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Global IT and business services revenue is estimated to grow by 3.4% this year, according to new data from IDC.>>

Shipments reached 86.7 million units in the third quarter of this year, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of growth.>>

The UiPath-commissioned IDC whitepaper states that the economic benefits expected by the use of RPA software by UiPath customers will grow from $7 billion worldwide in 2021 to $55 billion in 2025.>>

IDC's research outlined the opportunities MSPs should invest in to optimise their competitive advantage in the managed cloud services market.>>

VMware has announced its strategy to help customers navigate the multi-cloud era with the launch of VMware Cross-Cloud services. >>

The decrease comes after six quarters of year-over-year growth, and most notably compares to the 39.1% annual growth seen by the market in 2Q20.>>

"Pure Storage’s new software innovations further our goal of making infrastructure invisible to developers, using it as simple as calling an API, and delivering it as a service.”>>

Despite cybersecurity concerns, Equinix finds a significant year-on-year leap in companies planning to move business-critical applications to the cloud.>>

IDC estimates annual recurring revenue from foundational cloud services will increase from under $100 billion in 2020 to over $300 billion in 2025.>>

ServiceNow has announced its Now Platform Rome release, delivering hundreds of innovations to help organisations adapt to the hybrid work era.>>

The worldwide enterprise applications market reached $241 billion last year, growing 4.1% year-over-year in 2020.>>

International Data Corporation has forecast global "whole cloud" spending to reach $1.3 trillion by 2025.>>

Revenue generated by the group of ODMs selling directly to hyperscale data centres declined by 7.7% year over year in 2Q21 to $6.4 billion, while capacity shipped grew 13.8% year over year to 88.7 exabytes.>>

Research has revealed a significant gap between regional enterprises' business priorities and performance.>>

IDC's latest report notes a 32.3% increase in global wearables shipments in the second quarter of 2021.>>

By 2023, 75% of Global 2000 IT organisations will have adopted automated operations to transform their IT workforce, according to IDC.>>

Most A/NZ businesses continue to invest in technology despite pandemic, with IT spending levels set to be higher in 2021 than ever before. >>

Because of the tight integration between Accenture and Avanade’s capabilities for Microsoft services, the two companies were evaluated as a single entity.>>

IDC states that although COVID-19 drastically impacted 2020 shipments, 2021 shipments have managed to display minimal growth compared to 2019 (pre-pandemic) volumes.>>

According to a new forecast by IDC, global shipments of PCs are expected to grow 14.2% to 347 million units in 2021.>>

COVID-19 was a critical catalyst that elevated the focus on GRC software, risk areas and threats to business continuity, according to new research from IDC.>>

As economies recover from COVID-19, BDA spending has increased over 10% from 2020 and will continue to grow in next five years, according to IDC.>>

“It enables organisations around the world to focus on driving their business forward by exceeding their employee communications and customer engagement objectives.”>>

The report found increasing instances of ransomware victims experiencing multiple breach events, as well as a rise in the average ransom payment.>>