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Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach USD 81.6 billion in 2016, an increase of 7.9 per cent over 2015, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. Consulting and IT outsourcing are currently the largest categories of spending on information security. Until the end of 2020, the highest growth is expected to come from security testing, IT outsourcing and data loss prevention (DLP). Preventive security will continue to show strong growth, as many security practitioners continue to have a buying preference for preventive measures. However, solutions such...

  The patent battle among tech gaints seems becoming worse. In what could be tit for tat move, Samsung Electronics has filed a lawsuit in China against Huawei Technologies Co., accusing the country’s largest smartphone maker of infringing on its mobile technology patents. The lawsuit comes just months after Huawei sued the Korean company in the U.S. and China. The pair had failed to strike a licensing deal over the use of technology fundamental to how mobile networks operate. “We have faithfully negotiated with other patent holders for the fair...