Consumer Technologies ITBusiness.ca (blog) Krista Napier is the manager for mobility at IDC Canada. Napier presented at last month’s We Are Wearables event in Toronto, which we reported on …
PCs, Laptops & Handheld Devices CRN “2014 will be marked by a relative revival of the global PC market,” said Ranjit Atwal, Gartner research director. “Business upgrades from Windows XP .
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- “2014 will be marked by a relative revival of the global PC market,” said Ranjit Atwal, Gartner research director. “Business upgrades from Windows XP and the general business replacement cycle will lessen the downward trend, especially in Western Europe. This year we anticipate nearly 60 million professional PC replacements in mature markets.”
- “The next wave of adoption will be driven by lower price points rather than superior functionality,” — Ranjit Atwal, Gartner research director
gulfnews.com … growth mainly to come from low-cost devices using the Android operating system,” Annette Zimmermann, research director at Gartner Deutschland .
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- “This year, smartphones will account for 56.60 per cent in the region, growth mainly to come from low-cost devices using the Android operating system,” Annette Zimmermann, research director at Gartner Deutschland GmbH, told Gulf News in an exclusive interview.
- “Android is still the top operating system in the first quarter, increasing its market share by 14 percentage points,” — Annette Zimmermann, research director at Gartner Deutschland GmbH
- “I see a pretty good volume for Nokia’s Android devices as it is cheap, but the big question is what Microsoft is going to do with the devices in future as it is not their operating system [Windows],” — Annette Zimmermann, research director at Gartner Deutschland GmbH
- “Nokia definitely needs to bring down the prices of 4G devices as TCL is very aggressive in that space and they are using the cheap processor from Mediatek,” — Annette Zimmermann, research director at Gartner Deutschland GmbH
The Drum “We expect the announcement of the new Apple iPhone 6 will attract pent-up demand for users who want a larger screen,” said Annette Zimmermann, ..
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- “We expect the announcement of the new Apple iPhone 6 will attract pent-up demand for users who want a larger screen,” said Annette Zimmermann, research director at Gartner. “Windows phones will exhibit strong growth from a low base in 2014, and are projected to reach a 10 per cent market share by 2018 — up from four per cent in 2014.”
- “Business upgrades from Windows XP and the general business replacement cycle will lessen the downward trend, especially in Western Europe,” said Atwal. “This year, we anticipate nearly 60 million professional PC replacements in mature markets.” — Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner
- “The next wave of adoption will be driven by lower price points rather than superior functionality,” — Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner
PCR-online.biz John Delaney, head of analyst IDC’s European mobility team, told delegates gathered at Microsoft’s Business Transformed event that responsibility for …
Retail Week So says Josh Bernoff, research firm Forrester’s senior vice-president of idea development and co-author of The Mobile Mind Shift, a new book .
ITBusiness.ca (blog) Krista Napier is the manager for mobility at IDC Canada. Napier presented at last month’s We Are Wearables event in Toronto, which we reported on …
Security & Privacy Mobile Enterprise “Significant changes that impact an organization’s approach to security are underway,” said Tom Scholtz, vice president and Gartner Fellow.
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- “Significant changes that impact an organization’s approach to security are underway,” said Tom Scholtz, vice president and Gartner Fellow. “Employee digital literacy has led to a growing consumerization movement within most enterprises, with employees using a wide variety of consumer-oriented apps for business purposes. Other workplace trends—such as out-tasking, globalization, networked reporting structures, shadow IT and a desire to foster employee engagement—are all impacting IT strategies. As organizations shift toward a more digital workplace, long held approaches to security need to be re-examined.”
- “Implementation of a digital workplace exacerbates the IT department’s loss of control over endpoint devices, servers, the network and applications,” said Scholtz. “In a fully consumerized workplace, the information layer becomes the primary infrastructure focal point for security control. This reality necessitates a shift toward a more information-focused security strategy.” — Tom Scholtz, vice president and Gartner Fellow
- Scholtz said, “In addition to an education program that is focused on measurable behavioral outcomes, security leaders should develop their ability to collaborate with personnel and line-of-business managers to modify job descriptions and reward mechanisms so that they are aligned with desired security performance.” — Tom Scholtz, vice president and Gartner Fellow
Campus Technology Neil MacDonald, Gartner research vice president, explained that the list was compiled using three criteria. Each technology was “emerging” and was ..
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- “With the opportunities of the ‘nexus’ come risks,” said MacDonald. “Security and risk leaders need to fully engage with the latest technology trends if they are to define, achieve and maintain effective security and risk management programs that simultaneously enable business opportunities and manage risk.” — Neil MacDonald, Gartner research vice president
- “We must assume our systems have been, and will continue to be compromised, which forces a shift in focus to how to minimize damage — either by improving post infection detection methods or by isolating the attack to minimize its impact,” — Neil MacDonald, Gartner research vice president
Company Announcements MarketWatch Sigma Systems Recognized by Gartner as a Provider of Catalog-Driven … for CSPs, Worldwide, 2014″ published by Gartner analyst Martina Kurth.
MarketWatch “The new IDC MarketScape report reflects our longstanding role as a … years,” said Jill Feblowitz, vice president, IDC Energy Insights, Oil and Gas.
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