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The way organizations think about and buy their software is starting to change. Software as a Service (SaaS), on-demand, application hosting the number of different software models has proliferated in recent years.

Ignoring technological innovation and development can leave organizations, and indeed entire industries, vulnerable to disruption from new technologies. This report explains what disruption is, what causes it, and how organizations can avoid it.

Enterprises are increasingly demanding instant, pervasive access to business intelligence and enterprise content to support their operations. Responding quickly and accurately to information can mean the difference between success and failure.

Emerging markets in Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America are offering significant growth opportunities for consumer electronics manufacturers, who are currently facing stagnating sales in mature markets.

The enterprise applications market is undergoing a radical shift from on-premise to on-demand (Internet/cloud computing) structure. This shift is similar to the one in 1980s that witnessed move from the mainframe to the client/server model.

The global hardware market is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 4.4% over the period 2009-2014, reaching $308bn in the year 2014. Security hardware and appliances is the expected to be the fastest growing segment of the market.

The delivery of TV is undergoing one of the biggest transformations in its history, driven by technological innovation and changing consumer habits. Over the next few years, the broadcast market will swap analog broadcast for digital services.

The need for infrastructure management solutions is increasingly clear. Business leaders have come to realize the importance of IT as a strategic asset, as networks, systems and applications often reach mission-critical status in business operations.

With the credit crunch and rising fuel prices emphasizing the need to cut costs and improve efficiency, alongside uncertainty surrounding the impact of human activities on the climate, the drive towards energy efficient computing is gathering pace.

The financial services sector is an industry that vendors recognise as offering lucrative returns two of the three largest software vendors have heavily targeted this area in recent years but it is also one of the hardest for outsiders to enter.

2009 was a tough year for the IT industry, largely as a result of the global economic downturn, which had a direct impact on enterprise IT spending. Like others, the IT industry faced lower sales, cost cutting and job losses. What does 2010 hold?

2011 is set to be a year of change: this paper lays out Business Insights five key predictions of what will happen over the course of the year in key industry segments including mobile computing and telephony, TV, gaming, and social networking.

Consumer use of cloud technology is vast, and will drive overall cloud revenues from 2010-2015. Through the twin drivers that cloud usage is free and unnoticed, cloud technology threatens the business models of established consumer technology firms.

SMBs represent an important and growing market for many IT product and services vendors. Although their individual budgets are smaller than those controlled by larger enterprises, SMBs still understand that IT is critical to their business.

The $681bn global consumer electronics industry is undergoing significant transformation. Digitalization, miniaturization and mobility are driving this change, and intense competition is leading to increasing pressure on manufacturers' margins.