Buying Slack could give Amazon another enterprise toehold
Amazon is apparently interested in buying Slack Technologies, a move analysts say could allow Amazon to push further into the enterprise.
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Should Google buy Slack to bridge messaging gap?
As Slack continues to get more popular, Google's lack of a blockbuster app for team messaging could become a problem for the tech giant. Experts weigh in on whether or not a Slack acquisition makes sense for Google.
Making sense of Microsoft's messy collaboration strategy
Microsoft's Office 365 suite recently expanded with more apps for enterprise collaboration, but will the-more-the-merrier approach prevail, or is consolidation inevitable?
What's next for LinkedIn?
Following Microsoft's blockbuster $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, many questions remain regarding the professional social network's future.
Apple's enterprise partnerships, big and small, start to pay off
Apple is slowly strengthening its foothold in the enterprise through a series of partnerships with established providers of business services, large and small. Here's a breakdown of what's working, from the perspective of Apple's leading business partners, as well as how the pacts benefit CIOs.
IT investment rate slows as businesses put on the spending brakes
“Aside from exchange rate volatility, IT spending has been relatively stable for the past five years.”
Vendors search for “pockets of growth” amidst “volatile” spending economy
“With the global economy entering a new and uncertain phase, IT spending will be heavily influenced by economic cycles and wild cards over the next five years."
Chance for channel growth as SaaS remains dominant Public Cloud type
“Over the past several years, the software industry has been shifting to a Cloud-first (SaaS) development and deployment model."
Tablet market tumbles, but 2-in-1 devices offer bright spots of growth
“2-in-1 detachable tablets have reached an inflection point in 2015..."
Why oil price collapse will accelerate datacentre investment in 2016
“Datacentres, with their monolithic energy consumption, will benefit from cheaper electricity as wholesale gas prices decline."
Cloud deployments rise as IT infrastructure spend grows
The overall share of Cloud IT infrastructure sales climbed to 33.8 per cent in 3Q15, up from 28.7 per cent a year ago.
Cisco will need to tackle these high-tech issues in 2016
Disaggregation, security, software licensing all part of challenges Cisco faces.
Is it time to control cloud sprawl?
“Organisations are increasingly subject to ‘grey IT’..."
As businesses reshape digitally, how will data centres react?
Cybersecurity, cloud and fog computing, and sustainability spark new archetype trends in the data centre landscape.
Region posts highest vendor server revenue as HP maintains market share
From a regional standpoint, Asia/Pacific posted the highest vendor revenue growth at 25.4 percent.
Market maturity ahead as software-defined networking nears $10 billion spend mark
“SDN will become a substantial contributor to the overall network infrastructure market."
Tablet transition continues as Windows grows and Apple turns around iPad line
“We're witnessing a real market transition as end users shift their demand towards detachables..."
How Kiwi multinational companies can overcome key IT challenges
While expanding overseas can deliver enormous benefits for New Zealand businesses, it can also bring a number of IT challenges.
Pick 'n' Mix - Why businesses should shop around when it comes to cloud services
"We believe we have identified a tremendous opportunity for providers to bring a retail-model discipline to cloud service selection and creation."
Why Apple keeps its distance from enterprise IT (and why it works)
CIOs and tech pros may wish Apple took a more traditional approach to IT support, but the fact is the company has reason to maintain a degree of separation — and it may never truly embrace enterprise.
