How the business process players stack up

IBM, OpenText, Oracle, Pegasystems and Tibco have been named as leaders in a new assessment of business process (BP) platform vendors by IDC. BP platforms are product suites or portfolios that support the design and runtime environments for transformational or...

Cloud expansion a priority in Kenya

Approximately a third of enterprises in Kenya now view the implementation of cloud or expansion of existing cloud infrastructure as a key priority area for the future, according to the latest insights from global IT market intelligence firm International Data...

SA security appliances show healthy growth

The South African security appliances market declined 10,3% in value year-on-year during Q4 2013 to total $12,25-million, according to the EMEA Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker published recently by International Data Corporation (IDC). The Tracker further...

IDC names leaders in mobile app development

International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new vendor assessment profiling providers that offer mobile application development, testing, management and infrastructure (mADTMI) services to enterprise-class firms. The MarketScape report found that Accenture,...

Not a rosy outlook for SA storage market

The South African external storage market value declined 32,4% year-on-year to $38,11-million in Q4 2013, according to the EMEA Quarterly Storage Tracker published by international marketing and research agency IDC. On an annual basis, market value declined 26,5% to...