VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Global sales of smartphones to end-users totalled 366.2 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 6.7-per cent increase over the second quarter of 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. In the smartphone operating system market, Android extended its lead with 87.7-per cent market share, while iOS accounted for 12.1 per cent.  "Although demand for utility smartphones remains strong, there is a growing demand in emerging markets for 4G smartphones, with more storage, better processors and more advanced cameras. This is translating into higher demand for mid-priced [$150 to $200] smartphones," said Anshul Gupta, Research Director, Gartner.... Read More

The rapid growth of digital transformation is putting pressures on companies across all industries to proactively invest in security to protect themselves against known and unknown threats and to neutralize the threats and comply with new regulations, organizations are increasingly looking to highly trained information security professionals for answers. Else, the potential negative impact on their business could be enormous.  “You can’t protect everything equally…we have to find a way to control only what matters,” said Earl Perkins, research vice president. In fact, security experts should know four things: you can’t fix everything, you can’t make assets fully secure, you can’t know how secure they all are, and you can’t know how secure your digital partners are.... Read More

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.5 trillion in 2017, a 2.4 percent increase from 2016, according to Gartner. "Digital business is having a profound effect on the way business is done and how it is supported," said John-David Lovelock, vice president and distinguished analyst, Gartner. "The impact of digital business is giving rise to new categories; for example, the convergence of "software plus services plus intellectual property," added Lovelock.   Industry-specific disruptive technologies include the Internet of Things (IoT) in manufacturing, blockchain in financial services (and other industries), and smart machines in retail. The focus is on how technology is disrupting and enabling business.... Read More

Connected car production is growing rapidly in both mature and emerging automobile markets, according to the latest forecast by Gartner . The production of new automobiles equipped with data connectivity, either through a built-in communications module or by a tether to a mobile device, is forecast to reach 12.4 million in 2016 and increase to 61 million in 2020. Gartner defines the connected car as an automobile that is capable of bidirectional wireless communication with an external network for the purpose of delivering digital content and services, transmitting telemetry data from the vehicle, enabling remote monitoring and control, or managing in-vehicle systems. “The connected vehicle is the foundation for fundamental opportunities and disruptions in the automotive industry and many other vertical industries,” said  James Hines, research director, Gartner ... Read More

Oppo has overtaken Xiaomi to become No 4 player in global smartphone sales according to the second quarter of 2016 Worldwide Smartphone Sales report by Gartner. Among the top five smartphone vendors, Oppo exhibited the highest growth in the second quarter of 2016 at 129 percent. This is due to strong sales of its R9 handset in China and overseas. “Features such as an anti-shake camera optimized for selfies, and rapid charge technology, helped Oppo carve a niche market for itself and boost sales in a highly competitive and commoditized smartphone market,” said Anshul Gupta, research director, Gartner ... Read More

Gartner has estimated that 1.6 billion connected things will be used by smart cities in 2016, an increase of 39 per cent from 2015. “Smart commercial buildings will be the highest user of Internet of Things (IoT) until 2017, after which smart homes will take the lead with just over 1 billion connected things in 2018,” said Bettina Tratz-Ryan, Research Vice-President, Gartner. “Commercial real estate benefits greatly from IoT implementation. IoT creates a unified view of facilities management as well as advanced service operations through the collection of data and insights from a multitude of sensors. Especially in large sites, such as industrial zones, office parks, shopping malls, airports or seaports, IoT can help reduce the cost of energy, spatial management and building maintenance by up to 30 per cent,” added Tratz-Ryan... Read more

Over 20 percent of enterprises will have digital security services devoted to protecting business initiatives using devices and services in the Internet of Things (IoT) by year end 2017, according to Gartner. Gartner defines digital security as the risk-driven expansion and extension of current security risk practices that protect digital assets of all forms in the digital business and ensures that relationships among those assets can be trusted. “The IoT now penetrates to the edge of the physical world and brings an important new ‘physical’ element to security concerns. This is especially true as billions of things begin transporting data,” said Ganesh Ramamoorthy, research vice president at Gartner. “The IoT redefines security by expanding the scope of responsibility into new platforms, services and directions. Moving forward, enterprises should consider reshaping IT or cybersecurity strategies to incorporate known digital business goals and seek participation in digital busines...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Riverbed Technology has announced that it has been positioned as a “Leader” in Gartner’s 2013 “Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring”. This marks the third consecutive time that Riverbed has been named to the Leaders Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring. Paul Brady, Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Riverbed Performance Management, said, “Riverbed is proud to again be recognized as a leader in the Application Performance Management (APM) market. Today’s application ecosystem has become much more complex with cloud, SaaS and mobile applications being accessed by countless devices from people in all locations. Our customers need integrated, powerful and intelligent application monitoring and management solutions that can analyze and master such a complex global environment, and provide actionable information to the business.” Riverbed continues to focus on delivering solutions that increase vis...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per a latest announcement,  Meghraj, the Union Government's cloud computing project , Meghraj is all set to roll out next month. The project will initially focus on an e-Governance app store at the  National Data Center . Among other things, the Meghraj will also be a repository and marketplace of e-governance apps. These are cloud-ready apps that can run on national clouds or others. They are also downloadable, and can be run at state data centers. The project can find application in areas like PDS and land records. However, specifics of such application are yet to be worked out. The DeitY functions under the Union Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said  Renu Budhiraja, a Senior Director, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY). Research firm Gartner  forecasts the Indian cloud services revenue to have a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33.2% from 2012 throug...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per the latest update, research firm  Gartner  lowered its projections for  global IT spending for 2013 to $3.7 trillion , while, according to the previous estimate, Garnet forecasted a growth rate of 4.1 per cent in overall IT spending.  It is important to note here that the IT spending was projected at $3.6 trillion in 2012. Exchange rate movements, and a reduction in our 2013 forecast for devices, account for the bulk of the downward revision of the 2013 growth. However, Western Europe's constant currency growth has been inched up slightly as strategic IT initiatives in the region will continue despite a poor economic outlook, said  Richard Gordon, Managing Vice-President, Garner Research Inc. Spending on other segments like data centre systems, enterprise software, IT services and telecom services is forecasted to touch $149 billion, $324 billion, $968 billion and $1.69 trillion, respectively. As f...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE As per latest information, global IT spending is expected to reach to a total of $3.8 trillion by 2013 end, a 4.1% increase from 2012 spending of $3.6 trillion. The report further revealed the information that the global devices spending is also expected to rise. According to an estimate, it is forecasted to reach $718 billion in 2013, up 7.9% from 2012. It’s worth noticing here that the devices spending includes the money spend on PCs, tablets, mobile phones and printers. Richard Gordon, Managing Vice President at Gartner said, “Although the US did avoid the fiscal cliff, the subsequent sequestration, compounded by the rise of Cyprus' debt burden, seems to have netted out any benefit, and the fragile business and consumer sentiment throughout much of the world continues. However, the new shocks are expected to be short-lived, and while they may cause some pauses in discretionary spending along the way, strategic IT initiativ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Xerox has been placed by Gartner, Inc., in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2012  Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services (MPS)  Worldwide.  Remaining the market leader in MPS, Xerox is helping businesses use an MPS strategy to meet the changing needs of their workforce – from supporting mobile workers and bring your own device policies, to securing confidential data, and simplifying complex business processes with new ways to work with both paper and digital information.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SAP has announced the general availability  of the 8.0 release of banking services, the latest edition of a banking platform for IT innovation from SAP. A comprehensive and fully realized offering, the latest release helps banks face the new realities of compliance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), real-time transactional banking and advanced risk analysis.  Over 100 banks worldwide successfully run or are in the process of implementing the platform. The announcement was made at the SAP Financial Services Forum North America, which was held in New York in late October... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Check Point Software Technologies  has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner's recently published Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection, 20121.   According to Gartner, “leaders have products that work well for Gartner clients in small and large deployments. They have long-term road maps that follow and/or influence Gartner's vision of the developing needs of buyers in the market. Leaders make their competitors' sales staffs nervous and force competitors' technical staffs to follow their lead. Their MDP products are well-known to clients and are frequently found on RFP shortlists.” Bhaskar Bhakthavatsalu, Regional Director- India and SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies, said, “We believe our positioning in the Magic Quadrant affirms our strategic vision and the high ratings we get from our customers in this area... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Worldwide IT spending is forecast to surpass  $3.7 trillion in 2013 , a 3.8 percent increase from 2012 projected spending of $3.6 trillion, but it’s the outlook for big data that is creating much excitement, according to Gartner, Inc. “By 2015, 4.4 million IT jobs globally will be created to support big data, generating 1.9 million IT jobs in the United States,” said Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president at Gartner and global head of Research... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The India IT services market is forecast to reach  $10.2 billion in 2013 a 12-per cent increase from an estimated $9.1 billion in 2012 , according to Gartner, Inc. India's IT services market offers significant opportunities for IT services providers because of the increasing needs and wants of IT buyers. As companies grow in size and scale, the market is likely to see larger IT services deals with more sophisticated deal engagement practices. This market has a critical mass that is worth tapping into and has the potential to expand further with "as a service"-type service offerings.. See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The public  cloud services market in India  is forecast to grow 32.4 percent in 2012 to total $326.2 million, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide public cloud services revenue is on pace to total $111 billion this year. "The cloud services market is clearly a high-growth sector within the overall IT marketplace," said Ed Anderson, research director at Gartner. " Software as a service (SaaS) is forecast to grow to $115.6 million in 2012, while Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is forecast to grow from $35.2 million in 2011 to $42.7 million in 2012.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Three key server segments  - hyperscale data centers, hosted virtual desktop (HVD) workloads and extreme low-energy (ELE) servers – will offer opportunities for growth through 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Servers represent the control points of hardware infrastructure in data centers, where workloads and applications reside, and Gartner analysts estimate that end-user spending on servers accounts for about 60 per cent of overall data center hardware.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Alcatel-Lucent has recently announced that market research firm Gartner, Inc. placed Alcatel-Lucent in the Visionaries quadrant of its report, "Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure" authored by Tim Zimmerman and Mark Fabbi. As stated in the report, "A vendor in the Visionaries quadrant has demonstrated the ability to increase the features in its offering to provide a unique and differentiated approach to the market. A Visionary will have innovated in one or more key areas of access layer technologies (e.g., convergence, security, management or operational efficiency)." This year, the Unified Access category is the result of recognizing that, "Connectivity at the edge of an enterprise network is more than just a wired or wireless LAN infrastructure. Enterprises must choose infrastructure vendors that support network services, including security and management, and can integ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Citrix has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant of the 2012 “Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure” report by Thomas Bittman, Vice-President & distinguished analyst. The report evaluates Citrix XenServer, a key component of the company’s virtualization and cloud computing strategy. For its evaluation of the server virtualization market, Gartner highlighted that “vendor understanding and articulation of the strategic path for virtualization (expanding into the foundation for the future of infrastructure architecture and operations, and extending toward cloud computing) is particularly important and differentiating.” Sameer Dholakia, Group Vice-President & General Manager, Cloud Platforms Group, Citrix, said, “Citrix XenServer continues to demonstrate robust customer adoption, fuelled by a strong leadership position in the world’s largest public clouds as well as the leading posit...