IT trends: mobility and IoT challenging companies 22. October 2015 by Ralph Novak To be as well-prepared as possible for changes to company IT, IT managers should be aware of the latest trends. Indisputably, the PC has lost its leading role as the workhorse in the office. Yet how does the working environment look today and in the near future?
IT infrastructure: cloud market growing to around $33 billion 22. October 2015 by Ralph Novak The trend towards the cloud continues unabated: the market for servers, storage, switches and other infrastructure is set to grow in 2015 to a volume of $32.6 bn, or by a full 24.1%. However, other IT expenditure has fallen by 1.6%. Nevertheless, at $66.8 bn, this remains the largest market segment.
Customer experience: departments are pushing for Big Data 22. October 2015 by Ralph Novak The evidence indicates that Big Data is currently undergoing a transition from individual projects to the mainstream. Where 58% of the Gartner Research Circle stated in 2012 that they were already investing in this area or at least planned to do so, the figure was already 76% in the 2015 survey.
Internet of Things: How do we save the connected world? 16. October 2015 by Ralph Novak The Internet of Things (IoT) will radically change our lives. However, while the risks of this brave new world are already apparent, there may still be time for the industry to learn from past mistakes in IT security.
World Payments Report: Cashless payment prevails worldwide 14. October 2015 by Ralph Novak In 2014 around 398.7 billion cashless payments were carried out worldwide. This is an increase over the previous year of 8.9% and still lies above the growth rate of global Gross Domestic Product, which reached 7.6% in the same year.
Data security: Used devices are a treasure trove for cyber-criminals 14. October 2015 by Ralph Novak Business documents or a company’s intellectual property getting into the wrong hands can have grave consequences. However, on many used end devices, hard discs and SSDs there is still old data of widely varying kinds that can be misused by cyber-criminals.
Labour market: Digitalisation doesn’t kill jobs 14. October 2015 by Ralph Novak The concern that technical advancements kills jobs is nothing new. At present it is the changes in the course of digitisation that are fuelling these fears, in particular. There are ever more warnings that human labour will no longer be needed in the digitalised world of work. In the foreseeable future, however, there is no …
Internet traffic: YouTube leads download rankings 8. October 2015 by Ralph Novak The video service YouTube is responsible for more than 24% of downstream traffic via fixed telephone lines in Europe. Traffic via the HTTP protocol ranks second with more than 15%, while Facebook is in third place with around 7.5%.
GDPR: EU companies expect high investments in data protection 8. October 2015 by Ralph Novak The forthcoming EU Data Protection Regulation (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR) will require additional investments by the majority of European companies. The GDPR is intended to standardise data protection in EU countries and provides for high fines of up to 2% of annual turnover in the event of violations.
Hardware market: Apple is penetrating the bigger business market 8. October 2015 by Ralph Novak Long ignored by companies, Apple products are gradually conquering the office environment. In doing so, Apple is helped by two IT giants – who were not necessarily the best of friends in the past.