Charting iPhone's growth, IT budgets, Amazon vs Google, iPad's fate, and what SAP users really think

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How the iPhone grew up

From battery life to screen size and storage and more, a remarkable amount has changed underneath the iPhone's chassis over the last eight years.
See in this chart how camera resolution has improved since the first iPhone.
For nine more ways the iPhone has improved over the years, see our full story.

Published: October 5, 2015 -- 09:24 GMT (02:24 PDT)
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Tough times ahead for IT budgets as strong dollar hits spending plans

Worldwide IT spending across vertical industries is forecast to total $2.69 trillion in 2015, a 3.5 per cent decrease from 2014. Gartner attributes the slowdown chiefly to the rising US dollar.
Find out which sectors were hardest hit - and if there are any glimmers of upside ahead, in our full story.

Published: October 5, 2015 -- 09:24 GMT (02:24 PDT)
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What users think of SAP's Simple Finance S/4 HANA cloud offering

Available since February, SAP's Simple Finance set of applications based on the in-memory HANA cloud platform is getting a mixed response from users.
This chart shows the top three reasons for and against the service. Read on for the full story of what users really think of Simple Finance.

Published: October 5, 2015 -- 09:24 GMT (02:24 PDT)
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Apple's enterprise tablet challenge: Does the iPad Pro measure up?

Good Technology's quarterly Mobility Index Report for Q2 2015, which analyses data from the enterprise mobility management specialist's customer base (using the Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform or Good for Enterprise), shows that iPad activations have dropped to 64 percent, having accounted for 81%-92% of tablet activations since Q1 2013.
See our full story for all the details on the iPad's fate in the enterprise.

Published: October 5, 2015 -- 09:24 GMT (02:24 PDT)
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How the iPhone grew thinner and lighter

There have been 12 different iterations of the iPhone over the eight years of its existence. While it might not have changed all that much from the outside, there has been a huge amount of upgrading going on inside.
Here you see how the iPhone has become both thinner and lighter. For nine more charts showing how the iPhone has developed since its inception, see our full story.

Published: October 5, 2015 -- 09:24 GMT (02:24 PDT)
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Cloud storage: How do Amazon, Google and Microsoft stack up?

How do the cloud services of Microsoft, Amazon, and Google compare to each other?
This chart shows a comparison of the standard, reduced availability - for less-frequently accessed data - and cold-storage options from the major cloud service providers.
Find out more about how the cloud leaders stack up in our full story.

Published: October 5, 2015 -- 09:24 GMT (02:24 PDT)
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