Most IT professionals want as little change as possible. After all, at the end of the day, the ultimate responsibility is to make sure applications run, and run well.

Knowledge is power.

The market has evolved from technologists looking to learn and understand new big data technologies to customers who want to learn about new projects, new companies, and most importantly, how organizations are actually benefitting from the technology.

Modern organizations typically use several IT tools to monitor their applications, networks, and other IT components in real time.

When Thomas Friedman wrote his bestselling book The World is Flat in 2005, he was not just talking about level playing fields in terms of commerce.

Dimension Data has published its top IT predictions for 2017, and the focus on digital is set to remain the key trend in the industry for the next 12 months.