A worldwide survey of 196 organizations by analyst firm Gartner showed that 91 percent of organizations have not yet reached a "transformational" level of maturity in data and analytics, despite this area being a number one investment priority for CIOs in recent years.
Apple maintained a solid lead in the holiday quarter driving growth both through its lower-priced 9.7-inch iPad as well as its newly refreshed iPad Pro products.
The trend is so pronounced that analyst firm Gartner predicts that by 2019, the analytics output of business users with self-service capabilities will surpass that of professional data scientists.
The industries that will see the fastest growth in 3D printing spending over the five-year forecast are the resource industries (38.4% CAGR) and healthcare (35.4% CAGR).