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Aussie CIOs keep ICT in-house, defying trends towards outsourcing, reveals Ovum. 74% of ICT activities are managed internally, despite cloud's rise.

Future employees will face a very different work life from today – never tethered to one location and able to share and access knowledge more easily.

Ovum suggests Samsung's Galaxy S4 might pack more features than users can handle, questioning the tech giant's future innovation path.

Digital consumers around the world are starting to tire of their personal data being collected across the internet.

As Dell transitions to private ownership, CIOs must weigh the potential risks and rewards, or face the uncertainty during the shake-up in the IT landscape.

Social networking site beats Wall Street estimates during Q4 and 2012 results, showing growth in mobile revenue.

Research In Motion (RIM) will receive a boost from the launch of Blackberry 10, but long-term decline is expected, says Ovum.

RIM struggles despite BB10 launch, with Ovum predicting no turnaround for the tech company amid tough market competition.

Telecom operators must tighten budgets yet splurge on tech, says Ovum, predicting 2% annual revenue growth to 2018. Vendors face complex new roles.

Sentiment surrounding Big Data vendors remained positive last year, despite sceptics' suggestions the subject had been 'over-hyped'.

But Ovum finds telcos' quest for 360-degree customer view is held back by vendors' struggles to integrate IT and network data.

In 2013, data will become the 'new oil' in cloud computing, spurring innovation and transforming tech ecosystems, Ovum predicts.

Mobile BI ushers in a new era of on-the-go business intelligence, as firms adapt to the demands of a 'connected' world, Ovum reports.

Ovum says the deployment of smart grids based on PON fibre communications will provide a US$1.5–$2bn opportunity to FTTx PON component and equipment vendors.

Mobile banking to hit over 1B users by 2017, doubling since 2012, amid a surge in demand and tech availability, Juniper Research finds.

Mobile broadband is set to drive telecom revenue growth, with forecasts predicting a 19.2% annual increase and USD $122.9 billion in additional revenue by 2016.

The IT services market faces turbulence as 3Q12 total contract value drops by a third, hitting a nine-year low, with public and private sector deals plummeting.

Buy side to invest in IT to reduce dependence on brokers while sell side focuses on product accounting for more complex, multi-asset strategies.

In 2013, businesses risk losing out if they don't adapt to the always-on culture driven by smart devices and social media, says Ovum.

As the iPad mini hits New Zealand, Adam Leach, principal analyst at Ovum provides his view on Apple's Strategy.