Information Technology

Maintaining global competitiveness is a complex pursuit for enterprises across industry verticals. Intensifying competition in the business-to-consumer space, with decreasing customer loyalty and higher customer expectations, is proving to be a challenge for product and service providers. This market insight examines the emerging trends in the omni...

The research service discusses the managed security services (MSS) market in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The current market size has been discussed and forecasts have been provided for the total market and for individual countries. The study covers the impact of new technologies such as cloud computing, vitalization, and other key...

As data multiplies, the need for enterprises, irrespective of industry vertical or operation scale, also grows. Organizations are embracing analytics solutions and investing time and money to adopt a holistic approach to business and data analysis. As business analytics expands in the global economy, the market for analytics software will continue ...

This research analyses the cloud services in South Africa and Kenya. It provides an insight into the current and predicted future status of the cloud computing services and also the key market trends. The research focuses on the types of cloud computing services offered in both countries and the main participants in this space. While the South Afri...

Even though 2013 was a challenging year because of the economic slowdown and rupee depreciation, the overall demand for network security from enterprises remained robust. The market is expected to continue the growth momentum in the short to medium terms, as enterprises are likely to deploy security solutions due to the growing need for regulatory ...

This research study provides comprehensive insight into best practices related to the migration of enterprise systems from traditional, premise-based environments to the cloud. Cloud computing has become more prominent in South Africa in recent years, and enterprises are evaluating and benchmarking different cloud strategies. The study also examine...

The bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon is expected to positively influence the adoption of unified communications over the next few years. The market segments covered in this study are hosted services for audio conferencing, managed video conferencing, software video conferencing, Web conferencing, call center, email, and voice. Verticals cove...

Big Data solutions are emerging across Africa, driven by increased connectivity and Internet usage, the rapid proliferation of connected devices and the continued investment in Africa-specific innovations. However, the threat of data overload continues to challenge potential adoption as businesses are still struggling to pinpoint how best to moneti...

The South African data centre market is fast maturing, and it is viewed by service providers as an exciting market with endless opportunities. Companies are seeking to transform from a capital expenditure model to operating expenditure model by reducing their total cost of ownership. The result has, therefore, been a more prominent move towards dat...