Research Director stories - Page 5

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products for cloud IT grew to $32.6 billion in 2016, with Japan leading the way and APAC above average.

Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT extended their colocation leadership last year, growing three times as much as the overall market.

Cloud IT infrastructure sales see 8.1% growth in Q3 2016, driven by increased revenue from server, storage, and Ethernet switch sales.

The number hyperscale data centers globally has surged past the 300 mark following a flurry of end of year data center openings.

Vendor revenue in the global server market declined 7% YoY to $12.5bn in Q3, with Japan and APeJ experiencing the only growth.

Healthcare cybersecurity spending is expected to reach $5.5 billion by 2016. However, only $390 million of that will help secure medical devices.

PC vendors are competing in the global market despite challenges, with the market declining by 3.9% in Q3, according to IDC.

Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure revenue grew 3.9% to $6.6 billion on slowed demand from public cloud in the first quarter of 2016.

Spending on business process management in Australia and New Zealand is set to rise as digital transformation drives interest in BPM platforms.

Forget the 'race to the bottom', when it comes to cloud pricing, it's a race to the top with customers valuing high value services over cheap pricing.

Salesforce leads as the CRM market expands by 12.3%, hitting $26.3bn in 2015 amid a surge of M&A activity, per Gartner.

Colocation revenues, and square footage, are climbing with APAC now accounting for 40.1% of global colocation space - but there's consolidation ahead.

Asia Pacific is experiencing high growth in cloud IT infrastructure sales, with sales of server, storage and Ethernet switches up 49.9% in Q2.

Gartner is predicting global IT spend across all verticals to decline this year, but there are still growth technologies within each vertical.

Hesitant consumers are prompting a 1% drop in global device shipments, with only mobile phones bucking the trend, Gartner reports.

Gartner says government CIOs must flip from 'Legacy First' to 'Digital First' by inserting a 'Why not cloud?' step into all planning.

PC shipments post the steepest decline on record during a single quarter, as buyers seemingly move away from Microsoft's Windows 8 PC software.

As cyber threats grow exponentially, NZ businesses face pressure from all sides, making security a multi-billion-dollar imperative.

In defiance of recession, the wireless market thrives, fuelled by demand for better coverage and affordable broadband services.