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Details     Published on Tuesday, 06 November 2012 15:46 IT spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will reach US $1.154 trillion in 2013, a 1.4 percent increase from 2012 projected spending of $1.138 trillion, according to Gartner. Despite the ongoing economic malaise, the analyst firm sees pockets of growth in IT in Europe, mainly driven by devices and software. Big data will also change the landscape of IT – creating new jobs. “This year is a pessimistic year for IT spending in Europe,” says Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president at Gartner. “In 2012, we estimate IT spending will decline 3.6 percent in EMEA and 5.9 percent in Western Europe. However, the EMEA region will return to growth in 2013 and continue to grow through 2016 when spending will reach $1.247 trillion.”  The mobile device market is currently the bright spot of the IT industry. “We are seeing tablets and smartphones significantly outpace purchases of traditional PCs,” says Sondergaard. The spending o

Details     Published on Monday, 13 August 2012 06:18 Canadian Rogers Communications and SAP have inked a deal to develop and manage the deployment of newly packaged enterprise mobile applications, which leverage the SAP mobile platform. When complete, the new offering will be offered to customers through a Rogers-branded managed mobility service. mobile workforce The initiative is expected to help simplify the way organizations mobilize their workforce, by helping employees gain real-time access to enterprise mobile applications on tablets and smartphones that traditionally sit on desktop computers. "Canadian organizations are rapidly adopting new wireless solutions to serve a growing mobile workforce and to enable mobile business processes," says Tony Olvet, group vice president of research at IDC Canada. "Approximately 36 percent of Canadian organizations have already mobilized one or more application and 21 percent are pilot testing mobile apps this year. Deploying a

Details     Published on Tuesday, 13 November 2012 05:39 The explosion of 'big data' and the seemingly limitless demand for bandwidth are driving trends in today's IT-centric world. The 'faster, better, most cost effective' mentality has led enterprises of all sizes to closely scrutinize their communications networks and networking infrastructure. network-cables The need to deploy high speed network backbones that meet future requirements, while simultaneously reducing costs, present conflicting interests. With the need for higher bandwidth and flexibility for growth, organizations are looking at the network's physical layer and its overall life cycle as a capital investment that is essential to the business. Throw into this conundrum the increasing focus on sustainability and the task of designing a network high-performance, high-efficiency network seems almost insurmountable. Addressing efficiency at a physical infrastructure level has fueled the growing ado