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Western European Mobile Phone Market Shows Clear Signs of Saturation as Total Shipments Decline Again in 2014, but Smartphones Hit a Record High, says IDC

February 18, 2015February 18, 2015 enews

The Western European mobile phone market failed to grow in 2014 for the second consecutive year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Total shipments declined 5.2% year-on-year to 174.1 million units, according to IDC’s European Mobile Phone Tracker, published in February 2015. LONDON, February 17, 2013 —The feature phone segment continues in free fall, with shipments down 39% year-on-year to 28.4 million units and a total value of $USD1.4 billion. This is now a niche segment representing only 16% of total units shipped in the year and 2.2% of the total…

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What’s Driving Mobile Data Growth?

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 enews

Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2015, which will be held on March 2-5 in Barcelona, Jessica Ekholm, research director at Gartner, shared her thoughts on what is driving the growth in mobile data traffic, and how communications service providers (CSPs) and mobile app developers will lead the market. Q: What is the outlook for mobile data use in 2015? A: Mobile data traffic will continue to show double-digit growth in 2015. Gartner expects traffic to grow 59 percent this year (see Table 1). Newer and faster networks, a rise in the number…

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Big Data: The 4 Layers Everyone Must Know

February 11, 2015February 12, 2015 enews

Big Data still causes a lot of confusion in people’s heads: What really is it? What is new and what is old wine in new bottles? In order to bring a little more clarity to the concept I thought it might help to describe the 4 key layers of a big data system – i.e. the different stages the data itself has to pass through on its journey from raw statistic or snippet of unstructured data (for example, social media post) to actionable insight. The whole point of a big…

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Social ERP – What’s in it for Your Business?

February 10, 2015February 10, 2015 enews

For the past few years, social enterprise resource planning has been a topic of debate: Is it worthwhile or not? At first, some wondered whether it was just a phase. Increasingly, however, ERP vendors and users have come to realize that social ERP is a viable approach to increasing efficiency and creating better business strategies. Many ERP vendors have already incorporated social ideas and tools into their software and applications. But what exactly is social ERP, and how can it benefit your organization? What is Social ERP? Many employees…

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Top 10 Data Center Predictions for 2015

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 enews

As much as some things will change, others will frustratingly stay the same. 1. Cloud Won’t Doom Data Centers The impending doom of the data center industry has been greatly exaggerated. A few bright minds have shared their thoughts that the cloud is quickly taking over the delivery of IT services and our future offering data center services is bleak. As much as cloud is gaining momentum, FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) alone will prevent a seismic shift away from traditional data center services. An optimized hybrid model of both is…

IT Leaders Will Need to Develop a Stronger Relationship With Marketing

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 enews

Increasing marketing technology investments are demanding more involvement from IT leaders to enable marketing to achieve full business value from its investments, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2015, IT leaders supporting marketing will need to build a stronger partnership with marketing and help to evaluate solutions (architecture, functionality, scalability, performance and security), source data, manage and consolidate the application portfolio, and integrate solutions. “Marketing continues to be a hot area of IT investment and technology innovation with a rapidly growing application portfolio that demands greater integration and focused investment,” said…

Source: IDC EMEA Quarterly PC Tracker, Preliminary Results, 4Q14, January 2015

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 enews

PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 25.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014 — a 2.0% increase year on year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Strong consumer demand during the holiday season helped keep the market at positive levels for the third consecutive quarter, albeit modest and patchy across the region, leading to 5.5% growth for 2014 with 93.3 million PCs shipped in EMEA. LONDON, January 20, 2015 — Once again, there were strong regional differences in EMEA. Western Europe continued to drive growth with shipments…

How The Top 5 Cloud Trends Of 2014 Will Impact The Enterprise In 2015

January 19, 2015January 20, 2015 enews

It’s the time of year for businesses to look forward and make their cloud computing plans for 2015. But it’s also a good time to look back at the cloud trends that evolved in 2014 for guidance. “Cloud services have matured to the point where they can absolutely deliver value for many use cases,” said Ed Anderson, research VP of cloud services at Gartner. Here are five ways enterprises can tap into 2014’s top cloud trends to achieve a competitive edge in the year ahead. 1. Hybrid Clouds Gartner broadly defines…

Taking Temperatures: IT Markets Are Warmer Than You Think in EU CEE

January 17, 2015January 19, 2015 enews

At first glance, the IT markets of EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe appear to be as cool as the rest of the European Economy. The rule of thumb that IT markets typically exhibit twice the growth rate of GDP has fallen by the wayside, at least for 2015. Prague, January 16, 2015 – Depending on the source, GDP growth forecasts for most CEE EU member states run from around 2% to 3.5% (with Croatia a notable exception, where growth is expected to be flat). Regionally, IT spending is expected to rise…

New Frontier Group and IDC survey digital in CEE-63% of Executives in CEE see opportunity in digital transformation

January 13, 2015January 13, 2015 enews

New Frontier Group wanted to know: how fit are companies in Central Eastern Europe (CEE) really for the digital economy? Are established businesses in CEE embracing change or are they rather being bulldozed by startups and young entrepreneurs? How much do the companies operating in the region invest in digital technologies and how are these resources being managed? Photo credit: JDHancock/Flickr In order to answer our questions and better serve the CEE market with our digital transformation consultancy services, we partnered with the research firm IDC and conducted a series of interviews with high-ranked executives in Czech Republic,…