Pedro Hernandez

This year, the spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to hit $800 billion worldwide, a 16.7 percent increase over 2016, predicts technology research firm IDC. In 2021, that figure will nearly reach $1.4 trillion. In 2017, increased demand for industrial IoT solutions and services will help lift the overall market. Top segments […]

Most healthcare executives are banking on predictive analytics — the core of Big Data — to help them keep costs under control, according to a study from the Society of Actuaries. Predictive analytics, one of Datamation’s top big data trends for 2017, employs machine learning, a subset of artificial intelligence, to predict future data points […]

iPhones are replacing the checkbook for many folks, according to a study from financial services provider Fiserv. For others, particularly millennials, smartphones are also doubling as digital wallets. More than a quarter (28 percent) of the 3,000 banking customers in the U.S. surveyed by Harris Poll on behalf of Fiserv, are using mobile bill pay […]

Connected cars, smart homes and autonomous factories are a few examples of how the Internet of Things (IoT) is affecting society. According to a new study from Visa and PYMNTS.com, the IoT is also poised to dramatically change how people shop. More than 80 percent of the 2,600 smartphone users in U.S. polled by the […]

Not only is the Internet of Things (IoT) market rife with opportunity but also risks. A recent survey of 397 IT executives conducted by consulting firm Altman Vilandrie & Company found that nearly half of U.S. companies (48 percent) have been hit by an IoT security breach. And the effects of those breaches can be […]

Apple and Xiaomi have finally done it. The companies tied for first place in the global wearables market during the first quarter (Q1) of 2017, replacing Fitbit. The companies each shipped an estimated 3.6 million wearable devices during the quarter, compared to 3 million for Fitbit. “Fitbit finds itself in the midst of a transformation […]

The good news is that a majority of enterprises offer their users mobile apps. The bad news is that a significant number of those organizations are dragging their feet in a market characterized by its brisk pace of innovation. After surveying 163 IT and business leaders across the globe, Gartner discovered that 25 percent of […]

This year, major new product releases from Samsung and Apple are expected to help reverse some of the headwinds the smartphone market has been experiencing of late. According to IDC, the market grew at a tepid 2.5 percent, the slowest growth rate for the device category ever. This year, the technology research firm expects shipments […]

CIOs and other business executives that find themselves struggling with Internet of Things (IoT) implementations can at least take solace in the fact in that they aren’t alone. A new survey from networking giant Cisco found that most organizations are still coming to terms with the IoT along with the technical and personnel challenges it […]

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) customers now have new purchasing option for their secondary storage workloads powered by Cohesity’s platform. Meanwhile, businesses wishing to scale those workloads to the cloud have a new option courtesy of Microsoft’s cloud. The enterprise secondary data storage startup today announced it had inked a deal with HPE to offer its […]