Worldwide service revenues generated by LTE mobile networks are forecast to grow rapidly once networks are launched, exceeding $265 billion by 2016, and while the total number of LTE consumer subscribers will be higher than enterprise in five years time, consumers will in fact only account for under half of total revenues.

The rapid shift of data centres to cloud-enabled services, mobile computing and 24x7 operations  is leading to unprecedented ways to create information that helps companies grow their businesses, but the changes mean many companies are now struggling to deal with the side effects of massive data growth, more demanding service levels for recovery and collapsing backup windows.

Many of Australia’s CIOs are concerned that further consumerisation of IT will lead to greatly increased business risks and that the trend to consumerisation is already driving unrealistic expectations around the role of IT in enterprises.

The desire to connect their employees through the multitude of computing devices in use today is reportedly the primary reason for enterprises, including Australian companies, to make the move to cloud computing, according to a worldwide survey of nearly 4,000 IT decision makers.

The global IT services sector is still doing it tough following a disastrous second quarter this year, with just a slight pickup in the number of deals signed in the third quarter, and with a signficant drop in demand for services in the US market for most of the year.

A leading analyst firm has given the tick of approval to Telstra’s strategy and goal of becoming a network-centric applications and service provider, and says that in the post National Broadband Network (NBN) era the company will no longer be able to differentiate on the basis of its access network assets.

Capgemini has topped the table as the number one software and systems testing services provider in a new report released today.

Uptake by enterprises of LTE mobile broadband technology is expected to increase rapidly in the next five years, but with consumers signing up in large numbers during 2013, and overtaking enterprise subscribers by 2015.

An international survey of 520 CIOs, including 30 in Australia, indicates that a retiring mainframe workforce is potentially exposing enterprises to skills shortages, rising costs and increased business risk.

Global automated IT systems management software vendor, Kaseya, has deployed its enterprise platform across 130 stores and the head office of online and ‘bricks and mortar’ sporting goods retailer, Rebel Sport, in Australia and New Zealand.