PC market experiences steepest decline in over two decades Worldwide PC shipments totalled 68 million units in the third quarter of 2022, a 19.5 per cent decrease from the third quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This is the steepest market decline since Gartner began tracking…
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Technology is taking on an even more central role in the sales process. Sales leaders need to recognize, prioritize, and respond to seven technology disruptions that will transform sales over the next five years, according to Gartner, Inc. They include generative artificial intelligence (AI), digital twin of the customer, augmented…
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Organizations to implement infrastructure automation Eighty-five percent of infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders that do not currently have any full automation expect to become more automated in the next two to three years, according to a new survey by Gartner, Inc. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 70 per cent of organizations will…
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Measurement is essential to showing progress to stakeholders A recent survey by Gartner, Inc. found that 74 per cent of supply chain leaders expect profits to increase between now and 2025 because of applying circular economy principles. On average, supply chain organizations have been applying circular economy principles for three years to…
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Cybersecurity, application & integration strategies, and cloud leading the charge Security and risk management, application and integration strategies, and infrastructure and operations are the top three technology priorities for midsize enterprises (MSEs) in 2022, according to a recent Gartner, Inc. survey. “MSEs are shifting investments and even increasing budgets to fund their…
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Automation in most finance functions has gone after low-hanging fruit A February 2022 survey of 155 finance executives revealed that 55 per cent of respondents are aiming for a touchless financial close by 2025, according to Gartner, Inc. “Most finance functions want to close faster, cheaper, and with fewer errors,”…
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HR leaders discuss the future for creativity Forty-nine percent of HR leaders named innovating for success as one of their top three priorities for 2022, according to a survey Gartner, Inc. The latest findings were announced today during the Gartner ReimagineHR Conference, taking place here through today. Despite HR leaders prioritizing…
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One-third of respondents reported that decision makers cherry-pick data Marketing analytics are responsible for influencing just over half (53 per cent) of marketing decisions, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. In May and June 2022, Gartner surveyed 377 users of marketing analytics to explore the role of marketing analytics…
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Disruptions are fundamental shifts that create lasting change CIOs must take time to consider “what if” scenarios to avoid being blindsided by social, behavioral and technological disruptions, according to Gartner, Inc. Speaking at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo in Australia today, David Yockelson, VP analyst at Gartner, said many disruptions that seem futuristic may be…
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Supply chain resilience at peak of inflated expectations Supply chain resilience has reached the Peak of Inflated Expectations and will arrive at the Plateau of Productivity in five to 10 years, according to the Gartner, Inc. Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2022. The Peak of Inflated Expectations highlights capabilities where…
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