Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are expected to reach 2.5 billion units in 2015, a 1.5 percent increase from 2014 and down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 2.8 percent growth, according to statistics just released by Gartner, a leading information technology research and advisory company. The report titled Forecast: […]
Rising threat-awareness to raise info security spending in 2014
Global spending on information security will rise by 7.9 percent in 2014 over 2013 figure, to reach $71.7 billion, with data loss prevention segment recording the fastest growth at 18.9 percent, Gartner Inc., a leading information technology research and advisory company has said. According to the latest forecast from the research firm, total information security spending […]
Lenovo maintains lead in global PC market
The global PC industry statistics released by two major US based technology research companies, IDC and Gartner, for the second quarter of 2014 show that Lenovo is the clear global leader in PCs for the sixth straight quarter. According to IDC, Lenovo achieved 19.6% global PC market share, which is a 1.9% increase from 17.7% […]
Gartner acquires cloud Q&A platform, Senexx
Gartner, a US-based provider of research and analysis on the global IT industry has acquired Senexx, a cloud-based questions and answers platform that identifies and manages expertise within organisations. Announcing the buy, Gartner says it will leverage the Israel-based company’s expertise to significantly enhance its web search capability and augment its content recommendation engine and […]