BYOD leads to big data and virtualisation

Despite it becoming a more prevalent trend around the world among both big and small businesses, some employers are still wary of embracing the “bring-your-own-device” (BYOD) concept of allowing their workers to bring their personal laptops, smartphones and tablets to...

The necessary art of data exploration

A critical first step frequently overlooked by project managers is understanding the data that sits in their hands. Companies today are investing heavily in tools and people in order to improve the quality of their reporting and to deliver more actionable intelligence...

Innovation key to big data success

CIOs must realise that innovation needs to go well beyond the technology used to manage big data, and that to get maximum value, enterprises will need to seek and embrace innovation in the way business problems are analysed with big data. This is according to the...
Big data drives software growth

Big data drives software growth

Big data, analytics and cloud computing are underpinning growth in the enterprise software market, even as the sector braces itself for slower growth going forward. This is one of the findings from International Data Corporation (IDC), which yesterday released the...

Big data drives storage demand

As demand for big data technology and services continues to escalate, all levels of the big data technology stack will experience significant growth. Storage is a critical piece of the infrastructure component, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 53%...