Enterprise Information Security spend in Middle East and Africa will grow by 9.8 percent to reach about US$1.9 billion in 2019.
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Only 1% of global CIOs have deployed blockchain technology: study
Only one percent of CIOs indicated any kind of blockchain adoption within their organisations, according to Gartner's 2018 CIO Survey. The study also found that only eight percent of CIOs were in short-term planning or active experimentation with blockchain.0 3078
13 surprising uses for emotion AI
The concept of emotional artificial intelligence conjures up visions of humanoid robots in customer service roles, such as the lifelike ‘receptionist’ now welcoming …
Windows driving PC sales, Apple suffers
Windows is driving PC sales, even as Apple suffered a massive drop, according to latest result of PC shipments worldwide. …
Middle East region leads $2.6 trillion smart cities market
The Middle East and North Africa, and especially the GCC, are spearheading the $2.6 billion global Smart Cities market, according to Schneider Electric.
Five tech trends that will blur the lines between human and machines
Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018 revealed five distinct emerging technology trends that will blur the lines between humans and machines.
Amazon leads global public cloud race: Gartner
The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29.5 percent in 2017 to total $23.5 billion, up from $18.2 billion in 2016, according to Gartner, Inc.
Disaster Recovery 2.0: protecting businesses from catastrophic risks
Whether it is caused by cataclysmic weather, technological malfunctions or human actions, an IT outage can be devastating.
Global PC shipments see growth for the first time in six years
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.1 million units in the second quarter of 2018, a 1.4 percent increase from the second quarter of 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc.
Rising PC prices to result in flat growth of device shipments in 2018: Gartner
While the PC and tablet market is estimated to decline 1.2 percent in 2018, the mobile phone market is on pace to record an increase of 1.4 percent.
Five security roles to plan for in the digital era
CISOs must evolve the talent strategy to reflect the changing roles, competencies and skill sets to address digital risk.