Frost & Sullivan ICT Consultant Lawrence Lundy comments on Samsung's latest flagship Galaxy smartphone and their struggle to differentiate in the market
While the Galaxy S5 is an evolutionary product, there is not enough in there to make people upgrade from the 4. It doesn't push the envelope in any real way; we are in a sort of stasis now when it comes to smartphone innovation.
Autotask Survey also Details IT Hiring Plans, Billing Rates and What's Driving Demand for IT Services
IT companies say tighter security tops the list of their clients' concerns, rating even more important than mobile-device management, support for the cloud and data management, according to a new Autotask survey of IT companies.
Marketers must re-discover the essence of their brands and reduce their reliance on traditional advertising or risk becoming irrelevant, according to Omaid Hiwaizi, Geometry Global's Chief Strategy Officer.
Hiwaizi, speaking ahead of leading a debate on brand building with Unilever and ITV at the iMedia Summit later this month, said that marketers who fail to "re-think comms-led brand building" and drive meaningful engagement with an experience-focused approach will be left behind by those that have a clear purpose.
Review of current research in robotics and information technology by Stuart W. Elliott of the National Research Council in the spring edition of Issues in Science and Technology indicates that within the next ten to twenty years a combination of technologies will be capable of performing the jobs of as many as 80% of current workers. We have seen workforce changes on this scale in agriculture and manufacturing before, but never at this pace.
Lack of in-house capabilities and the need to cut costs stoke demand for hosted services
Data centres in South Africa are riding a wave of opportunity as the increased availability of bandwidth, proliferation of connected devices, and regulatory compliance requirements have caused explosive growth in data loads. In particular, the need for enterprises to improve efficiency, agility and cost effectiveness in order to maintain near-100 percent uptime, is triggering demand for hosted, as-a-service type, solutions.
Online survey shows growing use of private cloud and software-as-a-service delivery models
New research from Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) reveals that despite continued concerns about security, CIOs and other senior-level IT leaders are moving an increasing percentage of their organizational information into the cloud and are making growing use of private cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery models.
Report Highlights Nine Major After-shocks Compelling Organisations to Think Again about How They Use Cloud Computing
Kübel: Flexible working models strengthen employer competitiveness
Analysts to Discuss Trends in CRM at the Customer Strategies & Technologies Summit 2014, April 28-29, in London and the Gartner Customer 360 Summit 2014, May 19-21, in Orlando
Engaged customers are usually better advocates of the brand and are more loyal and more profitable, according to research by Gartner, Inc. Gartner has identified four underlying attributes that can help customer relationship management (CRM) leaders to improve their level of customer engagement.
European education leaders believe they need to change faster now than they have done over the last three years and almost all (98 per cent) say they are under pressure to adapt to rapid change. However, they are energised about the role of technology in the future of learning – a quarter highlighted augmented reality as one of the leading technologies able to improve their organisation's performance and enhance student experience (compared with a mere five per cent from other sectors).
Digital Business Will Reshape the Service Provider Landscape
Key Issues Facing IT Services Industry to Be Examined at Gartner Sourcing & Strategic Vendor Relationships Summits 2014, June 2-3 in London and September 10-12 in Orlando, Florida.
While some employees are working for the weekend, many executives are working on the weekend, a new survey by The Creative Group suggests. Sixty-two percent of advertising and marketing executives interviewed said they bring work home at least one weekend per month, with 12 percent reporting they do it every weekend. When asked how many hours they work each week, the average response was 47 hours.
We have 1451 guests and no members online
