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A new survey conducted by Omida and commissioned by Acronis shows that there is an “overwhelming” demand for security services among MSPs.

Boomi scored the highest marks out of all evaluated vendors, in categories of ‘cloud integration/iPaaS’ and ‘scalability and enterprise fit’.

Globally, 93% of respondents agreed that digital natives have different needs and expectations in the workplace, and over half of CIOs (56%) are looking to grow their collaborative software offering to meet that demand.

The joy and the temptation of SaaS is that it is so easy to buy without IT even needing to be involved.

“It’s about looking at customer journeys holistically to ensure consistency and relevance to foster sustainable relationships and value.”

Most Australian enterprises today are hamstrung by the same technologies that once helped advance the nation’s IT economy.

Despite many Asia Pacific countries being renowned for their forward-thinking operations in mature IT markets, they are still trailing behind in their ability to implement security management.

While it’s always good to streamline your portfolio, it’s also important to think about all potential use-cases. Ovum chief analyst Mike Sapien explains

An Ovum analyst reports that enterprises are confused today by the multiple messages and promotions surrounding managed SD-WAN services.

An Ovum analyst says service providers must develop broader differentiated managed SD-WAN service portfolios to cover the expanding customer segments.

Ovum research analyst Guillermo Escofet delves into augmented reality (AR) and whether the market has potential for future commercial applications.

SD-WAN service providers should invest in marketing campaigns to promote their managed SD-WAN service offers to avoid being ‘out-shouted’ by vendors.

Artificial intelligence (AI) remains highly in vogue as a technology topic across the media and within the IT supplier landscape.

Security needs to be one of the critical features of any new managed ICT service.

Pick a timeframe in the future and then imagine what the data centre will look like - a number of industry heavyweights have pitched their thoughts.

For many, the question is no longer whether a business should venture into cloud-native, but how - Ovum has some advice for organisations.

Ovum senior analyst of IoT TZ Wong says identifying the right enterprise decision-maker is a critical step for IoT vendors and service providers.

Asia Pacific organisations admit that employee behaviour and IT policy don’t match up, particularly when it comes to passwords.

For many vendors in the wearables industry, layoffs and senior management departures have been a common theme of late - but there are opportunities.

Ovum’s survey explored the rapidly-evolving business-to-consumer communications market with some interesting findings.

“TIBCO has got its mojo back as far as product innovation and sharp focus on execution is concerned."

Ovum analyst, Rik Turner says the security industry may at last be waking up to automation, probably at its' customers behest.

With enough sophistication in analysis, there is an argument to be made that search relevance can be inferred even from very "messy" sets of data.

The workforce needs to access all relevant documents, files, and information via any screen, from any location, at any time.