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The World Is Changing—Are Your Communications Ready for BYOD?
- 11 Jun 2013 10:42
- by Melanie Turek
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Think about this: A recent Frost & Sullivan survey of more than 250 C-level executives revealed that in the vast majority of their organizations, employees routinely use mobile phones to conduct business—and, more importantly, for two-thirds of those users, a mobile device is their telephony end point of choice. Even when employees are working in t...
Google Close to Acquiring Waze
- 10 Jun 2013 12:38
- by Lawrence Lundy
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It looks like Google has stolen a march of its rivals and sown up a deal for the Israeli mapping start-up for $1.3 billion. Waze is a crowd-sourced navigation app with over 50m worldwide users. It has been reported that Facebook and Apple were both interested in the company, and if the deal goes through it would represent a real coup for Google. Wi...
The Connected Car: Driving New Opportunities for ICT Suppliers
- 06 Jun 2013 01:05
- by Andrew Milroy
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The nexus of cloud computing, high speed mobile networks, big data and ‘The Internet of Things’ is creating huge opportunities to transform entire industries. From the healthcare industry to the automotive industry, we are on the brink of a surge in innovation, driven by ICT advances. Organizations no longer view ICT as a way of increasing product...
Microsoft: Will the Empire Strike Back?
- 22 Apr 2013 20:41
- by Andrew Milroy
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Microsoft: Will the Empire Strike Back? To some, the omens look bleak for Microsoft. PC shipments are in decline, and an increasing proportion of IT activity bypasses Microsoft technology entirely. Google and Apple continue to make massive inroads into, what was once, Microsoft territory, forcing Microsoft to react. Will the trend towards consume...
The Incredible Shrinking IT Department
- 07 Apr 2013 21:39
- by Andrew Milroy
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IT departments are set to become smaller. In addition, the role of IT will transform into that of an integrator of services, a driver of innovation and a manager of systems and processes. These changes are being driven by the widespread use of cloud computing and the increased prevalence of ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD). New cloud computing i...
2013 Predictions: The Consolidation of IT
- 03 Apr 2013 24:34
- by Andrew Milroy
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It’s that time of year again. The time of year where the world’s IT commentators offer their predictions for the following year. For the past few years, predictions have focused very much on cloud computing, ‘big data’ (a misnomer if ever I have heard one), mobility, social, and consumerization. All of these technology trends are now having a prof...
The Normalization of IT Skills
- 02 Apr 2013 21:30
- by Andrew Milroy
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IT skills shortages have been an issue of concern for businesses and governments for more than twenty years. This will change over the next few years as IT skill levels increase, and become embedded into business activities. In recent years, IT vendors have worked very closely with businesses and governments to ensure that training investments ar...
IT Services Marketing in Asia: Understanding the Confucian Business Culture
- 02 Apr 2013 21:24
- by Andrew Milroy
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In the IT services business, the propensity to purchase services is often different to what might logically be expected. This is particularly obvious in the extremely diverse Asia Pacific region. For example, organizations in the Philippines, a relatively immature economy with lower labour costs, are more likely to purchase services than organiza...
Cloud and Mobile Technology Set to End Innovation 'Drought'
- 02 Apr 2013 21:18
- by Andrew Milroy
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It is often stated by senior management figures within large enterprises, that innovation is a key area of focus for them. Despite this focus, the past 50 or 60 years has witnessed a distinct lack of breakthrough innovations. Indeed, there has been an innovation 'drought'. Innovations made between the late nineteenth century and about 1950 are th...
ICT: 10 Years Ago and 10 Years Ahead
- 02 Apr 2013 21:13
- by Andrew Milroy
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In June this year, Frost & Sullivan will hold its 2013 APAC ICT awards banquet. This is the tenth such banquet. Frost & Sullivan’s Asia Pacific ‘Best Practices’ program has been running since 2003. This anniversary is a great opportunity for us to reflect on some of the developments in the ICT business over the past 10 years, and to predict some ...
2013: The Consolidation of IT
- 24 Mar 2013 22:52
- by Jinu Mathew
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It's that time of year again. The time of year where the world's IT commentators offer their predictions for the following year. For the past few years, predictions have focused very much on cloud computing, 'big data' (a misnomer if ever I have heard one), mobility, social, and consumerization. All of these technology trends are now having a prof...
How Telecom Vendors Can Stay Relevant in a Changing Communications World
- 24 Mar 2013 10:09
- by Melanie Turek
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In what has become a fun annual event, I participated in the Locknote session at Enterprise Connect this week, and while several key topics were discussed, my favorite question was “Who are the winners and losers?” Everyone answered it a little differently, of course, but in my view, the clear winner at EC and going forward are the end users—you an...
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