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Matthew Ball leads Canalys’ global infrastructure, cloud and cybersecurity research. He analyzes the impact of converging technologies on the channel, driven by digitalization and deployment of Internet of Things, across core data center and edge computing environments. He also leads confidential consultancy projects, participates in various channel surveys, and provides clients with expert advice and analysis. He is a regular presenter at industry events, including Canalys' Channels Forums around the world, trade shows, and channel partner and customer conferences.
He created and developed the company’s highly-regarded annual Point of View, quarterly Vendor Performance Index analysis, and biannual Mergers and Acquisitions reports. He also has experience of working in multinational teams within client organizations, across countries and regions around the world.
Prior to joining Canalys in 2004, Matthew worked for three years as a research analyst at MZA, where he was responsible for a variety of activities in both the consumer and enterprise areas of the telecommunications industry, such as PBX market sizing and analysis of market share information, as well as price tracking at both a European and worldwide level.
Matthew graduated from the University of Birmingham with an Honors Degree in Geography, specializing in analytical techniques.
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Canalys’ November IT Opportunity update predicts an 8.3% growth in worldwide IT spending in 2025, reaching US$5.44 trillion. This is despite the emergence of new economic and political uncertainties following the 2024 global elections super-cycle. A new era of AI transformation will begin which will create long-term growth opportunities for channel partners.
The cybersecurity battlefield is evolving faster than ever. GenAI promises to be a game-changer in countering threat actors by going beyond human limits. But operationalizing the technology presents challenges.
Channel partners face an overwhelming range of cybersecurity platforms to build their businesses around. This excessive choice leads to confusion, uncertainty and, often, dissatisfaction with vendors.
At the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco, gen AI tools took the spotlight as cybersecurity vendors showcased new possibilities for operationalizing this technology. As the industry faces escalating cyber threats, operationalizing gen AI assistants offers a promising avenue for enhancing security resilience and optimizing existing cybersecurity technologies. But it is a race against time against an emerging underground AI developer community.
After a period of deceleration, Canalys’ February IT Opportunity update predicts a 6.2% growth in worldwide IT spending in 2024, reaching US$4.94 trillion. This is despite the heightened risk of major disruption from climate change-related extreme weather events, the escalation of conflicts and intensifying geopolitics, energy security, cyber-attacks, and political instability stemming from more than 50 elections covering 45% of the world’s population.
Eight vendors achieved Champion status in the 2023 Canalys Global Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix: Cisco, Check Point, CrowdStrike, ESET, Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Trend Micro and WatchGuard.
Generative AI is set to transform the cybersecurity market, bringing both opportunities and challenges. While it promises to augment cybersecurity operations and streamline processes, its use by threat actors for malicious purposes raises concerns about data privacy, intellectual property infringement and the potential for new threat actors to emerge.
The demand for cybersecurity-managed services is expected to grow by 16% to US$70.2 billion in 2023, providing partners with significant growth opportunities. This blog suggests ways for partners to adapt to the changing landscape and meet the changing needs of their customers.
A summary of the main talking points from our expert panel discussing how channel partners can minimize the impact of cyber-attacks on their customers.
The Canalys Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix uses unique feedback from channel partners, vendor surveys, Canalys shipment estimates and analyst insight to assess Cybersecurity channel management and performance over the last 12 months. A total of 19 cybersecurity vendors were assessed for the 2022 edition.
Canalys analysts give their views on hot topics for the Canalys Forums 2022 in this series of interviews. Here we take a quick look at the primary cybersecurity threats, key technologies, and how partners and vendors are collaborating.
Partners and vendors shared insights on fighting the surge in cybersecurity threats at the EMEA Canalys Forum in October 2021.
