Pedro Hernandez

Bitcoin is the most widely-known example of blockchain-based technology, but many of today’s startups are looking past the cryptocurrency and towards other, more business-friendly implementations. European blockchain startup incubator Outlier Ventures and Frost & Sullivan have mapped out the blockchain startup landscape, identifying several key areas of activity. It outlines possible paths to success following […]

By now, smartphones and tablets are familiar sights in the workplace. Yet, not all IT departments have successfully adapted to the new status quo, suggests a study from Tangoe. The mobile expense management company found in a survey of 100 IT managers, conducted by ORC International, that most respondents (73 percent) are in charge of […]

Technology vendors need to get to work before average consumers welcome the Internet of Things (IoT) into their homes, suggests a recent study from Gartner. Taking the pulse of the connected home solutions market, the research firm polled 10,000 people in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Gartner’s analysts found that, at least for now, […]

Microsoft has catapulted to the top of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market but the software and cloud services giant doesn’t have time to rest on its laurels. Two major rivals, Google and Oracle, are filling up the rearview mirror fast. In the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2016, the enterprise SaaS market registered a 32 percent year-over-year […]

According to the latest edition of IDC’s Worldwide Black Book, the IT market will be a little “rocky” during next 18 months, but the cloud is poised to soar above it all. This year, total spending on information and communications technology (ICT) among the 89 countries monitored by IDC rise three percent to $3.5 trillion, […]

Whether putting out fires, dealing with surly users or ensuring that the network runs smoothly, IT professionals can be under a lot of stress. Recently, Spiceworks surveyed 1,300 IT practitioners to find out what made them happy despite the many challenges they face at work. Interestingly, many respondents found fulfillment in forging and maintaining relationships […]

While the world waits for Amazon to start dropping deliveries on customers’ doorsteps using drones, IT professionals are considering the risks of increased commercial drone use. ISACA recently polled its members and today released the results in a report , revealing that 75 percent of technology professionals consider privacy and security as their biggest concern […]

Worldwide smartphone shipments rose 2.5 percent in 2016, the lowest year-over-year growth rate ever recorded by IDC. This year, however, things are looking up. The analyst firm expects shipments to rise 4.2 percent in 2017, reaching 1.53 billion units, and another 4.4 percent in 2018. By 2021, vendors are expected to pump 1.77 billion smartphones […]

IDC explores the economic impact of digital transformation in its latest forecast, and the company’s analysis of the market hints at potential boom times for technology vendors over the next few years. More than just a trend, digital transformation is informing the business strategies of practically all top-level executives. Last summer, a survey from QuickBase […]

Gartner just released its public cloud services market predictions today on the heels of IDC’s public cloud spending forecast. Although their figures differ, given their diverging focus and methodologies, they both agree that the cloud market has nowhere to go but up. The worldwide public cloud services market will generate nearly $247 billion in revenue […]