Information Technology

Rogue spending can be perceived as a ubiquitous term today. Within the IT industry, however, its definition varies from being fraud or off-policy spending to strategic spending, all the way to employees’ bring-your-own-device (BYOD) or choose-your-own-device (CYOD) trends. A notable cause for concern is that when ICT service providers seek new r...

The highly competitive contact center outsourcing market in Europe faces many challenges. Even while enterprise decision-makers deal with a troubled economy, and seek to cut costs and improve service, it is sometimes difficult for them to differentiate between the services offered by competing providers and to determine what partnerships best suit...

This research is aimed at identifying the key areas of IT spend within the retail sector in South Africa to highlight the key areas of opportunities for IT service providers. It seeks to: • provide an overview of South Africa’s macroeconomic environment and its impact on the retail sector • offer insights into the retail sector‘s value ch...

In terms of cloud adoption, the financial services industry has been lagging unlike many other industry sectors. While the benefits of cloud adoption are not unknown, there was initial hesitation on account of legacy infrastructure, lack of clarity on regulations, concerns related to compliance and data security. Cloud providers, upon understanding...

Systems integration (SI) makes up a significant portion of IT budgets in South Africa, as enterprises seek to accelerate their digital transformation. In the absence of an established leading technology platform across all operations, enterprises have mostly opted for best-of-breed systems. As a result, systems integration (SI) spend is being drive...

Information Technology & Communications (ICT) investment across vertical markets will outpace Europe’s average gross domestic product (GDP) growth. Compared to the organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD) nominal GDP forecast during 2014 to 2016 of 2.2%, the total ICT spending by industries in Europe is expected to grow at fa...

FinTech in Europe has grown rapidly in the last few years. As financial services firms deal with critical customer data, there is a growing focus on combining data and advanced technologies to transform the industry. With tech-savvy customers gravitating towards new industry participants using advanced technologies to launch innovative products and...

18 Jan 2017  |  Europe  |  Market Research

European Infrastructure-as-a-Service Market, Forecast to 2021

Enterprises’ Hybrid Infrastructure Drives Focus Towards Managed Services

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This study aims to forecast and analyse the European Infrastructure-as-a-Service market outlook from 2016 to 2021. Technological and economic benefits of using Infastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) continue to be the main factors driving enterprise migration to the cloud. The increased awareness of different types of cloud services (public, private, hy...

This study focuses on giving an in-depth overview of the profiled cities, according to the development of initiatives aligned to the 8 Smart City parameters. These parameters include: • Smart Government • Smart Citizens • Smart Energy • Smart Mobility • Smart Healthcare • Smart Infrastructure • Smart Buildings • Smart Technology Le...