The International Data Corporation (IDC) has published the first in a series of industry and technology-specific predictions of information and telecommunications technology industry (ICT) for the coming year. IDC predictions for 2014 are strongly influenced by the third platform as the next platform in the industry for growth and innovation on the basis of technological…

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing, is led by a broad coalition of industry professionals, companies, associations and other key stakeholders. Its mission is to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud…

The Internet now touches all aspects of our lives, because it links the various devices, from smartphones and tablets to systems that are used in areas such as public and personal security, surveillance, navigation, health, comfort and leisure. The ARM microprocessor has come a long way in the processing integrated techniques. But the future is…

In the past, companies have relied on server-client models that depend on cloud-based infrastructures, which tend to source its data from remote devices and locations, before collating and transforming whatever they collect into information that can be used by a wide variety of computing devices. However, there seems to be a major industry shift looming…

Pivotal, which recently become independent of its mother companies EMC and VMware, recently announced that they will be improving the speed of cloud-based industrial software applications, and they’re not doing it on their own, though, as General Electric will be backing them to the tune of a $105 million investment. It was General Electric’s involvement…

Scheduled March 8-12, the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival will feature five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders, the SXSW Trade Show and an unbeatable lineup of special programs showcasing the best new digital works, video games and innovative ideas the international…

Gartner named the top 10 technologies and trends in IT that will be strategic for most organizations in 2013. The analysts presented their findings at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo conference, which was held in Orlando last week. Gartner calls a strategic technology that can have a major impact on the corporate market in the next three…