Organizations implementing AI on the rise: Gartner
The number of enterprises implementing artificial intelligence (AI) grew 270% in the past four years and tripled in the past year, according to the Gartner’s 2019 CIO Survey. Results showed that organizations across all industries use AI in a variety of applications, but struggle with acute talent shortages. “Four years ago, AI implementation was rare, only 10% of survey... By CIO&Leader
Two cybersecurity risks are among top five most likely global risks for 2019
Two cyber security risks—data fraud/theft and cyberattacks—have been identified as the most likely risks for 2019 by the World Economic Forum (WEF), in its recently released annual Global Risk Report (GRR) for 2019. While extreme weather events, future of climate change mitigation and adaptation and natural disaster rank as the top three most likely global risks for 2019, data fraud/theft and... By CIO&Leader
Amazon Web Services launches AWS Backup
Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced AWS Backup, a fully-managed, centralized backup service that makes it faster and simpler for customers to back up their data across AWS services and on-premises, helping customers more easily meet their business and regulatory backup compliance requirements. AWS Backup makes protecting storage volumes, databases, and file systems easier by giving... By CIO&Leader
Global talent shortage is now the top emerging risk facing organizations: Gartner
Staff shortages have escalated in the last three months to become the top emerging risk organizations face globally, according to Gartner’s latest Emerging Risks Survey. The survey of 137 senior executives in 4Q18 showed that concerns about “talent shortages” now outweigh those around “accelerating privacy regulation” and “cloud computing”, which were the top two risks in the... By CIO&Leader
Only around half of businesses can detect IoT device breaches: Gemalto
Only around half (48%) of businesses can detect if any of their IoT devices suffers a breach, according to a Gemalto study. This comes despite companies having an increased focus on IoT security: Spending on protection has grown (from 11% of IoT budget in 2017 to 13% now); Nearly all (90%) believing it is a big consideration for customers; and Almost three times as many now... By CIO&Leader
Synergized business continuity harnessing software-defined resilience
In the realm of cyber-intrusion onto virtual reality, growing corporates are stringently concerned on seamless business continuity. Off late IT is augmented as a service in a delicate dilemma of making a precise and competent decision to avoid degenerative effects on lifeline IT systems and processes in the reality landscape – synergizing to vital lifeline of the organization. Cyber threat... By PM Dutta
Datacenter M&A deals rise in 2018; but total value drops from 2017: Study
New data from Synergy Research Group (SRG) shows that the number of significant datacenter-oriented M&A deals continued to climb in 2018, though the total value of deals that closed in the year dropped off from its 2017 peak. 2018 saw 68 deals close with an aggregate value approaching USD 16 billion. While this included five billion-dollar-plus deals, none approached the scale of the 2017... By CIO&Leader
Data storage remains a major issue for APAC organizations: IDC
There is low awareness of object storage among enterprises in the APAC region, with 41% of surveyed enterprises not aware of the technology, according to a latest IDC survey. Digital transformation is a focus for enterprises across the region, and an integral part of this is the emphasis on data – making it the key to thriving against fierce competition in the digital era. According to the... By CIO&Leader
Hyperscale datacenter count rises in 2018: Study
New data from Synergy Research Group (SRG) shows that the number of large datacenters operated by hyperscale providers rose by 11% in 2018 to reach 430 by year end. In 2018 the Asia-Pac and EMEA regions featured most prominently in terms of new datacenters that were opened, but despite that the US still accounts for 40% of the major cloud and internet datacenter sites. The next most popular... By CIO&Leader
Enterprise IT infrastructure spending rises in 2018: Study
New data from Synergy Research Group (SRG) shows that across six key enterprise infrastructure segments, vendor revenues for the last four quarters increased by almost 13% on an annualized basis, as aggregate revenues for the last four quarters reached USD 125 billion. Datacenter servers comprise the largest segment of the market and it was also the highest-growth segment, up almost 26% due to... By CIO&Leader
More and more digital workers will use virtual employee assistants daily by 2021: Gartner
The use of virtual assistants (VAs) in the workplace is growing. By 2021, according to Gartner, 25% of digital workers will use a virtual employee assistant (VEA) on a daily basis. This will be up from less than 2% in 2019. The contact center was the pilot and testing ground for many adopters of VAs, but with the democratization of artificial intelligence (AI) and the... By CIO&Leader