IT spending in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is projected to total $169 billion in 2026, an increase of 8.9% from 2025, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. “The MENA region is rapidly emerging as a global tech powerhouse, with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leveragingRead More…
Worldwide end-user spending on information security is projected to reach $213 billion in 2025, up from $193 billion in 2024, according to Gartner, Inc. Spending is estimated to increase 12.5% in 2026 to total $240 billion. “Established security spending will continue as normal, but some organizations are being more cautious with anyRead More…
Worldwide PC shipments totaled more than 63 million units in the second quarter of 2025, a 4.4% increase from the second quarter of 2024, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. “In the second quarter of 2025, enterprise demand outpaced consumer demand, underpinned by Windows 11 migrations and pandemic-era desktopRead More…
Worldwide end-user spending on generative AI (GenAI) models is projected to total $14.2 billion in 2025, according to Gartner, Inc. End-user spending on specialized GenAI models, which include domain-specific language models (DSLMs), is estimated to total $1.1 billion in 2025 (see Table 1). Specialized GenAI models are trained or fine-tuned on industryRead More…
SentinelOne has announced that it has been named a ‘Strong Performer’ in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’ for Cloud Security Posture Management tools (CSPM) report. It’s the latest recognition for SentinelOne which recently was positioned as a 2025 Customers’ Choice in the Voice of the Customer for ExtendedRead More…
Eighty percent of enterprise software and applications will be multimodal by 2030, up from less than 10% in 2024, according to Gartner. “The shift to multimodal enterprise software is a fundamental transformation in business operations and innovation,” said Roberta Cozza, Sr. Director Analyst at Gartner. “Multimodal generative AI (GenAI) will revolutionizeRead More…
Fortinet has announced it has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure for the second year in a row. Fortinet believes this recognition reflects the strength of its industry-leading secure LAN edge portfolio, including secure networking solutions such as FortiSwitch and FortiAP. The portfolio is fully integratedRead More…
Gartner has announced the top strategic trends in software engineering for 2025 and beyond. These trends enable organizations to accelerate innovation through AI-driven automation and adopt efficient, future-ready engineering practices. “AI-enabled tools and technologies are fundamentally changing how software is built and delivered,” said Joachim Herschmann, VP Analyst at Gartner. “Gartner’s topRead More…
Gartner has announced the top data and analytics (D&A) predictions for 2025 and beyond. Among the top predictions, half of business decisions will be augmented or automated by AI agents; executive AI literacy will drive higher financial performance; and critical failures in managing synthetic data will risk AI governance, model accuracy andRead More…
Over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, due to escalating costs, unclear business value or inadequate risk controls, according to Gartner. “Most agentic AI projects right now are early stage experiments or proofs of concept that are mostly driven by hype and areRead More…
Seventy-five percent of new analytics content will be contextualized for intelligent applications through generative AI (GenAI) by 2027, enabling composable connection between insights and actions, according to Gartner, Inc.During the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Sydney this week, Georgia O’Callaghan, Director, Analyst at Gartner, said, “We’re moving from an era where analytic tools helpRead More…
Riverbed has announced that the Company has been positioned by Gartner as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Digital Employee Experience (DEX) tools for the second year in a row. The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the Company’s overall Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute,Read More…
