Security teams and solutions will have to contend with synergistic threats, increasingly backed by artificial intelligence to avoid detection.

For millennial home buyers, a generation for whom technology has been ever-present, smart systems are the features they value above everything else.

“Despite uncertainty fueled by recession rumours, Brexit, trade wars and tariffs, the likely scenario for IT spending in 2019 is growth.”

Digital Realty's Rod Glover says there will be five main evolutions to the world of data centres, colocation, cloud, and connectivity.

Carbon Black chief cybersecurity officer Tom Kellermann combines his thoughts with those of Carbon Black's threat analysts and security strategists.

“Our borderless world provides unprecedented freedom and convenience, but also breeds a whole new set of cybersecurity risks and concerns.”

Two BMC software executives share their predictions for their areas of expertise - DevOps and employee experience.

LogRhythm’s predictions paint a sombre picture for the state of cybersecurity in 2019.

Experimentation with new technologies will boom in 2019, as cloud services make advanced tools more accessible.

While organisations have become more aware of the significant risks posed by cyber-attacks, hackers have continued to up the ante.

Cybercriminals have been moving towards a ‘gig economy’ – an underground community of malicious actors exchanging services.

While passwords may change, physical biometrics are genetic and specific to each person.

Australian businesses have been forecast to spend almost $5.6 billion on public cloud services in 2019.

It is certainly the season for predictions and so without further ado, here are some insights from Ensighten CEO Ian Woolley

Global IT services company Avanade has released what it sees as the three most important technology focus areas for workplaces in the coming year.

As time progresses and advanced technologies are implemented, the demand for disaster recovery-as-a-service is also expected to increase.

“With nearly half of all businesses experiencing an unrecoverable data event in the last three years, current backup solutions are no longer fit for purpose."

Security needs to move away from the traditional approach of chasing after arbitrary forms of malware.

The company has shared what it believes are the five data centre optimisation trends that will maximise data centre performance in 2019.

"Traditional VPN software solutions are obsolete for the new IT reality of hybrid and multi-cloud."

Forrester weighs in on 2019 predictions, looking at how organisations will shift into a more precise application of transformative technologies.

“Continuous change can be made into an asset if an organisation sharpens its vision in order to see the future coming.”

The new IDC smart home device tracker forecasts solid growth for connected devices in key smart home categories.

The analyst also forecasts that cognitive and AI spending will grow to $52.2 billion in 2021.