Recovering economy doesn’t buoy PC sales

While the economy is turning around, it doesn’t appear that PC shipments are turning around with it. In fact, according to a recent report on worldwide PC shipments from analyst firm Gartner, things

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 11th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

Six ways you can market like a startup

Whether you’re a startup or simply a small business, marketing can be a challenge. You likely lack the resources to have a dedicated marketing professional on staff, or to have substantial budget dedicated

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 28th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

Building an app? Android and Apple are still where it’s at

When it comes to choosing which mobile operating systems to focus on when building your app, the latest worldwide smartphone sales data from analyst firm Gartner Inc. shows there's two clear choices: Google's

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 14th, 2012 Jeff Jedras

Global public cloud market to hit $109 billion in 2012: Gartner

The cloud continues to grow.The market for public cloud computing services will grow by 19.6 percent to hit $109 billion this year, according to Gartner figuresdetailed in our source article from The Business

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 18th, 2012 Christine Wong

Ignoring social channels will be considered rude by 2014, Gartner says

In two years, will ignoring a tweet be seen as rude by your customers as ignoring a phone call would be today?That’s what the Egham, U.K. division of consultancy firm Gartner Inc. is

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 3rd, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

CEOs not giving CIOs their proper due, Gartner says

CEOs plan to spend more on technology this year but are overlooking one of the most important competitive assets they already have in their IT arsenal: their CIOs.That's the conclusion reached by a

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 16th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Global tablet sales will double to 119M in 2012: Gartner

Global tablet sales will nearly double in 2012 from just a year ago, Gartner Inc. researchers predicted today.Gartner's latest forecast is for tablet sales to hit 118.9 millionunits this year, a 98 per

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 10th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Personal cloud to usurp personal computer by 2014: Gartner

The era of the personal computer is over, set to be usurped by the personal cloud, Gartner Inc. researchers predict in a forecast released today.The personal cloud will replace the PCas “the centre

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 12th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

CA Technologies taps into hybrid cloud market

CA Technologies is the latest cloud vendor to hitch a ride on the hybrid model with a new product that gives small and medium sized businesses ( SMBs) a mix of on-premise and

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 24th, 2012 Christine Wong

Apple CEO predicts tablets will outsell PCs

Apple CEO Tim Cook believes that tablets such as the iPad will outsell PCs in the coming years thanks to the explosive popularity of one-panel slates as well as innovation from tablet makers and app

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 15th, 2012 Ian Paul

RIM continues slide in smartphone market share: Gartner

Apple Inc. saw record sales of its iPhone during the fourth quarter of 2011, becoming the world’s top smartphone vendor as Research in Motion (RIM) recorded disappointing results, according to Gartner Inc.The Stamford,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 15th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Social networking potential remains untapped inside businesses

Although companies have been urged to adopt "Web 2.0" and social technologies for years now, the truth is that relatively few have done so internally in any serious way -- and use inside

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 20th, 2011 Robert Scheier

QNX: Software that’s literally under the hood

Many Canadians only heard of small, Ottawa-based QNX Software Systems for the first time when it was acquired by Research in Motion (RIM). It would be an important part of the struggling mobile

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 16th, 2011 Brian Jackson

Small shops abandon servers for the cloud, Gartner reports

The cloud is casting a shadow over traditional server sales in the North American SMB market, a new Gartner Inc. study shows.The report focuses on the very small business (VSB) market in NorthAmerica

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 1st, 2011 Christine Wong