Gartner: Worldwide Information Security Spending Will Grow 8% in 2014
August 25, 2014 (Mon): According to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc., worldwide spending on information security will reach US$71.1 billion this year, an increase of 7.9 percent if compared with 2013 and will grow a further 8.2 percent in 2015 to reach US$76.9 billion. “The bigger trend that emerged in 2013 was the democratization of security threats, driven by the easy availability of malicious software (malware) and...
Gartner: Shipments of Devices Will Grow 6.9% in 2014
March 31, 2014 (Mon): Gartner, Inc. projected that worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) will reach 2.5 billion units in 2014, a 6.9 percent increase from 2013. Mobile phones still be the largest segment of the overall device market and are expected to reach 1.9 billion units this year with a growth rate 4.9 percent, followed by traditional PCs (276.7 million), tablets / ultramobile...
Gartner: Worldwide PCs, Tablets and Mobile Devices Will Increase 7.6% in 2014
Jan 8, 2014 (Wed): The recent data published by Gartner, Inc. reveals that Android operating system is on pace to surpass one billion users across all devices this year and over 75 percent of Android’s volumes will come from emerging markets by 2017. Gartner also projects that worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) will reach 2.5 billion units this year, a 7.6 percent increase compared...
Gartner: Cloud-based Security Services Market Will Hit US$2.1B This Year
Nov 5, 2013 (Tue): According to Gartner, Inc., the growth in cloud-based security will remain strong and the cloud-based security services market is expected to reach US$2.1 billion in 2013 and US$3.1 billion in 2015. Gartner also predicts that the top three most sought-after cloud services moving forward will remain email security, web security services and identity and access management (IAM). However, in 2013 and 2014, the highest...
The Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2014
Oct 11, 2013 (Fri): At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2013 which was organized on October 6-10 in Orlando, Gartner Inc. highlighted the top ten technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2014. The top ten strategic technology trends for 2014 are: Mobile Device Diversity and Management Mobile Apps and Applications The Internet of Everything Hybrid Cloud and IT as Service Broker Cloud/Client Architecture The...
Gartner: IT Market in Malaysia Will Grow 6% in 2013
Oct 10, 2013 (Thu): The global research and advisory firm Gartner expects the IT market in Malaysia will increase by six per cent this year if compared with 2012, to reach RM61.9 billion, Bernama reported. The IT market is including telecommunication services (fixed, mobile and data), devices (mobile phones, personal computers and printers), IT services, software and data centre systems (including servers, storage and network...
Mobile Apps Revenue Will Grow More Than 44% This Year
Sept 21, 2013 (Sat): According to a recent report by Gartner, Inc., the annual downloads from mobile app stores will reach 102 billion this year, up from 64 billion in 2012 while the total revenue will increase from US$18 billion in 2012 to US$26 billion this year. Gartner also forecasts that in-app purchases (IAPS) will account 17 per cent and 48 per cent of app store revenue in 2013 and 2017 respectively, up from 11 per cent in...
Malaysia Will Spend 6.4% More in IT This Year
July 30, 2013 (Tue): Gartner Inc. forecasts that total information technology (IT) spending in Malaysia will reach RM61.9 billion this year, increases about 6.4 per cent if compared with 2012, the Business Times reported. According to the report, Gartner said the spending amount is made up of telecommunications services (RM33.9 billion), devices (RM13.3 billion), IT services (RM9.8 billion), software (RM3.3 billion) and data centre...
Gartner says worldwide PC shipments to decline 10.6% while tablet shipments to grow 67.9% in 2013
Tue, Jun 25, 2013: In the report of “Forecast: Devices by Operating System and User Type, Worldwide, 2010-2017, 2Q13 Update”, Gartner projected the worldwide devices (the combined shipments of PCs, tablets and mobile phones) will reach 2.35 billion units this year, up 5.9 per cent if compared with last year. However, worldwide traditional PC (desktop and notebook) shipments are projected to be declined 10.6 per cent to 305...
Digital Marketing Transit Map, a tool for helping CMOs in creating digital marketing strategy
Fri, Jun 21, 2013: Gartner has released its Digital Marketing Transit Map, a comprehensive landscape of marketing technologies that helps organizations to see every kind of service and technology that is available and they relate to each other. The initiative of this landscape is to minimize the confusion in the terminology, providers and technologies of digital marketing among marketers, Gartner says. Gartner believes Digital...
