Tagged: IDC
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New start-up aims to protect firms against the blight of PBX fraud News
04.09.2012 PBX fraud is one of the biggest secrets of the telecoms industry and the reason why it is secret is the industry is ill equipped to deal with it and prefers to pretend it... -
The technology business week: PopCap may close Dublin office, Kodak to sell off film business News
27.08.2012 In what has been a high octane week in the technology business world Apple overtook Microsoft in historical overall stock value, PopCap Games is examining the future of its... -
Consumers holding out for Windows 8 and new devices stymies PC industry growth News
24.08.2012 The global PC market is set to grow less than 1pc in the second quarter of 2012 and analysts are suggesting consumers are holding onto their money until the next generations of... -
PC industry to grow 5pc this year, but uncertainty about Windows 8 release bites News
19.06.2012 The PC industry worldwide is in the midst of a perfect storm and is expected to grow 5pc in 2012 with 383m machines expected to ship, according to IDC. Economic uncertainty with... -
Why Microsoft wants Yammer – enterprise social is booming News
18.06.2012 Microsoft’s quest to acquire enterprise social software player Yammer for more than US$1bn is being driven by the growing adoption of social media as the lynchpin of enterprise... -
Irish firms in growth mode – 64pc want to grow, not cut back News
14.06.2012 Four to five years of cutting back in the bite of a recession would grate on anyone’s nerves but it seems, according to new research, 64pc of Irish firms see business growth as... -
57pc of Irish workforce will be mobile workers by 2016, report claims News
06.06.2012 Mobile workers in Ireland will represent 57pc of the working population by 2016, or 1.4m, up from 48pc in 2011. This is according to a report by O2 and IDC which also claims the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Global CIO, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, CIO -
Google is stealing mobile worker turf from Apple, Microsoft and RIM News
28.05.2012 Google’s Android operating system is beginning to make headway in the mobile worker space and steal marketshare from Apple, Microsoft and RIM, as workers seek mobile solutions... -
RIM restructuring to shed 2,000 jobs, reports say News
28.05.2012 BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is to cut some 2,000 jobs worldwide as part of global restructuring plans, various reports have said. -
iPhone and Android own 80pc of the global smartphone market News
24.05.2012 More than eight out of 10 smartphones shipped during the first quarter were powered by iOS (23pc) and Android (59pc) operating systems, according to IDC.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Consumer Tech -
Samsung overtakes Apple as top smartphone vendor - IDC News
02.05.2012 Samsung overtook Apple in smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2012, making it the top global smartphone vendor, according to new research. -
IBM’s new approach to system design will simplify cloud computing News
11.04.2012 IBM has unleashed a new era of simpler computing with the launch of a new “expert integrated systems” paradigm called PureSystems that is the result of a US$2bn R&D drive and...Categories: Systems, Servers, IT Organisation, IT Management, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO, Architecture -
Europe's public sector 'conservative' on cloud adoption - IDC News
02.04.2012 More than half of European public-sector IT decision makers have no specific budget assigned to cloud computing, while those intending to spend on cloud projects have set aside... -
Almost 1bn ‘smart connected devices’ shipped in 2011 - IDC News
29.03.2012 More than 916m “smart connected devices” – which include PCs, tablets and smartphones – were shipped in 2011, with revenue surpassing US$489bn, according to new research. -
Global PC market to grow by 5pc in 2012 thanks to Windows 8 - research News
21.03.2012 The arrival of Windows 8 and the rise of the ultrabook market in the second half of 2012 is expected to help the PC market grow by 5pc for the year, according to new figures... -
Analytics demand drives big data growth, IDC forecasts News
13.03.2012 The technology and service market around the big data trend is expected to grow at seven times the rate of the overall ICT market, according to a forecast from market watcher IDC. -
Economic impact of cloud – 14m new jobs by 2015 News
05.03.2012 Last year, some 1.5m new jobs were created worldwide in cloud-related industries and over the next four years the number of cloud-related jobs could grow by more than 8.8m roles...Categories: CIO, Data Management, Economy, Education, Financial, Government, Investments, Security, Servers, Software, Software & Web Development -
Smartphone penetration keeps accelerating (info graphic) News
05.03.2012 Smartphone penetration accelerated from 26pc of the world market in Q1 2011 to 34pc in Q4 2011, according to a new Visual.ly info graphic, 'The 100 Million Club', combining data...