Analyst report stories - Page 253

As unified communications (UC) adoption grows, tech providers must guide resellers to support and educate businesses for effective deployment and ongoing use.

NZ's Unified Communications market set to hit $212.2m by 2017, driving demand for value-added services amid technology commoditisation.

NZ retailers focus on self-checkout and mobile POS over biometrics for efficiency and customer experience, says IDC analyst Louise Francis.

Cisco vows smarter comms for NZ channel, with Kris Boyd leading a push for intelligent, clear, and precise partner interactions.

Samsung, Fuji Xerox and LED monitors have come out on top in three IDC reports on the New Zealand and Australian markets in Q3 2011.

Email security vendor TrustSphere is gearing up to tackle the Australian and New Zealand market; we explain the company's key product.

Cloud computing has been the buzz of the IT industry for years, yet the technology is still too fresh to trust, according to one expert.

CIOs are leveraging tech for innovation rather than just organisation, despite tight budgets, according to a new Gartner survey of 2335 tech leaders.

Apple's invasion of corporate IT, long Microsoft's stronghold, sees businesses spending billions on Macs and iPads for innovation and mobility.

Fuji Xerox triumphs in laser printer sales amid a 7% decline in the ANZ printer market, driven by aggressive price strategies.

HP still leads the pack, although analysts acknowledge 'PSG spin-off debacle' has hurt the company's reputation.

Printers offer a greater opportunity to enhance business productivity than many realise, says Carmel Mosser, general manager, Lexmark Australia and New Zealand.

NZ printer market sees $55M in Q2 2011, with an 8% rise by 2014 driven by inkjets, despite the digital shift and tablet impacts.

Increased agility. Faster time-to-market. Increased business value. Phrases like these pepper cloud computing marketing literature.

New Zealand and Australia businesses are proving to be ready adopters of cloud services. The most recent Asia Pacific Cloud Index.

Is Microsoft too late for the tablet market? With tech giants already on their 3rd gen products, Forrester calls Windows 8 very late to the party.

A few interesting facts about the open source network security specialists most famous for intrusion detection tool Snort.

John Brand highlights the shift from 'big data' to 'dumb data' in BI, stressing the need for meaningful integration over mere collection.

Intergen ramps up its Business Intelligence services, targeting untapped organisational data, with a seasoned team leader at the helm.

System based on open standards offers 30% lower bandwidth consumption than industry average, Australia boss says.