Analyst News & Views 1/25/2012 Click for Full Text

IDC Government Says "Regional Cloud Hubs" Will Change State and Local Government Procurement

A new type of government cloud services, labeled "regional cloud hubs", will significantly change the way state and local governments procure online computing services, IDC Government says in a new report.

IT Workers To Get 2.8% Average Pay Bump in 2012

IT workers hoping to improve their standard of living in 2012 will not likely find relief through annual salary raises, Computer Economics believes.

Gartner Says Master Data Management Is Critical to Achieving Effective Information Governance

Master data management (MDM) is critical to achieving effective information governance, according to Gartner, Inc.

Latin America National Broadband Plans Find Success Through Unity, Pyramid Finds

Latin America's low broadband penetration rates are leading governments to develop comprehensive broadband plans with ambitious goals to ensure that a significant percentage of the population will gain access in the next 5-10 years, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.

Analyst News & Views 1/18/2012 Click for Full Text

Business Intelligence Initiatives Face Alignment Challenges In Near Term

By 2014, fewer than 30 percent of business intelligence (BI) initiatives will align analytics completely with enterprise business drivers, despite alignment being the foremost BI challenge, according to Gartner, Inc.

Cloud Will Change the Networking ChanneI Market in EMEA, Says IDC

The rapid adoption of cloud solutions will transform the traditional networking channel landscape in EMEA, according to a new study from International Data Corporation (IDC).

Service Providers To Seize The Cloud Services Opportunity In Emerging Markets

As cloud computing continues to gain acceptance in emerging markets, service providers (such as telcos, MSOs and hosters) are well positioned to gain mindshare and become an important route to market (RTM) for small and medium businesses (SMBsfirms with 1-999 employees) for acquiring cloud solutions, AMI-Partners says.

Online and Mobile Video Value Chain Sectors Gained 45% In 2011 Revenue

The online and mobile video value chain (comprising CDN, integrated video platforms, full service advertising networks, ad serving platforms, auctions and exchanges) produced a combined $4.3 billion in top line revenue in 2011, an increase of 45% over 2010, according to AccuStream Research.

Analyst News & Views 1/10/2012 Click for Full Text

Hiring for Cloud Computing Skills Grows 61%, According To WANTED Analytics

WANTED Analytics, source of real-time business intelligence for the talent marketplace, Jan. 5 released that over the past 90 days employers and staffing firms placed more than ten thousand job ads that included cloud computing skill requirements, a sixty-one percent year over year increase.

InfoTrend's Study Predicts Growth Opportunity In Latin America for Document Solutions & Services

Analyst News & Views 1/5/2012 Click for Full Text

Mobile SOC TAM to Exceed 3.1 Billion Devices in 2015

Driven by consumer's desire to be connected anywhere and anytime and the ever-increasing access to any and every type of content, the electronics industry continues to change rapidly, according to the research firm InStat.

Worldwide ERM Applications Market Forecast to Reach $37.9 Billion in 2011

International Data Corporation (IDC) recently announced the latest results of its Worldwide Semiannual Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) Applications Tracker.

The Number of Interactive Kiosks in Operation will Nearly Double to Three Million by 2016

As companies in a range of industries seek to reduce costs, increase revenue opportunities, and improve customer service, they are increasingly turning to interactive kiosks as an additional channel to enable their customers with self-service options, ABI Research says.

Worldwide Pay-TV Revenue on the Rise, to Reach $236 Billion at the End of 2012

The worldwide pay-TV market will continue to grow to generate service revenues of $236 billion by the end of next year, ABI Research forecasts.

Analyst News & Views 12/28/2011 Click for Full Text

U.S. Software Market To Hit $125.9 Billion by End of 2015

U.S. software sales are forecast to hit nearly $126 billion in the next four years, according to a new report by Research and Markets says. The US software market had total revenue of $100.6 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7% between 2006 and 2010.

Worldwide CRM Applications Market Forecast to Reach $18.2 Billion in 2011

International Data Corporation (IDC) last week released its latest results from the Worldwide Semiannual Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Applications Tracker. Out of the four functional markets, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service are each expected to achieve double-digit growth in 2011.

Second Half of the Information Age to Focus on Exploitation of Technology, Gartner Says

The Information Age is an 80-year wave of economic and societal change that is in its second half, where business value comes from exploitation of technology rather than from installation, according to Gartner, Inc.

Nearly Three-Quarters of IT Pros Say Optimizing Business Operations Drives Advanced Analytics

Interest in analytics in general, and advanced statistical and predictive analytics in particular, rose for the third year in a row, according to Information Week Reports, a service based on peer-based IT research.

Analyst News & Views 12/19/2011 Click for Full Text

Media Tablet Shipments Miss Third Quarter Targets, IDC Says

Worldwide media tablet shipments into sales channels rose by 23.9% on a sequential basis in the third calendar quarter of 2011 (3Q11) to 18.1 million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker.

Security Goes Prime Time: Gartner Says 18 Percent of Respondents Are Not PCI-Compliant

PCI data security standards may be a hot topic, but a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. found that 18 percent of respondents admitted to not being PCI-compliant, even though the survey data suggested that they should be.

Online Transactions Spell Bonanza For One-Time-Password Generators and USB Token Market

Service providers, retailers, banks, governments, and enterprises are increasingly working to counter the growing threat of hacking and identity fraud that has made headlines throughout 2011. As a result, vendors of hardware and software solutions aimed at boosting security for online transaction and access are set to commence battle, ABI Research says.

Aberdeen Group Encourages An Integrated Apporach When Deploying UC Solutions

Enterprises need to craft a holistic, integrated communications approach to their IT strategies, according to a recent research brief released by Aberdeen Group.

Analyst News & Views 12/15/2011 Click for Full Text

Gartners 2011 Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25

Gartner, Inc. December 5 announced its third annual Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25. The rankings identify organizations that use their supply chains to improve the patient care experience.

Frost & Sullivan Highlights Growth of Malaysian Wireless Market

The Malaysian wireless broadband market is increasingly showing characteristics of a developed market, according to a report by Frost and Sullivan on Dec. 6. The rapid growth of smartphones saw the mobile broadband market enter a competition phase with the revival of Maxis and entry of YTL Communications.

Yankee Group Predicts Instability Will Rule Mobility In 2012

Yankee Group announced Dec. 6 in its new report 2012 Mobility Predictions: A Year of Living Dangerously that in 2012 mobility will face a year of uncertainty and global transition. According to the report in 2012 mobile users will utilize tablets, mobile content, mobile video and personal cloud services at unprecedented levels, but at the infrastructure level, the increased demand on limited resources will cause operators to look for new policy solutions to help them manage their networks.

Frost & Sullivan Gives Netbiscuits 2011 Frost & Sullivan New Product Award

Netbiscuits has been awarded the 2011 European Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product innovation for its Mobile Cloud Platform. Frost & Sullivan chose Netbiscuits based on its recent analysis of the mobile-apps deployment platform market

Analyst News & Views 12/05/2011 Click for Full Text

Smartphone Health Applications Will Exceed $400 Million Annually by 2016 -- ABI Research
The sports and health mobile application market will grow to over $400 million in 2016 - up from just $120 million in 2010, ABI Research reported in new research released last week. Much of that growth will be spurred by the ability of mobile handsets to easily connect to wearable devices that in turn can deliver new functionality, accuracy, and appeal to sports and fitness applications.

CIOs, IT Departments To Face Major Role Shift In Cloud Outsourcing, Says IDC
The rapid evolution of cloud services and a greater understanding of its uses and benefits have pushed cloud computing well into the mainstream in 2011. As we move into 2012, International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that this evolution will continue as users further test the capabilities of the cloud services that are available.

China E-Commerce Requires Adjustment To Different Behaviors, Conditions BCG Says
China has more Internet users than the United States and Japan combined, and it already has 145 million online shoppers (second only to 170 million in the U.S.) With exponential growth expected that could bring the number to 329 million by 2015, the e-commerce market in China is now considered the worlds most valuable. Despite this vast window of opportunity, many companies are leaving significant growth potential on the table, according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Lower Prices will Drive Uptake of Mobile Voice, Internet Services, Accoding to Frost & Sullivan
While the majority of countries have penetration levels lower than 5 per cent, African countries have experienced a steady uptake of mobile communications. Promisingly, Frost & Sullivan forecasts considerable growth in mobile, broadband and Internet services in Africa during 2010-2015.

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Analyst News & Views 11/21/2011 Click for Full Text

IDC Finds Several Drivers Behind Message and Social Media Archiving Solutions Growth Through 2015
According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide revenues for message and social media archiving applications will increase from $1.15 billion in 2011 to $2.04 billion in 2015.

ABI Releases Smart Grid Security Report
ABI Research Nov. 8 released their Smart Grid Security research report, which projects that by 2016, spending on smart grid security technologies will surpass $2 billion, up from $590 million in 2010.

Gartner Identifies Top Ten Commercial Business Applications for Tablet Devices
Gartner Inc. Nov.15, announced that it has identified the top 10 commercial business application categories for tablet devices.

Frost & Sullivan White Paper on Business Opportunities and Challenges of Dual Interface Cards
The high degree of interconnection in the modern world drives the use of authentication technologies, which should not only be secure but also fast. Governments and other stakeholders have increasingly adopted smart cards to manage a shift from security to convenience.

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Analyst News & Views 11/14/2011 Click for Full Text

ABI: Wireless Connectivity ICs to Surpass $8 Billion in 2011
The total market for standards-based wireless connectivity ICs is expected to exceed 3.5 billion units per annum in 2011, ABI Research revealed last week. The market will total more than $11 billion per annum by 2014.

Innovation, Basics Will Help TMT Firms Create Shareholder Value, BCG Says
Top performers in the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) industries have found ways to deliver value amid unprecedented disruption by focusing on innovation and growth and going back to the basics in their core businesses, a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) says.

Gartner: Worldwide Security Service Spending on Pace to Reach $35.1 Billion in 2011
Worldwide security services spending is on pace to reach $35.1 billion in 2011, up from $31.1 billion in 2010, Gartner, Inc. announced last week. The company forecasts that the market will total $38.3 billion in 2012, and surpass $49.1 billion in 2015.

ERP Shows Strong Adoption and Investment Trends
While IT organizations are investing in ERP systems at a higher frequency than almost any other technology, the adoption rate has increased only slightly over the past three years. Consumer Economics study, ERP Adoption and Customer Experience, finds the market for new installations is relatively mature: 64 percent of IT organizations, across all industry sectors, had ERP systems in place in 2011, which is about the same as the 62 percent in 2009 and the 65 percent in 2010.

Mobile Payments Users to Hit 893 Million in 2015
MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report 3Q.2011 Global Mobile Payment Market Forecast 2009 2015: Global mobile payments users to hit 893 million in 2015 with $945 billion in transaction value, to their collection of E-Financial Services market reports.

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Analyst News & Views 11/07/2011 - Click for Full Text

Forrester Study Shows Increasingly Mobile Workforce
Forrester Research, Inc. released the results of Q2 2011 US Workforce Technology and Engagement Online Survey which showed that half of US information workers spend less time working out of their office and more time working from home and other remote locations.

IDC Releases Results Of Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker
International Data Corporation (IDC) released the results of their Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. According to the report the worldwide smartphone market grew 42.6% year over year in the third quarter of 2011 despite a slowdown within key mature markets.

Gartner: 7 Things CIOs Must Know About the Board of Directors
In response to surveys showing that only 16 percent of board of directors have IT experience, Gartner released a paper identifying the seven key things CIOs need to understand to effectively communicate with their boards.

Insight Research: US Ethnic Communities Spend $77.9 billion on Telecom Services
In 2011, US ethnic communities will spend $77.9 billion on telecommunications services, accounting for nearly one-third of all residential telecom expenditures, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. The largest minority group, Hispanics, representing 16.3 percent of the total US population, will spend the most.

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Analyst News & Vews 10/31/2011 - Click for Full Text

Gartners Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012
Gartner has identified the top 10 technologies and trends for 2012 that will be strategic with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years.

Public, Private Cloud Service Demand Will Drive Storage Growth, IDC
Cloud computing will be a key driver of net new IT spending over the next five years as public cloud service providers and the adopters of private cloud environments invest in the supporting infrastructure, International Data Corp. (IDC) said in a new forecast.

CA SurveySuggests That Cloud Computing Trend Might Get CIOs Promoted To CEOs
Cloud computing is transforming how CIOs view themselves and their role in their business a paradigm shift that raises the likelihood of them being promoted to the top job in their organizations, a new report from CA Technologies finds.

U.S. Small and Medium Businesses Want Unified Communications, IDC
New research from International Data Corporation (IDC) finds increasing small and medium-sized business (SMB) are interested in a broad range of enterprise and consumer communications capabilities.