Futuresource Consulting’s Audio Collaborative 2024 reimagines the future of sound
In an era where music and audio revolutionise how we all engage with, enjoy, and experience our world, Futuresource Consulting’s Audio Collaborative event commands a position at the crossroads of technology and commerce.
Hosted at London’s iconic Soho Hotel on 4 November, this year’s packed-out event was a defining example of how the industry can come together with camaraderie and collaborative energy. From industry-shaping insights and business strategies, to an exploration of trailblazing technologies, Audio Collaborative 2024 inspired bold conversations, setting the stage for the future of audio. The event was sponsored by a selection of world leading audio brands: DTS, Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd., Audioscenic and Knowles.
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Cysurance Insurability Assessment Program Powered by Check Point Streamlines Cyber Insurance Process for Brokers and Clients While Reducing Risks and Costs
In a vidcast interview for journalists, industry leaders Kirsten Bay, CEO of Cysurance, and Enterprise Security Architect Randle Henry from Check Point, shed light on the emerging role of insurability assessments in bridging the gap between cybersecurity and insurance. The conversation put into context the Cysurance Insurability Assessment Program, Powered by Check Point – a joint initiative that is bending the risk curve in favor of businesses by assessing and managing their cyber exposure profiles.
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Industry Experts Discuss Low-Code, AI Integration at CIO.com Virtual Roundtable
During a recent CIO.com virtual roundtable co-hosted with Tiago Azevedo, Chief Information Officer of OutSystems, technology leaders representing a broad swath of vertical industries -- from financial services and technology, to manufacturing and professional services -- gathered to explore how the integration of low-code and no-code platforms with AI governance may affect enterprise transformation strategies. The event highlighted the potential of Low-Code No-Code platforms to accelerate application development while ensuring governance and transparency.
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Gartner Survey Reveals Only 48% of Digital Initiatives Are Successful
In 2025, Over 80% of EMEA CIOs Plan to Increase Investments in Cybersecurity, AI/GenAI, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
Only 14% of EMEA CIOs to Prioritize Building an Enterprise-Wide Technology Workforce in 2025On average, only 48% of digital initiatives meet or exceed business outcome targets, according to Gartner, Inc.’s annual global survey of more than 3,100 CIOs and technology executives, and more than 1,100 executive leaders outside of IT (CxOs). A cohort of CIOs and CxOs, known as the “Digital Vanguard,” has the highest achievement rate, where 71% of their digital initiatives meet or exceed outcome targets.
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IT Distribution Revenues Remain Stable with Software and Security Led Growth, According to the IDC North America Distribution Tracker
Distributor revenues inched up from the previous quarter to $20.2 B in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) North America Distribution Tracker (NADT). Year-over-year growth was down a fraction of a percent with continued growth in Software, Personal Computing, and Security, but offset by declines in Network Infrastructure, Services, and AV.
“IT distributors remain a critical component of a successful strategy,” said Ruth Flynn, research vice president, IDC Tracker & Data Products. “The flexibility and product coverage of IT distributors helped balance factors like interest rates and political uncertainty with post-pandemic recovery in a challenging Q3. An example is PC growth of 2% through distribution where overall PC shipments were down 6% in preliminary Q3 reporting.”
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IDC Unveils 2025 FutureScapes: Worldwide IT Industry Predictions
Today, International Data Corporation (IDC) released its highly anticipated worldwide information technology (IT) industry predictions for 2025 and beyond. The IDC FutureScape report outlines IDC’s top 10 predictions shaping the future of the IT industry and highlights how organizations across all industries will strategically pivot towards AI (artificial intelligence) to build resilient, AI-driven enterprises.
This year’s predictions underscore the urgent need to accelerate the AI pivot, advocating for strategic, long-term investments in advanced AI-enabled capabilities. Over the past 18 months, organizations of all sizes and industries engaged in extensive hyper-experimentation with AI. In 2025, we anticipate a shift from experimentation to reinvention. This shift will be driven by the introduction of AI agents, renovations in data, infrastructure, and cloud to deliver scalable ‘answers,’ and an enhanced focus on resilience through sound economics and pervasive cyber-recovery. Supporting this transformation, IDC forecasts that worldwide spending on AI-supporting technologies will surpass $749 billion by 2028. Notably, IDC reports 67% of the projected $227 billion AI spending in 2025 will come from enterprises embedding AI capabilities into their core business operations, surpassing investments in leading cloud and digital service providers.
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European Spending on Artificial Intelligence to Reach $133 Billion by 2028, According to a New IDC Spending Guide
According to a new forecast from the Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide published by International Data Corporation (IDC), European spending on artificial intelligence (AI) is projected to reach $133 billion by 2028, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.3% over the 2024–2028 forecast period.
The IDC AI technology scope also includes generative AI (GenAI) solutions, which have been capturing significant attention since late 2022. “While artificial intelligence itself is not new, the acceleration in AI adoption is largely driven by the attention surrounding generative AI,” says Carla La Croce, research manager, Data and Analytics at IDC. “GenAI adoption is moving swiftly from early testing and experimentation to more integrated business solutions. The CAGR for GenAI is expected to be 55% over the forecast period, significantly higher than that of more established AI technologies.”
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Exploring the Role Data and Trust in the Era ot AI – CIO Roundtable
While artificial intelligence (AI) holds the potential to unlock new levels of efficiency and innovation for businesses, sustained success will hinge on a wide spectrum of trust – including the underlying data and the community of professionals that act on the ensuing insights. Building trust in AI-generated insights will require both robust data management and human oversight. These were among the key takeaways from a recent CIO.com roundtable dinner in Boston.
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Capturing the $2 Trillion Personalization Opportunity with AI -- Boston Consulting Group
In a world in which consumers expect products, services, and support to be accessible instantly, seamlessly, and in just the way they want—personalization has become a do-or-die business objective.
Over the next five years, $2 trillion in revenue will shift to companies that understand how to create personalized experiences and personalized communications. Most companies aren’t currently doing personalization very well, but new AI capabilities mean companies can personalize with unprecedented precision, and fine tune every customer interaction.
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New Research From Legit Security and TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group Shows Outdated Application Security Approaches Do Not Work With Modern Development Trends ---ESG
Legit Security, the definitive application security posture management (ASPM) leader providing end-to-end visibility and protection across the entire software factory, and TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), a leading IT analyst, research, and strategy firm, today announced the publication of Modernizing Application Security to Scale for Cloud-native Development. The report delves into the development trends driving the need to modernize application security programs and evaluates pressing challenges that application security teams encounter with their current tools. The findings underscore the urgency for organizations to modernize their application security practices so that they can support growth and mitigate risks.
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Only 2% of businesses have implemented firm-wide cyber resilience, even as cyber security concerns are top-of-mind and the average data breach exceeds US$3M --- PwC
Almost four-fifths (77%) expect their cyber budget to increase over the coming year as only 2% say their company has implemented cyber resilience across their organisation. Cyber risks are top-of-mind: two-thirds (66%) of tech leaders rank cyber as their top risk for mitigation in 2024, compared to 48% of business leaders. Estimated cost of the average data breach is US$3.3M while cloud-related threats (42%), hack-and-leak operations (38%), and third-party data breaches (35%) rank as the highest cyber threats according to leaders. Four-fifths (78%) have increased their investment in GenAI over the last 12-months and two-thirds (67%) of security leaders state that GenAI has increased their attack surface over the last year.
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Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 7.5% in 2024
Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5.26 trillion in 2024, an increase of 7.5% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. This is a decrease from the previous quarter’s forecast of 8% growth, but an increase of the overall spend forecast of $5.06 trillion.
“Generative AI (GenAI) is being felt across all technology segments and subsegments, but not to everyone’s benefit,” said John-David Lovelock, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner. “Some software spending increases are attributable to GenAI, but to a software company, GenAI most closely resembles a tax. Revenue gains from the sale of GenAI add-ons or tokens flow back to their AI model provider partner.”
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AI Shapes Analytics for Complex, Expanding Supply Chains -- ISG
Many companies with complex supply chains are co-developing specialized analytics systems with providers that allow them to adapt quickly to dynamic market conditions, according to a new research report published today by Information Services Group ( ISG ) (Nasdaq: III ), a leading global technology research and advisory firm.
The 2024 ISG Provider Lens™ global Specialty Analytics Services report for the supply chain industry finds that organizations are investing in technologies to harness enterprise and ecosystem data for better decision-making. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of global supply chains, so enterprises are exploring how data and analytics can make systems more resilient and sustainable.
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Higher education PC investment looks to device customisation and performance to drive learning — Futuresource Consulting
Universities and colleges worldwide continue to focus on advancing the student learning experience. Engagement, collaborative spaces and technology improvements are all part of the equation, with AI and high-performance computing (HPC) moving into the foreground.
According to a new report from Futuresource Consulting, institutional purchases of mobile and desktop devices in the higher education sector saw steady growth during the first half of 2024, with continued momentum expected for the rest of the year.
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Survey Finds Technology Partners Predict Major Revenue Shift to AI with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Customer Experience as Key Drivers
Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking and security, released findings from its new Cisco Global AI Partners Study. The study, Bridging the Customer AI Readiness Gap – The opportunities ahead for partners, revealed that IT partners around the world are anticipating a transformative wave of AI technology demand that will drive the majority of their revenue over the next four to five years. According to the study, more than a quarter (27%) of the partners surveyed believe that as much as 76-100% of their revenue will come from AI-related technologies during this period.
The study highlights that 42% of partners believe the demand for AI-related technology investments will grow by more than 75% in the next four to five years. The partners surveyed for the report, highlighted infrastructure (54%), cybersecurity (48%), and customer experience (30%) as the top three drivers of AI technology demand in the coming years. As AI demand surges, partners also foresee a significant shift in their revenue mix. In the short-term, 38% anticipate AI will contribute to 26-50% of their revenue a year from now, while in the long run that contribution is expected to become even higher.
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GenAI Drives Application Development Innovation, Market Growth in Europe -- ISG
Generative AI (GenAI) advancements, changing client requirements, and the need for legacy modernization and regulatory compliance have transformed the European next-generation ADM market over the past 18 months, according to a new research report published today by Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III ), a leading global technology research and advisory firm.
The 2024 ISG Provider Lens™ Next-Generation ADM Services report for Europe finds GenAI has been revolutionizing the application development landscape by automating complex tasks such as code generation, bug detection and performance optimization, significantly reducing development cycles and improving accuracy. These advances help meet the growing demand for flexible, tailored and scalable ADM solutions that comply with stringent European regulations such as GDPR.
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PwC Executives Discuss Generative AI’s Role in Business Transformation During CIO-100 Summit
During executive sessions at the CIO-100 summit in Colorado Springs, top enterprise technology leaders from across the country discussed the transformative impact of generative AI on technology modernization and business transformation. Key issues explored by executive roundtable and dinner discussions co-hosted by CIO.com and PwC, revolved around the impact that generative AI is having on creating business efficiencies while simultaneously driving innovation. This, participating executives noted, is transforming the strategic role of CIOs as enterprises increasingly integrate emerging technologies like AI into their core functions and value-propositions.
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Gartner Predicts that by 2027, 17% of Total Cyberattacks Will Involve Generative AI
Worldwide end-user spending on information security is projected to total $212 billion in 2025, an increase of 15.1% from 2024, according to a new forecast from Gartner, Inc. In 2024, global information security end-user spending is estimated to reach $183.9 billion.
“The continued heightened threat environment, cloud movement and talent crunch are pushing security to the top of the priorities list and pressing chief information security officers (CISOs) to increase their organization’s security spend,” said Shailendra Upadhyay, Senior Research Principal at Gartner. “Furthermore, organizations are currently assessing their endpoint protection platform (EPP) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) needs and making adjustments to boost their operational resilience and incident response following the CrowdStrike outage.”
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Global PC Shipments Dip Slightly Despite Recovery Economy, AI Integration Key to Future Market Success, -- IDC Tracker
Even though the global economy shows signs of recovery, worldwide shipments of traditional PCs dipped 2.4% year-over-year (YoY) to 68.8 million units, during the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24), according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker . Factors including rising costs and inventory replenishment led to a surge in shipments in the previous quarter, resulting in a slightly slower sales cycle.
“Demand, without a doubt, has returned for PCs amongst consumers and commercial buyers,” said Jitesh Ubrani, research manager with IDC's Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers. "However, much of the demand was still concentrated at the entry-level thanks to a recovering economy and the back-to-school season in North America. That said, newer AI PCs such as Copilot+ PCs from Qualcomm along with Intel and AMD’s equivalent chips as well as Apple’s expected M4-based Macs are expected to drive the premium segment in coming months.”
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Asia/Pacific Edge Spending Expected to Hit $84 Billion in 2028 -- IDC
According to the latest IDC Worldwide Edge Spending Guide, Asia/Pacific* spending on edge computing is forecasted to reach $48.9 billion in 2024, an increase of 16.2% over 2023. This includes combined enterprise and service provider spending on hardware, software, professional services, and provisioned services for edge solutions. IDC expects spending on Edge to grow at a five-year CAGR of 15% over the forecast period (2023-28) and reach USD 84 billion by 2028.
IDC defines edge computing as encompassing all technology-related actions outside of centralized data centers, serving as an intermediary between connected endpoints and the core IT environment.
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