Category: Analysis

According to figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), the commercial tablet market will reach more than 11 million units by 2019 in Western Europe, achieving more than 130% growth (CAGR 2014–2019) (IDC EMEA Tablet Tracker Forecast, 4Q14, February 2015). Tablets continue to represent a significant opportunity for device makers in the coming years. LONDON, March 2, 2015 —Since their launch in 2010, tablets have been strong in the consumer segment and have benefited from early adopters in enterprises. The introduction of tablets contributed to an ever-growing number of computing devices…

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Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team has discovered Desert Falcons – a cyber espionage group targeting multiple high profile organizations and individuals from Middle East countries. Kaspersky Lab experts consider this actor to be the first known Arabic group of cyber mercenaries to develop and run full-scale cyber-espionage operations. The campaign has been active for at least two years. The Desert Falcons started developing and building their operation in 2011, with their main campaign and real infection beginning in 2013. The peak of their activity was registered at the beginning of…

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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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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 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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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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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…

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