IoT set for mainstream adoption

It is still early days for the Internet of Things (IoT), both here in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) and globally. But, according to IDC, signs that it will soon be mainstream are already appearing. For retail, this is literally true. All those digital signs popping...

Overcoming obstacles to ECM adoption

It is said that for an airplane to crash, a chain reaction of at least a handful of critical events has to occur, says Peter Reid, head of SharePoint Solutions at Intervate, a T-Systems company. One on-board issue, in isolation, is usually something that can be...

Challenges to Hadoop adoption highlighted

Gartner’s 2015 Hadoop Adoption Study has found that investment remains tentative in the face of sizable challenges around business value and skills. The survey, which was conducted in February and March 2015 among 284 Gartner Research Circle members, found that...

3D printers move towards the mainstream

While 3D printers have gained notoriety in recent years, this segment of the printer market is poised to take a major step forward as adoption rates increase and solutions become more viable. According to new survey findings from International Data Corporation (IDC),...

EMV adoption set to be low-key

Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) chip-based cards have been the norm in Europe and in Asia for about a decade, but plastic EMV will not achieve broad adoption in the US until 2020, writes Forrester in new research. Despite the looming deadlines to move from magnetic stripe to EMV, adoption will be slow, thanks to strong competition from more secure, encrypted, and tokenised transactions on digital wallets, NFC mobile, and contactless EMV payments.