
IaaS public cloud services market grew 29.5% in 2017
The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29.5 percent in 2017 to total $23.5 billion, up from $18.2 billion in 2016, according to Gartner. Amazon was the …

Enterprise IT modernization: Replace prerelational DBMS systems
Prerelational database management systems (DBMSs) are aging technology, and the number of applications using these systems is declining. The market share for prerelational …

Not many organizations scale their digital initiatives beyond the piloting stage
As organizations continue to embrace digital transformation, they are finding that digital business is not as simple as buying the latest technology — it requires significant …

Only 65% of organizations have a cybersecurity expert
Despite 95 percent of CIOs expecting cyberthreats to increase over the next three years, only 65 percent of their organizations currently have a cybersecurity expert, …

Want to avoid GDPR fines? Adjust your IT procurement methods
Gartner said many organizations are still not compliant with GDPR legislation even though it has been in force since May 2018. This is because they have not properly audited …

Top six security and risk management trends
Business leaders are becoming increasingly conscious of the impact cybersecurity can have on business outcomes. Gartner said that security leaders should harness this …

Worldwide server revenue grew 33.4% in Q1 2018
The growth at the end of 2017 continued for the worldwide server market in the first quarter of 2018 as worldwide server revenue increased 33.4 percent and shipments grew 17.3 …

How security leaders can be empowered to drive results
The overwhelming demands on security leaders today can have a paralyzing effect. Gartner analysts provided guidance to security and risk leaders and practitioners on how to be …

Organizations should not overestimate the short-term benefits of blockchain
Only 1 percent of CIOs indicated any kind of blockchain adoption within their organizations, and only 8 percent of CIOs were in short-term planning or active experimentation …

CEO priorities are shifting to embrace digital business
Growth tops the list of CEO business priorities in 2018 and 2019, according to a recent survey of CEOs and senior executives by Gartner. However, the survey found that as …

Global AI business value to reach $1.2 trillion in 2018
Global business value derived from artificial intelligence (AI) is projected to total $1.2 trillion in 2018, an increase of 70 percent from 2017, according to Gartner. …

Global IT spending to grow 6.2% in 2018
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 6.2 percent from 2017, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Although global IT …
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