Data security: The market for back-up appliances continues to grow 10. April 2015 by Ralph Novak According to IDC data, the market for purpose-built backup appliances (PBBA) grew in the fourth quarter of 2014 by around 3 % compared to the previous year and reached a value of 1 billion US$ worldwide.
Network Architecture: Software-Defined WANs Transport According to Urgency 8. April 2015 by Ralph Novak Medium-sized companies are becoming increasingly frustrated by the high costs and the complexity of their conventionally-used wide area networks. However, cheaper internet connections lack the control and optimisation functions necessary for the transfer of data critical to business.
Heterogeneous Computing: HSA Standard seeks to pair CPU and GPU more efficiently 8. April 2015 by Ralph Novak The HSA foundation has published the version 1.0 of a specification for heterogeneous data processing. Amongst other things, it is meant to facilitate the integration of graphic processors for computational tasks. It also offers functions for the efficient implementation of programming languages such as C++, Java or Python.
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure as a Service is Dominating the Cloud Market 8. April 2015 by Ralph Novak The cloud market in Europe will gain around 7% a year until 2018 and therefore achieve a total volume of EUR 30.1 billion. Growth will be particularly strong in Germany, with a rise of 12% annually to EUR 5 billion.
Digital out of Home: Banks are Driving the Market for Digital Signage 8. April 2015 by Ralph Novak Digital signage gets up to around three quarters of its business from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The retail sector continues to be the largest vertical market, with around 25% of all profits.
Near Field Communication: Print Mailing Solution Reads out Post to the Blind 8. April 2015 by Ralph Novak An app for mobile devices can read out letters for blind people – as long as the post has been printed out with NFC to speech. The print mailing solution embeds the text digitally on a chip in the paper.
Smart Business: Intelligent Process Automation Takes over Whole Workflows 8. April 2015 by Ralph Novak Automated analytics and learning software bring companies both financial benefits and more efficient processes. Autonomic computing is an especially promising development in the field.
Cloud computing: The most popular cloud services are groupware 26. March 2015 by Ralph Novak The use of cloud services in German companies continues to rise: In 2014, some 44 % of companies used cloud computing.
Internet of Things: Developers anticipate IoT projects in 2015 26. March 2015 by Ralph Novak 2015 could be the year in which the Internet of Things (IoT) experiences its breakthrough. At any rate, more than three quarters of IT developers can expect an order within the course of this year.
Collaboration: Video communication boosts the ability to make decisions 26. March 2015 by Ralph Novak More than 80 % of companies who use video today see the ability to make faster decisions as a particular benefit. In practice, this form of communication is mainly used within the company.
