External enterprise storage market declines

EMEA external storage systems market value in 2020Q1 was down 10,7% year on year in dollars and 8,1% in euros, according to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. Once again, the quarter saw marked differences across...

Realtime cargo tracking solutions needed

The number of active tracking devices deployed for cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers, rail freight wagons, air cargo containers, cargo boxes and pallets reached 7,5-million worldwide in 2019. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...

In-car technologies that can mitigate Covid spread

As Covid-19 begins to influence the technologies that are embedded into vehicles, car manufacturers should focus on four specific areas to help lessen the risk of infection to car occupants, according to Gartner. These areas include disinfection, possible detection of...

Cloud infrastructure continues to grow in 2020

Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, increased 2,2% in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20) while investments in traditional, non-cloud,...

Supply chain leaders look to China alternatives

A Gartner survey of 260 global supply chain leaders in February and March 2020 found that 33% had moved sourcing and manufacturing activities out of China or plan to do so in the next two to three years. Survey results show that the Covid-19 pandemic is only one of...

New buying behaviours as Covid impacts enterprise networking

The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has had a mixed impact on the enterprise networking market. While most companies report downward pressure on their IT budgets, supporting a suddenly remote workforce and enabling contactless operations has created new demand for...