News Middle East and North Africa Information Security Spending Will Grow 11 Percent to Reach $1.8 Billion in 2017 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) spending on information security technology and services is on pace to reach US$1.8 billion in 2017, an increase of 11 percent over 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018 Gartner, Inc. today highlighted the top strategic technology trends that will impact most organizations in 2018. Analysts presented their findings during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, which is taking place here through Thursday. Gartner Says Finance Is Moving to the Cloud Much Faster Than Expected A major shift is taking place in how enterprises select their financial management applications, with a migration to cloud applications happening faster than expected, according to Gartner, Inc. Industrial plants are prime targets for ransomware threats SANS Institute had found that ransomware is a top threat that organisations face in securing critical infrastructure. Beginning a new era in Iran’s ICT Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi was appointed as the Minister of ICT of The Islamic Republic o IT investments to focus on IT operation management tools through 2020 In its latest report Market Trends: Deliver Competitive ITOM by Integrating Open Source and Cloud Services, Gartner noted that the substantial growth of digital business and the Internet of Things (IoT) is driving investments in IT operations management (ITOM). Digital business to boost global IT spend to $3.5trn in 2017 Research house Gartner has projected a global $3.5trn IT spend in 2017, which will see a 2.4% increase from last year. 1.75bn Citizens in the World’s Eight Richest Countries Remain Unconnected A new study by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) reveals a staggering 1.75bn citizens in the world's eight richest countries (by GDP) remain unconnected with 34% residing in major urban centers. IP traffic to soar to 3 zettabytes in 2021, driven by video Global IP traffic is set to increase three-fold from 2016 to 2021, rising from 1.2 zettabytes to 3.3 zettabytes a year thanks to the growing number of internet users, greater adoption of mobile devices, higher broadband speeds and soaring video viewing. The 6th International internet gateway and 5th National data traffic exchange center put into operation Coinciding with the celebration of the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr ,the 6th International internet gateway and the 5th National data traffic exchange center(IXP) was put into operation in the city of Ahwaz by Dr.Vaezi Minister of ICT and Mr.Aari Jahromi Deputy Minister of ICT ,Chairman of the Board and Managing director of TIC on last Thursday. View Count: 10 20 50 100 All Items 10 11 12 13 14 Page 15 From 46 16 17 18 19