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Gartner: Global Mobile Devices Other Than Smartphones To Grow Eight Percent Annually Through 2016

Global mobile devices other than smartphones with a mobile data plan are projected to increase by more than eight percent annually through 2016. A whopping 60 million Wi-Fi-only devices per year — mostly tablets –…

Gartner: Up To 75 Percent of Organizations’ Workforce To Come from Generation Y by 2025 and Sourcing Executives Must Begin Planning Now

As much as 75 percent of an organization’s workforce will come from Generation Y by 2025, and sourcing executives must begin planning now for the resulting changes to governance, IT services, buying behaviors to ensure…

Gartner: Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Spending Declined 16 Percent in 2012

The Worldwide Semiconductor Capital Equipment Market spending totaled $37.8 billion in 2012, a 16.1 percent decline from 2011, according to Gartner’s final results. Wafer-level manufacturing under-performed the market in 2012, pulled down by weakness in…

Gartner: Hosted Virtual Desktops Can Increase Security and Help Organizations Meet Compliance Standards

Properly implemented hosted virtual desktops (HVDs) can increase security, and help organizations and infrastructure leaders meet compliance requirements, according to a recent Gartner report. In fact, increasing the security of end-user computing is one of…

Gartner: 10 Percent of Overall IT Security Enterprise Product Capabilities To Be Delivered in the Cloud by 2015, with Cloud-Based Security Services Market To Reach $4.2 Billion by 2016

Ten percent of overall IT security enterprise product capabilities will be delivered in the cloud by 2015 with the cloud-based security services market to reach $4.2 billion by 2016, according to a new report from…

Gartner: Hybrid Apps To Be Used in More Than 50 Percent of Mobile Apps by 2016

Hybrid apps, which offer a balance between HTML5-based web apps and native apps, will be used in more than 50 percent of mobile apps by 2016, according to new research from Gartner. Native application development,…