Apple iPhones and Android smartphones will replace BlackBerry as the top smartphones used by workers around the world in 2012, …
IDC: HP customers should demand assurances over Autonomy’s future
Research group IDC has said that following HP’s £5.5 billion writedown of Autonomy, its customers should seek ‘formal assurances’ about …
SAS dominates global advanced analytics market, says IDC
Leading analytics provider SAS is the worldwide ‘go to’ brand according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). The Business Analytics …
Big data hype leads to business analytics growth: IDC
The global market for business analytics software grew roughly 14 percent in 2011, fueled by pervasive hype about “big data” …
Strong growth in enterprise social software spending: IDC
Demand for enterprise social software will grow strongly in the coming years, as more organisations implement the products to improve …
Server sales continue to decline in EMEA region, says IDC
Revenue from server sales declined by about 12 percent year-on-year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa during the first …
Android's smartphone market share likely to peak this year, says IDC
Google’s Android will still be the king of smartphone OSes in four years, but its market share will erode as …
Explosive growth expected for Hadoop, MapReduce-related revenues: IDC
The market for software related to the Hadoop and MapReduce programming frameworks for large-scale data analysis will jump from US$77 …
IDC: Data centres increasingly overwhelmed by business demand
Businesses are struggling to ensure their data centres cope with demand, according to analyst house IDC. Chris Ingle, an associate …
Big data skills crisis needs vendor action: IDC
Enterprise IT departments are struggling to take advantage of the benefits big data can bring due to a lack of …
Public sectors reluctant to embrace cloud: IDC survey
Over half of public sector organisations have no budget assigned specifically to cloud computing, according to an IDC survey. The …
Xerox leading global market for MPS: IDC
Xerox continues to lead in global market share for managed print services (MPS) and basic print services, according to IDC’s …
Disk storage system sales in Q4 top $8.5 bn: IDC
In the last quarter of 2011, disk storage systems generated more than $8.5 billion in revenue, representing a 3.5% increase …
PC shipments slumped as 2011 ended: IDC
Sales of personal computers slowed in the last three months of 2011, thanks to a sluggish economy, scarce hard drives …
Messaging security market to touch $4.78b by 2015:IDC
The messaging security market will grow to $4.78 billion in 2015, according to research firm IDC, but enterprises will favour …
Impact of hard drive shortage to linger through 2013: IDC
Hard disk drive supply shortages in the wake of Thailand flooding will continue to affect consumers, computer system manufacturers and …
Windows 8 will be “largely irrelevant” on PCs: IDC
Windows 8 will be “largely irrelevant” to traditional PC users, IDC said Monday. Microsoft faces a tough sell with the …
Big battles in 2012: IDC
Researchers at IDC, say some big battles will be brewing in 2012 in the cloud, mobile and Big Data arenas. …
Storage growth slowing to normal: IDC
Growth in sales of enterprise disk storage slowed in the third quarter as the industry returned to normal patterns after …
IDC: Asia Pacific to see more BA adoption in 2012
Organisations in the Asia Pacific region are seen to finally embrace business analytics (BA) with CIOs and IT decision makers …