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Spending on big data and analytics to hit $215 billion this year

As economies recover from COVID-19, BDA spending has increased over 10% from 2020 and will continue to grow in next five years, according to IDC.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 18th Aug 2021

Unified Communications

8x8 says it's raising the bar for cloud communications with 99.999% global uptime SLA

8x8's XCaaS solution offers 99.999% uptime and guarantees reliability for organisations with hybrid workforces.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Aug 2021

Malware

More than a third of global organisations have experienced ransomware — report

The report found increasing instances of ransomware victims experiencing multiple breach events, as well as a rise in the average ransom payment.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Aug 2021

Platform-as-a-Service

Global revenue of $400 billion by 2025 forecast for IaaS and PaaS markets - IDC report

IDC has published a report forecasting the IaaS and PaaS markets will have combined revenues of $400 billion by 2025.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 2 min read • Fri, 6th Aug 2021

Artificial Intelligence

Survey finds 81% of employees want more AI at work to increase productivity

SnapLogic has published new research finding 81% of employees believe AI improves their overall performance at work.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Wed, 21st Jul 2021

Public Cloud

APAC's public cloud services market to reach 28.8% growth for 2021

IDC has also predicted the region's public cloud services sector to reach a valuation of $124 billion by 2025.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Jul 2021

Customer Relationship Management

Organisations increasing CX investments must also combat privacy and security — IDC

The data analyst company says these companies must also build trusted data initiatives by increasing the capabilities required for digital trustworthiness.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Jul 2021

Digital Transformation

Dedicated cloud IaaS market expected to hit $14bn by 2025

The market for dedicated cloud infrastructure as a service is projected to grow 100x in the next five years, reaching $14 billion, according to IDC.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Jul 2021

DataCentre infrastructure

IDC: Cloud infrastructure spending held strong in Q1 2021

Cloud infrastructure spending reached $15.1 billion in 2021's first quarter, representing an increase of 12.5% year over year, according to the analyst firm.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 6th Jul 2021

Hyperscale

CrowdStrike picks up AWS award for Falcon cybersecurity solution

CrowdStrike's Falcon cybersecurity platform has won two awards from AWS, recognizing its achievements in protecting customers and its ISV partnership.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 6th Jul 2021

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Future of work tech spend to reach $656bn in 2021, IDC finds

Organizations in 2021 are projected to spend $656bn on future of work technologies, a 17.4% increase over 2020, according to IDC.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 5th Jul 2021

AI Security

CrowdStrike takes out number one spot in IDC report

CrowdStrike tops IDC's Modern Endpoint Security market share rankings, as companies prioritise EDR capabilities in remote work environments during the pandemic.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 29th Jun 2021

Cloud Security

IDC names APAC Leaders in cloud security services sector

Seven vendors were designated Leaders in the space, with IDC noting that these providers demonstrated leadership in the provision of cloud-native security.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 17th Jun 2021

Data Protection

Data privacy software market to almost double between 2020 and 2025

Research from IDC has revealed that worldwide revenues of data privacy management software grew by 46.1% year-over-year in 2020.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 4th Jun 2021

Unified Communications

The NZ smartphone market reaches new heights due to pandemic

New Zealand's smartphone market experiences highest annual growth in 7 years, with a 30.1% increase in Q1 2021, according to IDC.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Fri, 4th Jun 2021

Wearables

Global wearables market fuelled by smaller companies and new tech

The appetite for wearable devices remained strong in the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21) even as volumes retreated from record fourth quarter levels, IDC finds.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 28th May 2021

Semiconductors

Global PC market thrives despite semiconductor shortages

Despite ongoing semiconductor shortages, the PC market is thriving with shipments expected to grow 18.1% in 2021, according to IDC.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 27th May 2021

Shipments

Smartphone shipments to reach 1.38 billion units this year despite economic woes — IDC

This represents a 7.7% increase from 2020, and IDC says the trend will continue: in 2022, shipments will total 1.43 billion — a year-over-year increase of 3.8%.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Thu, 27th May 2021