The latest upgrades to Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 show a clear understanding of how the market is evolving, says?Andrew Firman, product manager at Tarsus Technologies.
The greatest challenge facing IT this year will be how technologists manage the flow of information, says Gareth James, solution strategist for mobility and cloud at CA Southern Africa.
Cloud computing is changing IT administration roles for the better. Adapt or face redundancy, says Heino Gevers, security specialist at Mimecast.
Open source software is more resistant to backdoor attempts by anyone, even a US government agency, to spy or steal information, says Sven Lesicnik, MD of LSD.
Employee education will help to reduce the unintentional, but significant, human error factor, says Brad Pulford, enterprise solutions group director at Dell.
Companies are essentially being pushed towards cloud computing, where applications are consumed on a month-to-month basis, says Richard Vester, director of EOH Cloud Services.
Devices like the smart watch, smart glasses, earplugs and toothbrushes will start hitting the market towards the end of 2014, says Santosh Varghese, GM of Digital Products and Services at Toshiba Gulf.
The increasing number of attacks on mobile devices correlates with the growing number of Internet-connected devices in the marketplace, says Richard Broeke, a consultant at Securicom.
The co-mingling of personal and work applications and data increases the risk of corporate data loss and malware breaches, says Brad Pulford, enterprise solutions group director at Dell.
SMEs can save on mobile costs and manage their communication expenditure with new offerings from Telkom, says Megan Nicholas, managing executive at Telkom Business.
Apps do more than they advertise, often infecting the user with malware that can steal information, login details, or take over the device, says Simon Campbell-Young, CEO of Phoenix Distribution.
It is likely that more M2M solutions for car dealers will enter the market, offering value-added services to their customers, says Derick Roberts, CEO of TruTeq Devices.