Worldwide mobile connections will reach 5.6 billion in 2011, up 11 percent from 5 billion connections in 2010, while mobile data services revenue will rise to $314.7 billion in 2011, a 22.5 percent increase from 2010 revenue of $257 billion, according to research firm Gartner.
Revenue from security software grew 12 percent in 2010 to $16.5 billion from $14.7 billion in 2009, according to research firm Gartner.
IT procurement or sourcing managers tasked to find ways to reduce costs at tolerable risks should examine nine contractual terms to reduce risk in cloud contracts, according to research firm Gartner Inc.
The worldwide enterprise software market posted revenue of $245 billion in 2010, representing an 8.5 percent increase from 2009, research firm Gartner Inc. said.
The worlds of IT and operational technology (OT) are converging, and IT leaders must manage their transition to converging, aligning and integrating IT and OT environments, according to analyst firm Gartner Inc.
Enterprise software vendors and large cloud specialists will introduce new platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings this year, making 2011 the year of PaaS, according to research firm Gartner.
Analyst firm Gartner revealed recently said that most organizations approach identity and access management (IAM) the wrong way.
Research firm Gartner has identified prospects for business process management (BPM) in 2011 and beyond.
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.6 trillion in 2011, a 5.1 percent increase from 2010, according to the latest outlook by research firm Gartner.
Even stripped of all the marketplace buildup and buzz, cloud computing services are undeniably changing IT options in meaningful ways. So why is cloud computing currently one of the most talked-about phenomena in IT?
