Looking to 2020 – IT trends in the Media Sector

By Loren Stow

The International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts global IT spend will exceed £2tn by 2020, and while PC, tablet and smartphone sales show signs of plateauing, the market’s 3.3 percent upward trajectory over the next four years will be sustained by the digital transformation found on third-party cloud and mobility platforms.

Healthcare will remain the fastest growing sector in the run-up to 2020 with a projected 5.7 percent rise in IT spending, followed by the banking, media and professional services sectors at 4.9 percent each. So where are the opportunities in each of these sectors? Where do their technological challenges lie? And, what technology-specific solutions will each sector look for as 2020 looms large on the horizon?

In this blog series we take a look at each sector in more detail in the coming weeks, however if you’d like to request a copy of the complete white paper, please click here. In case you’ve missed them, we’ve already taken a look at the Healthcare & Banking sectors.

A 'Virtual Reality' For Every Sector

By Loren Stow

Virtual Reality users are set to almost double in number from this year to next - to an estimated 171 million world-wide. It’s no wonder because there is hardly a sector, service or product that could not benefit from giving their customers a virtual, augmented or at least extended reality. We took a quick look at a wide selection of sectors to see how VR is making inroads, changing the rules, enriching the experience, and even making what was previously impossible, possible.

'Virtually' everything you need to know about HPE Easy Connect

By Lee Prior

You may have heard a lot about HPE Easy Connect recently, and are wondering what exactly it has to offer. Well in case you are, the Easy Connect EC200a is essentially a Managed IT department in a unit no larger than a cereal box with the power requirements and carbon footprint to match.

Easy Connect will enable you to transform your business from Reseller to Service Provider and in so doing it will help to deepen your relationship with your customers and cement your position as their “go to” resource for all things IT.

Whether you are a Reseller with no current Managed Services offering, a new MSP struggling to scale or an established provider seeking to improve efficiency the EC200a is the right solution…It’s that simple.

Could virtual reality be your next business opportunity?

Guest Post - HPE

Virtual reality has entered its second coming in a big way, and this new wave is advancing far beyond the early-'90s video game era. Long considered the king of gaming, it's now emerging as a real business and productivity tool, with the potential to reinvent our relationship with data by making it something we experience rather than something we merely observe.

So what does this really mean for your business? Well.. as we've moved on in the world of technology, gone are the days where virtual reality is seen as just a toy for thrill seekers and gamers. Virtual reality has grown up  and is taking over the main stream with the potential of creating huge business opportunities for you business.

Read full article: Game over: Virtual reality hits the real world