This week on Gigaom Research, popular reports covered topics such as machine-to-machine data analytics for the energy sector, key Infrastructure-as-a-Service components that should be evaluated in cloud migration, and the trends effecting future global tablet shipments.

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Mobile: “Forecast: Global tablet shipments, 2012-2017” by Peter Crocker

This week Peter Crocker analyzed both global and regional trends in the tablet market. In 2014, many expect that a low-priced tablet will emerge in the $40 to $100 range. Despite dropping prices, Peter projects that shipment growth will decrease due to competition from wearables, “phablets,” and convertible laptops.

Cloud: “A checklist for stacking up IaaS providers” by Janakiram MSV

This report lists the key players in the IaaS market and then breaks down the key infrastructure components that should…