CIOs could become digital leaders

As the technologies and trends that power digitalisation move to centre stage, CIOs are being presented with a unique opportunity to become digital leaders. This is according to a global survey of CIOs by Gartner. The survey showed that CIOs are fully aware that they...

Gartner debunks big data myths

With so much hype about big data, it’s hard for IT leaders to know how to exploit its potential. Gartner dispels five myths to help IT leaders evolve their information infrastructure strategies. “Big data offers big opportunities, but poses even bigger...

New data centre disruptors come to light

Four disruptive factors will force dramatic changes in the data centre (DC) market by year-end 2016, according to Gartner. Gartner says that highly disruptive competition, big cloud provider dominance, economic warfare and nationalism will occur with different...

Family home could hold 500 smart devices

The falling cost of adding sensing and communications to consumer products will mean that a typical family home, in a mature affluent market, could contain several hundred smart objects by 2022. Gartner says the smart home will be an area of dramatic evolution over...

Working with the psychology of innovation

Kathy Gibson reports from Gartner Symposium – To make sure innovation happens within your enterprise, company leaders need to do much more than simply develop a process for it, or even make it a corporate imperative. This is the word from Gartner analyst Mary...