Technology and Trends
Enterprise demand drives growth in AR devices
End-user spending on wearables to hit $42bn next year, according to Gartner
Distribution data points to Black Friday flop
Fall in shipments through distribution in first six weeks of Q4 are an indicator that Black Friday could be a damp squib, according to analyst Context
Nine resellers reveal which datacentre technologies they're tipping for take-off in 2019
Top executives from nine VARs, including Computacenter, Bell Integration, XMA, ANS and Epaton, weigh in on which server, storage and networking technologies will be red hot next year
Enterprise shift to cloud main driver in worldwide IT spending - Gartner
Global spend on datacentre tech will slow to 1.6 per cent in 2019
Commercial demand sees Lenovo top Q3 PC table
Weak consumer market offsets strong B2B sales, analyst says
Hyperconverged market flying as Dell doubles sales
Dell was the highest-ranking HCI supplier, with a 29 per cent share of the market
MPS can provide 'gateway' to digital transformation for SMBs - analyst
Nearly half of SMBs are planning to invest in digital workflows to reduce their paper-based processes by 2025, according to Quocirca
Five tech stories you might have missed last week
Amazon brings Alexa to the kitchen, GDPR moves on its first victim, and Apple hands over €14bn in back taxes
Vodafone uses 5G for landmark holographic call
Telco also announced series of initiatives to drive digital growth in the UK
Global public cloud revenue will break $200bn barrier in 2019 - Gartner
Analyst predicts SaaS will remain the dominant segment in the market as it grows 17 per cent in 2019
Five tech stories you might have missed last week
Google's ongoing court battle, the iPhone's forgotten users and Wallace and Gromit-inspired tech trousers all feature in our weekly round-up
Meet the fastest-growing firms in the channel
Channel businesses included in this year's Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track, which ranks the fastest-growing private tech firms in the UK
Dell overtakes HPE in global server market
Revenue of top five vendors hit 'historic' $22.5bn in second quarter, according to IDC
Five tech stories you might have missed last week
Amazon hits $1tn valuation, WannaCry hacker is finally caught and scientists discover a cheaper alternative to recycling plastic
Corporate devices market set for boost in H2 - analyst
Corporate renewal cycles will bolster H2 devices shipments, claims IDC
Five tech stories you might have missed last week
Panasonic bids adieu to the UK over Brexit fears, Microsoft plots Xbox-as-a-service and the ICO receives over 6,000 GDPR complaints
Huawei gunning for Samsung after overtaking Apple in smartphone market
Growing competition from Chinese vendors sees Apple and Samsung struggle to retain their positions, according to Gartner
Five tech stories you may have missed last week
Intel digs in heels over Microsoft's Surface Go, Facebook hires HP exec to rebuild reputation, and the adult video industry finds a creative use case for AI
Gartner's five emerging tech trends to look out for
AI predicted to be put into the 'hands of the masses' in next 10 years, according to analyst's latest Hype Cycle
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Elon Musk gets upset, Google follows everyone and robots bully children
Five tech stories you might have missed last week
The PGA tees off against hackers and the BBC seeks Microsoft's help in tracking down the Doctor Who leak culprit
Women in Technology quiz
CRN's inaugural Women in Channel awards will be held on 18 October. Test how much you know about prominent female success stories in the tech field?
Unify turns attention to contact centre space after 'resurgence of interest'
Cloud and AI are reinvigorating the contact centre space, according to Unify CMO Paul Cunningham
