 366.2 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 6.7 percent increase over the second …
Transformation Talk | Weekly news roundup 24.08.17
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