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From 'Selfie' to 'Airbnb': How social and tech trends are shaping our language, highlighting a shift towards hyper-personalization.

Digital health and fitness set to be the hottest sector in wearable computing this year, says research director at Gartner.

When we hear the word creativity… thoughts immediately go to artistry. Creative people paint. They design. They’re good with colour.

Research about size, growth and spending intentions of vertical markets alone won’t help you answer this question.

The Internet of Things (IoT) will grow to 26 billion units installed in 2020, representing an almost 30-fold increase from 0.9 billion in 2009.

As the tech world goes virtual, Heather Wright polls some experts about their views on where resellers stand to gain the most.

Claims of private cloud dominance are deceptive, a Gartner analyst finds, as the market and its maturity far diverge from reported figures.

Amid title inflation, companies now appoint CEOs per division or country, diluting the once singular role atop the corporate hierarchy.

As more companies embrace technology, the line between tech and non-tech firms is becoming increasingly blurred.

Enterprise SaaS vendors face obsolescence as they resist the pay as you go model, risking becoming the new legacy dinosaurs.

Gartner reveals common pitfalls that lead to new tech product launch failures, emphasizing the vital role of sales channels.

Gartner highlights 8 key forces shaping data centre strategy as organisations face changes in technology use and demand increased agility.

Gartner advises embracing BYOD with open designs and flexible architecture, recognising it signals a vital shift in IT strategy, not just a trend.

Despite the hype surrounding smart watches, Gartner believes they are unlikely to be featured on many consumers' holiday wish lists this year.

Smartphones to predict next moves & purchase based on user data, says Gartner. Smartphones will be smarter than humans by 2017.

Cloud-based security services set to soar to $3.1 billion by 2015, with encryption and IAM leading the surge, says Gartner.

The development and implementation of digital government strategies is putting the government CIO role under pressure, leading to the creation of new roles.

This results in every budget being an IT budget; every company being a technology company; every business becoming a digital leader; and every person.

The Nexus of Forces is transforming the approach towards information security as new requirements are brought about by social, mobile, cloud and information.

By 2016, cloud computing is set to dominate IT spending, with Gartner predicting a shift towards hybrid models and significant enterprise adoption.