IT spending heads for 2,1% growth

Worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3,7-trillion in 2014, a 2,1% increase from last year; however, this growth rate is down from earlier projections of 3,2%, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The slower outlook for 2014 is attributed to a reduction...

Data location irrelevant in post-Snowden era

The physical location of data is becoming increasingly irrelevant and will be replaced by a combination of legal location, political location and logical location in most organisations by 2020, according to Gartner. “The number of data residency and data sovereignty...

Avaya named leader by Gartner

Avaya has announced that it has set a new record as the only vendor to be positioned as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre Infrastructure for 14 years in a row. With this year’s release of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre...

Mitel listed in Gartner Challengers quadrant

Mitel, a global leader in business communications, has announced it has been positioned by Gartner, in the Challengers quadrant of the latest Magic Quadrant for Contact Centre Infrastructure. This follows Mitel’s merger with Aastra and the acquisition of contact...

Slow but sure for security software

Worldwide security software revenue totalled $19,9-billion in 2013, a 4,9% increase from 2012 revenue of $19-billion, according to Gartner. The lower-than-expected growth was due to commoditisation of key sub-segments and the decline in growth for two of the top five...