"2019 will see many mainstream businesses leapfrogging the initial disruptors."

CEOs are aware of how AI and automation are affecting workspaces and employees’ growing demand for flexible environments that reflect these changes.

IDC has provided a rather gloomy forecast but there are opportunities to be exploited on the horizon.

Vertiv has placed particular emphasis on edge computing being the ‘epicentre’ of innovation in the data centre space.

The tech giant has released its own perspective on what IT professionals should be looking at to stay ahead of the global curve.

The company has shared what it believes are the five data centre optimisation trends that will maximise data centre performance in 2019.

A WatchGuard executive feeds back what he has been hearing from MSPs and VARs about the latest trends in cybersecurity.

Evolving technology and data trends are paving the way to significant IT and network architecture changes in 2019.

“CIOs who master innovative IoT trends have the opportunity to lead digital innovation in their business.”

Gartner has released a list of what it sees as the most important strategic tech trends to be aware of in the quickly upcoming year.

“So suddenly, in our region, we have become almost early adopters of these new shifts in technological revolutions.”

Being secure by design is an ongoing process and not one that is forgotten as soon as a project is complete.  

An inaugural report on composable/disaggregated infrastructure from IDC shows that it will go from US$300m to $3.4b in next five years.

For the first half of the year, shipments are up 3.5% while revenue is up over 5% compared to the first half of 2017.

Dell’Oro group research has shown that the WLAN market will continue to grow in the near future, driven by small home and small office needs.

With the technology and its applications still an enigma to most, blockchain has a long way to go before it’s mature enough for many use cases.

Alternative payments have overtaken traditional methods in the e-commerce market, including accounting for one-third of total payments in Australia.

Big data and business analytics remains a massive area of growth worldwide and shows no sign of slowing down in the near future.

“The biggest impact that AI is making in the SOC is faster time to triage.”

Artificial intelligence can reduce human effort and lower the time needed to detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity incidents.

49% of global mid-market professionals were most likely to suggest that it's easy to get into cybercrime without getting caught.

IDC forecasts worldwide spending to exceed $14 billion in 2019, an increase of 23.2% over 2018.

"Whether it’s selling it on the dark web, manipulating it for financial gain or to damage reputations, unsecured data is a goldmine for hackers."

Cryptojacking is the latest step in the evolution of malware monetisation methods.