Gartner’s annual look at IT hotness finds use of AI, distributed enterprise, data fabrics and security growing. Digital investments, be they in AI, cloud, security, or engineering, will be among the top technology drivers for 2022, according to Gartner’s annual forecast of what it expects will be leading strategic IT trends. “It is an overarching … Read more
IT executives have plans to invest in emerging technologies despite the challenge of finding IT pros with the right training. Gartner says the current paucity of skilled IT workers is foiling the adoption of cloud, edge computing, and automation technologies. In its “2021-2023 Emerging Technology Roadmap” based on surveying 437 global firms, Gartner found that IT … Read more
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.2 trillion in 2021, an increase of 8.6% from 2020, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. As many companies still suffer revenue declines, IT spending is accelerating ahead of revenue expectations worldwide according to Gartner, with boards and CEOs being more willing to invest in technology that has … Read more
After clamping down on tech spending over the past 12 months, CIOs and individual consumers are set to make 2021 a banner year for many IT budget categories. A new report from Gartner predicts that tech spending will hit $3.9 trillion this year, a 6.2% increase over 2020, with purchases of hardware such as mobile … Read more
Cybersecurity mesh, AI engineering, and distributed cloud services are among the top trends that Gartner says will shape future enterprise IT operations. Companies need to focus on architecting resilience and accept that disruptive change is the norm, says research firm Gartner, which unveiled its annual look at the top strategic technology trends that organizations need to prepare for in … Read more
Secure access service edge is a Gartner model for streamlining network access, improving security, boosting network performance and reducing the number of vendors and devices IT pros have to deal with. Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and security into a cloud service that promises simplified … Read more
Surge in telework drives interest in secure access service edge (SASE), which combines SD-WAN capabilities with network security services. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated some companies’ plans to adopt secure access service edge (SASE). Last summer, Gartner estimated SASE adoption at less than 1% of enterprises and said it would take five to 10 years … Read more
Gartner forecasts spending on data-center systems will be hit hardest in 2020. Gartner this week said that IT spending across the globe is projected to total $3.4 trillion in 2020, a decline of 8% from 2019 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In January Gartner had forecast Worldwide IT spending to total $3.9 trillion in 2020, an … Read more
Keeping operational systems running is a full-time job, but as systems get older, they end up being out of support. CIOs face multiple challenges in keeping operational systems running while also embarking on digital transformation initiatives, according to a report from Nucleus Research for Rimini Street, published last month. Rebecca Wettemann, an analyst at Nucleus … Read more
Spending on enterprise software, particularly cloud services and applications, is expected to grow faster than any other category of IT this year, fueling an overall increase in global spending on technology. If you have any doubts that digital transformation is top of mind for IT executives, just take a look at what they’re buying. Spending on enterprise … Read more
