BI, analytics see healthy growth
Worldwide business intelligence (BI) and analytics software, consisting of BI platforms, corporate performance management (CPM) suites, analytic applications and advanced analytics, totalled $14,4-billion in 2013 – an 8% increase from 2012 revenue of...Digital marketing budgets set to increase
Digital marketing budgets will rise by 10% in 2014, following a double-digit percentage increase in 2013, according to a survey of marketing executives by Gartner. The survey found that, on average, companies spent 10,7% of their annual 2013 revenue on overall...Huge growth in infrastructure spending
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), revenue for the worldwide integrated infrastructure and platforms market increased 45,6% year-over-year to nearly $7,6-billion during calendar year 2013. The market generated 2,4 exabytes of new storage capacity...New trends drive hardcopy market
As the hardcopy industry shifts its focus from hardware to business document workflow automation and optimisation, a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) user survey has identified important trends that can help providers sharpen their solutions development...Cancer screening day set for success
South Africa’s dermatologists are yielding to a call to participate in the country’s first ever National Skin Cancer Screening Day, which will take place on the first day of spring, 1 September 2014. According to Dr Derek Odendaal, president of the South...