Massive growth for big data ahead

The worldwide big data technology and services market is set to grow at a 31,7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) – about seven times the rate of the overall information and communication technology (ICT) market – with revenues reaching $23,8-billion in 2016. ...

Multi-function devices to boom

Consumers are less likely to buy single-function electronic products in the next year, while intentions to buy multi-function devices have increased dramatically. This is according to a new Accenture survey, presented in its 2013 Global Consumer Electronics Products...

Stability, accessibility key in 2013

In 2013, IT buyers will be looking for stability and ways to prepare for the next five years in their business cycle. A new report from Ovum looks at the phenomenon of IT services bundling and how it will influence the IT market in 2013. “The fact that we live in very...

Info assets will be monetised

The financial demands of storing and managing big data will lead 30% of businesses to directly or indirectly monetise their information assets by trading, bartering or outright selling them by 2016, according to Gartner. Many enterprises are starting to appreciate the...

IBM top of patent list for 20 years

IBM has received a record 6 478 patents in 2012 for inventions that will enable fundamental advancements across key domains including analytics, big data, cyber-security, cloud, mobile, social networking and software defined environments, as well as industry solutions...

CES: Kingston debuts largest USB

Kingston Technology has announced the DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 USB Flash drive. The DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 is the world’s largest-capacity USB 3.0 Flash drive and will be available in a 1Tb capacity later in in the first quarter. Currently, it is...