Dismal quarter for VC, telepresence

The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence Equipment QView has shown declining results for the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), with overall videoconferencing (VC) equipment revenue decreasing -20%...
Towards a true self-driving car

Towards a true self-driving car

To accelerate innovation toward a future of autonomous vehicles, Intel has announced the availability of a family of hardware and software products – as well as additional investments and advanced technology research – aimed at helping the car evolve to...

Microsoft, salesforce.com in strategic deal

Microsoft and salesforce.com have announced a strategic partnership to create new solutions that connect salesforce.com’s customer relationship management (CRM) apps and platform to Microsoft Office and Windows, so that customers can be more productive. Terms of the...

Mobile shipments set to decline

Based on a greater decline in demand than predicted in the first quarter, and concerns that tablets and 2-in-1s will face additional market challenges the rest of the year, International Data Corporation IDC) has lowered its 2014 worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 forecast....

Debt stress continues to improve

Debt stress amongst businesses continued to fall in Q1 2014, marking a third consecutive quarter of improvement, according to the Experian Business Debt Indext (BDI). This was despite the fact that the domestic economy appeared to be severely negatively affected by...

Misconfigured apps to drive breaches

Almost 2,2-billion smartphones and tablets will be sold to end-users in 2014, according to Gartner. While security incidents originating from mobile devices are rare, Gartner said that by 2017, 75% of mobile security breaches will be the result of mobile application...