Dubai, UAE., September 2, 2021 — Global smartphone sales to end users totaled 328.8 million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 10.8% year over year, according to Gartner, Inc. Overall global mobile phone sales grew 10.2% despite supply constraints due to COVID-19 related production disruption and component shortages. “Reinforced shelter-in-place instructions and factory shut-downs…
Gartner Forecasts Global Government IT Spending to Grow 6.5% in 2022
Software Spending to Maintain Double-Digit Growth in 2022 Dubai, UAE., August 31, 2021 — Worldwide government IT spending is forecast to total $557.3 billion in 2022, an increase of 6.5% from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. “Governments will continue to accelerate investments in digital technologies to respond and recover from the continuing evolution…
Infor Positioned as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises
Infor evaluated on its industry-specific CloudSuite solutions NEW YORK and DUBAI, Aug. 31, 2021 – Infor, the industry cloud company, today announced that Gartner® Inc. has positioned Infor as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises. Infor’s position as one of the Leaders in this Gartner Magic…
Gartner Survey Reveals a 44% Rise in Workers’ Use of Collaboration Tools Since 2019
Digital Workplace Technologies Will Be Essential for Enabling Innovation in a Hybrid Workforce Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 26, 2021 — Nearly 80% of workers are using collaboration tools for work in 2021, up from just over half of workers in 2019, according to the Gartner, Inc. Digital Worker Experience Survey*. This is an…
Gartner Says Four Trends Are Shaping the Future of Public Cloud Global End-User Spending on Public Cloud Services Expected to Exceed $480 Billion Next Year
Dubai, UAE., August 9, 2021 — Four new trends in cloud computing are continuing to expand the breadth of cloud offerings and capabilities accelerating growth across all segments in the public cloud services market, according to Gartner, Inc. The four trends are: cloud ubiquity, regional cloud ecosystems, sustainability and carbon-intelligent cloud, and cloud infrastructure and…
Infor Positioned as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems
Infor recognized for completeness of vision and ability to execute NEW YORK – July 18, 2021 – Infor, the industry cloud company, announced that Gartner Inc. has positioned Infor as a Leader, for the third consecutive time, in its 2021 Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Infor was positioned in the Leaders quadrant for…
Gartner Identifies Four Actions for CIOs to Take an Active Role in Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion IT Leaders Can Leverage Influence and Technology Resources to Support Marginalized Groups
Dubai, UAE., July 7, 2021 — As part of their leadership responsibilities, CIOs should leverage their influence and technology resources to take an active role in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, according to Gartner, Inc. “The disruption from the pandemic and social injustices have raised employee expectations when it comes to DEI,” said Rob O’Donohue, senior research director…
Gartner Says Global Government IoT Revenue for Endpoint Electronics and Communications to Total $21 Billion in 2022
Over 50% of Spending Will Be Focused on Outdoor Surveillance Equipment DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 30, 2021— The worldwide government Internet of Things (IoT) endpoint electronics and communications market will total $21.3 billion in 2022, according to Gartner, Inc. This is a 22% increase from a forecasted total of $17.5 billion in 2021. “Local…
Gartner Says Worldwide Smartphone Sales Grew 26% in First Quarter of 2021
Improved Consumer Outlook and Pent-Up Demand Drove Growth Anshul Gupta Dubai, UAE., June 7, 2021 — After a steep decline in 2020, global smartphone sales to end users grew 26% in the first quarter of 2021, according to Gartner, Inc. Overall worldwide mobile phone sales to end users grew 22% year over year. “The improvement…
Gartner Says Global Tech Provider M&A Activity Will Surpass 2018 Highs by 2022
As Pandemic Volatility Subsides, Competition for Acquisition Targets Will Continue to Increase Dubai, UAE., May 27, 2021 — By 2022, the level of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity involving technology providers will surpass previous highs recorded in 2018, according to Gartner, Inc. Acquisitions of tech providers were briefly impacted in 2020 by the onset of…