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Survey finds companies are not communiticating their BYOD policies to employees

Survey finds companies are not communiticating their BYOD policies to employees

GLOBO, an international leader and technology innovator delivering mobile, telecom and e-business software products and services, recently released survey results which found IT departments are not making employees aware of their BYOD policies. In the survey, 68 percent of respondents said they use their personal devices for work, while only 29 percent said that their [...]

Tablets closing the gap on laptop market

Tablets closing the gap on laptop market

Insatiable consumer demand for tablet computers will see unit shipments increase almost fourfold by 2016, substantially outpacing the growth of the laptop sector, predicts the latest publication from business intelligence experts GBI Research. The new report states that 73 million tablets were shipped last year, but by 2016 that figure is expected to reach 275 [...]

Companies more concerned on employee productivity than IT security

Companies more concerned on employee productivity than IT security

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, revealed in a recent global study that keeping off certain sites and blocking the launch of third-party applications are the most popular ways of employers to ensure IT security. The study titled Global IT Security Risks: 2012 showed that companies are most likely [...]

Gartner Says Worldwide Sales of Mobile Phones Declined 2.3% in Second Quarter of 2012

Gartner Says Worldwide Sales of Mobile Phones Declined 2.3% in Second Quarter of 2012

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419 million units in the second quarter of 2012, a 2.3 percent decline from the second quarter of 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales accounted for 36.7 percent of total mobile phone sales and grew 42.7 percent in the second quarter of 2012. “Demand slowed [...]

Digital information costs businesses US$1.1Trillion globally

Digital information costs businesses US$1.1Trillion globally

Symantec Corp. announced that information costs businesses worldwide US$1.1 trillion annually, according to its first ever 2012 State of Information Survey. From confidential customer information, to intellectual property, to financial transactions, organisations possess massive amounts of information that not only enable them to be competitive and efficient – but also stay in business. In fact, [...]

Two provinces in Luzon and Mindanao searched most for Dolphy and SONA

Two provinces in Luzon and Mindanao searched most for Dolphy and SONA

While Metro Manila was the location of two recent, but significant, events, namely, the death of Dolphy and SONA, these terms topped searches in Luzon and Mindanao, respectively. According to data from Google’s Insights for Search, the province of Mindoro Occidental tops the lists of regions interested in Dolphy’, while the province of Agusan del [...]

IDC foresees the APEJ Business Analytics Software market to punch above US$3 billion by 2013

IDC foresees the APEJ Business Analytics Software market to punch above US$3 billion by 2013

Despite a backdrop of increasing global volatility, the business analytics (BA) software market in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region has grown by 20.1% to be worth US$2,479.1 million in 2011, according to the new IDC Asia/Pacific Semiannual Business Analytics Software Tracker.  The BA software market is expected to slow down but still grow in [...]

Survey reveals 32% of organizations hit by cybercrime security breaches

Survey reveals 32% of organizations hit by cybercrime security breaches

Deloitte, in association with EMC, brings you the first annual Irish Information Security and Cybercrime Survey. This survey was conducted in May 2012 and respondents included Irish information security leaders of multinationals, Irish organizations and subsidiaries. These organizations operate across a range of industries including financial services, the public sector, manufacturing, IT, semi-state and insurance.

2012 Future of Cloud Computing Survey Exposes Hottest Trends in Cloud Adoption

2012 Future of Cloud Computing Survey Exposes Hottest Trends in Cloud Adoption

North Bridge Venture Partners announced the results of its second annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey. Supported by 39 industry collaborators spanning established leaders, emerging, fast-growth companies, and startups — the 2012 survey captures current industry perceptions, sentiments and emerging trends in cloud computing. This year’s collaborators include companies such as Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, [...]

Business Intelligence to remain front and centre on IT agenda

Business Intelligence to remain front and centre on IT agenda

Business intelligence (BI) and analytics software will continue to remain front and centre for IT and business agendas in 2012, according to Ovum. In a new report, the independent IT and telecoms analyst firm claims that there is an increasing adoption of BI technology, and the formation of a mature and function-rich software market. Yet [...]