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Workspace in the era of digital transformation: Top trends for 2017

Ahead of the new year Oliver Bendig, CEO of Matrix42, has shared insights into the defining technologies for the IT workplace in 2017.

By Oliver Bendig • 5 min read • Mon, 5th Dec 2016

Ovum

What do CIOs say about BI and analytics

CIOs at Gartner Symposium discuss skills gap in BI, data storage options, governance in self-service BI, and choosing the right vendor.

By Cindi Howson • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Dec 2016

Hyperscale

How to Speak Like a Data Center Geek: Internet of Things

The things in the Internet of Things are more narrowly defined, but what they share are connections to the Internet and each other via M2M technology.

By Jim Poole • 3 min read • Thu, 24th Nov 2016

Artificial Intelligence

Watson shifts from the laboratory to the market

IBM positioned Watson as a product in what is now a competitive artificial intelligence (AI) market and offered solutions across four business areas.

By Stuart Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 24th Nov 2016

Digital Transformation

Application modernisation drives the transformation agenda

The distance between thinking about that first step and actually taking it is a chasm that many customers view as extremely challenging.

By John Madden • 2 min read • Thu, 17th Nov 2016

Data Analytics

Ovum: Big questions for those looking for answers in big data

Data scientists and vendors must acknowledge that the future remains unpredictable, despite advances in analytics and big data, claims analyst.

By Richard Edwards • 3 min read • Mon, 14th Nov 2016

Hyperscale

The three things we know about public cloud. Or do we?

There's what we know about the cloud, and there's what we think we know. That's just to say that a lot of assumptions about the cloud.

By Bill Young • 4 min read • Wed, 9th Nov 2016

Customer Relationship Management

Bad customer service as a tool to distract from bad business

Bad customer service may not just be poor training, but a deliberate shield for systemic business flaws, a troubling report suggests.

By Michael Maoz • 4 min read • Wed, 9th Nov 2016

Virtualisation

Microsoft successfully adapts to the cloud business model

Microsoft champions cloud stride, using AI to lift lifetime value, harnessing partnerships for full portfolio prowess.

By Kelsey Mason • 4 min read • Tue, 8th Nov 2016

Unified Communications

Microsoft Teams - a workspace for those who 'don't do email'

Transforming the way that work gets done means shifting from legacy industrial norms to modern digital processes and workflows.

By Richard Edwards • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Nov 2016

Data Analytics

Digital society: Who owns the data, anyway?

In the digital blend of reality, who truly holds the keys to our data? Ownership in this new era demands fresh rules.

By Frank Buytendijk • 6 min read • Mon, 7th Nov 2016

DevOps

Ovum: Cloud-native technologies improve cybersecurity

Ovum reveals cloud-native tech as cybersecurity game-changer with revolutionary 'Rotate, Repave, Repair' methods.

By Michael Azoff • 4 min read • Mon, 7th Nov 2016

CenturyLink

CenturyLink & Level 3: Is it a good deal for CenturyLink?

CenturyLink plans to acquire Level 3 Communications for $24bn, creating one of the largest network operators in the world.

By Chris Antlitz • 4 min read • Thu, 3rd Nov 2016

Distributed Denial of Service

Standards, regulation, and accountability are required to avoid IoT Armageddon

As the number of devices connected to the net increases exponentially, there is a significant aggregated risk to overall network integrity.

By Al Blake • 3 min read • Wed, 2nd Nov 2016

Software-as-a-Service

Gartner: Use dashboards to move beyond messy data

Can dashboard providers help marketers wrangle messy data? Check out our new Market Guide for answers. #marketingdata #datamanagement.

By Lizzy Foo Kune • 3 min read • Tue, 1st Nov 2016

Microsoft

Surface Studio increases the versatility of the Windows PC

At the company's October 26 event, Microsoft added a new category to its lineup of Surface-branded computers: Surface Studio.

By Richard Edwards • 3 min read • Mon, 31st Oct 2016

Unified Communications

Ovum on gigabit broadband: Is it speed for speed's sake?

Is there a genuine need for speeds of 1Gbps or more? Equipment vendors want to think so, but service providers Ovum has spoken to are less certain.

By Michael Philpott • 4 min read • Mon, 31st Oct 2016

Digital Transformation

Where are enterprises in achieving digital transformation?

Ovum's ICT Enterprise Insights program 2016/17 reveals progress of enterprises' digital strategies & investment in technologies.

By Daniel Mayo • 3 min read • Thu, 27th Oct 2016

Ovum

The goal is clear for CSPs: Become digital media providers despite the challenges

Communications providers face challenges in transforming their networks to support digital services, with quality of experience being a key concern.

By Julie Kunstler • 2 min read • Thu, 27th Oct 2016

Internet of Things

Establishing a foundation for successful IoT adoption

The potential business applications of IoT span an ever-growing set of industrial and consumer implementations.

By Spencer Izard • 2 min read • Mon, 17th Oct 2016