Software-defined networking: New networks are emerging from virtualised infrastructures 27. January 2016 by Ralph Novak Cloud computing, the Internet of Things and new mobile technologies are also posing new challenges for networks. Industry is responding with an open network platform.
New purchasing channels: Is the website coming to an end? 22. December 2015 by Ralph Novak Since the existence of the Internet, companies have been trying to attract potential customers to their website through advertising, social media, SEO or PR in order to then convert them in business partners or buyers. That worked for a while, but the Internet will be different in 2016, because more than half of customers are …
IT infrastructure: The data centre of the future is still in the making 22. December 2015 by Ralph Novak Data centres are also affected by changing times. Several new approaches that will shape the data centre of the future are already emerging today. The objectives are still the same as they were decades ago: higher capacity, lower costs and more flexibility.
Mobile marketing: Mobile advertising promises growth rates of more than 30% 22. December 2015 by Ralph Novak Mobile advertising will account for 50.2% of advertising spending on the Internet in 2018. The budget will thus rise to a total of US$ 114 billion, which corresponds to an annual growth rate of 32%.
IT trends 2016: IT budgets are growing and being invested in equipping the specialist departments 22. December 2015 by Ralph Novak 37% of companies expect spending on their corporate IT to grow in 2016. 15% of the companies even expect the growth rate to be in the double digits. In contrast, 21.3% of IT managers are facing budget cuts.
Cybercrime: Teenage hackers target gaming and media websites 22. December 2015 by Ralph Novak With a total of 1,510 DDoS attacks worldwide, service provider Akamai registered an increase of 180% in the third quarter of 2015 over the same period last year. About half of the reported incidents were directed against online games, suggesting a rather juvenile group of delinquents. Media and entertainment websites were nevertheless the target of …
Cybercriminals in Asia: How the underground works in China 22. December 2015 by Ralph Novak A huge market, almost unfathomable to foreigners, China also has online gangsters who operate like those in the West. The perpetrators are especially ingenious, however, when it comes to using a perfidious trick.
Mobile computing: The smartphone boom continues 7. December 2015 by Ralph Novak The sales figures for smartphones continue to rise. In the third quarter of 2015, 325 million smartphones were sold worldwide, and the average selling price was US$300, as in the same quarter of the previous year. This quarter is thus the most successful since the start of the international surveys.
Hardware market: The manufacturers of servers are doing good business 7. December 2015 by Ralph Novak In the third quarter of 2015, 9.2% more servers were sold worldwide than in the same quarter of the previous year, with turnover increasing by 7.5%. The development can be observed in all regions of the Earth.
Christmas business: Cybercriminals exploit the holiday rush 3. December 2015 by Ralph Novak IT departments currently have to contend with a significantly higher volume of data traffic on their websites: the mad dash for Christmas presents is already underway. This presents a real challenge for IT experts, who have to continue to protect their websites from hacker attacks and failures at this stressful time of year.
