Global Stories

Exclusive: How Polaris and Veolia approach DC sustainability

Veolia's partnership with Polaris has entered its 11th year, offering exceptional constructed quality, outstanding security, and expandability.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Tue, 18th Sep 2018

Hyperscale

Survey finds Nordic data centre market full of promise – and naivety

DigiPlex has released the results of its IDC survey that found despite huge progress in data centre operations, ignorance still exists.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 18th Sep 2018

Platform-as-a-Service

90% of organisations to demand IaaS & PaaS from same provider

Gartner predicts 90% of organisations will seek integrated IaaS and PaaS by 2022, driving substantial growth in the cloud services market.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Sat, 15th Sep 2018

Analyst report

The truth behind your tech's 'end-of-life' dates

When it comes time to upgrade or migrate, it is proven that a third-party maintenance partner can save you time, money and hassle.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Fri, 14th Sep 2018

Digital Entertainment

New Zealand outpacing global smart TV adoption

New Zealand is becoming a global leader in smart TV adoption, with a 44% adoption rate second only to South Korea, according to research firm IDC.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Sep 2018

Desktop-as-a-Service

Enterprise WLAN market still on the rise in Q2 2018

The combined consumer and enterprise WLAN market segments rose 1.9% year over year in the second quarter of 2018.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Mon, 10th Sep 2018

Network Infrastructure

IDC - Server market hits record revenue numbers in 2Q18

Dell Inc. takes the top spot with HPE coming in at number two as global market revenue reaches US$22.5 billion.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Sep 2018

AR, VR & Metaverse

IDC - Sharp dip in VR headset shipment numbers won't last

Despite global shipment numbers dropping by more than a third, the market outlook is still positive an IDC Tracker report shows.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Thu, 6th Sep 2018

AR, VR & Metaverse

VR headset market going nowhere fast, but IDC confident in revival

While VR headset shipments have fallen 33.7% since last year, IDC says there is set to be a u-turn as the commercial sector gains traction.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 6th Sep 2018

Apple

Apple still on top as wearables market grows worldwide

Apple's share of the market continues to grow along with Chinese competitors Xiaomi and Huawei. Fitbit still in decline.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Wed, 5th Sep 2018

Unified Communications

Telcos moving 'manically' to replicate cloud services provider model

IDC says the telco industry is scrambling to convert entire data centres from vertically integrated stacks to software-defined infrastructure.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Sep 2018

Partner Programmes

Vendors beware: Nearly a 1/4 of partners say programmes 'not important'

The IT vendor programme. A stalwart of the channel, but one that is seemingly beginning to hold less relevance as new research reveals.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Sep 2018

Storage

IDC - SD infrastructure drives telco datacentre market growth

A new report shows the shift to software-defined infrastructure will lead the telco compute and storage infrastructure market to over US$16b by 2022.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Sep 2018

EduTech

IDC - 'aggressive growth' coming for new CDI market

An inaugural report on composable/disaggregated infrastructure from IDC shows that it will go from US$300m to $3.4b in next five years.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Sep 2018

Gaming

Gaming, portability keeping PC market green despite numbers' drop

2-in-1s, ultra-slim notebooks and gaming PCs will keep market value growing, despite dropping sales numbers, says IDC.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Fri, 31st Aug 2018

EduTech

IDC - Worldwide large format printer shipments up 1H18

For the first half of the year, shipments are up 3.5% while revenue is up over 5% compared to the first half of 2017.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Thu, 30th Aug 2018

Firewalls

APAC ahead of US and EMEA in AI security adoption - Osterman

Companies realise they need to improve the way they manage security and policy, and they also realise that automating workflows and processes is key.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Wed, 29th Aug 2018

Virtualisation

IDC adds new category with $5.6b opportunity growth by 2022

The new network functions virtualisation infrastructure category is under carrier network infrastructure and looks to be a high growth area.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Tue, 28th Aug 2018

Data Protection

APJ customers don't really trust companies with their data - report

A report by CA Technologies reveals a significant trust gap in the APJ region, as consumer confidence in data protection by companies scores only 63 out of 100.

By Kai Ping Lew • 5 min read • Mon, 27th Aug 2018

Firewalls

EMA names Pulse Secure leader in hybrid IT secure access platform solutions

The survey included executives from over 200 enterprises and an analysis of hundreds of vendor product briefings, case studies and demonstrations.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 27th Aug 2018