BlackBerry acquires Movirtu

BlackBerry has acquired Movirtu, a provider of virtual identity solutions for mobile operators that allows multiple numbers to be active on a single device. This helps to improve device management in bring-your-own device (BYOD) and corporate owned personally enabled...

European firms not rushing to the cloud

A new survey by International Data Corporation (IDC) has discovered that European IT departments still need to make significant improvements before they have fully embraced cloud architectures and transformed themselves into internal (cloud) service providers. When...

PC vendors catch up in MEA tablet market

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market recorded a 2% quarterly decline in shipments during the second quarter of 2014 to total 3,95-million units, according to the latest results released by International Data Corporation (IDC). However, the MEA market remains...

Business analytics to see $89,6bn in 2018

In its newly published worldwide business analytics services forecast, International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts business analytics services spending will reach $89,6-billion in 2018 and $51,6-billion in 2014, representing a 14,7% compound annual growth rate...