IDC stories

A tale of two markets is playing out between integrated platforms and integrated infrastructure systems, as one market booms and the other contracts.More

IoT is gaining momentum with 73% of IT and business decision makers having deployed, or planning to deploy IoT in the next 12 months according to IDC.More

IDC recommends all parties take a more assertive approach to accommodating the cloud model for long-term success.More

Security appliance market continuing on its growth trajectory for the first half of 2015, with Cisco continuing to lead the market.More

A growing list of vendors, proliferation of devices, price points and steady consumer adoption will fuel growth in the worldwide market for wearables.More

As the Australian healthcare sector spends more and faces increasingly complex demands, conditions are ripe for mobility initiatives.More

“Increased competition particularly after Lenovo’s entry in the consumer space combined with strong spending in the education and government segments.More

"Some much needed good news for the enterprise videoconferencing market – revenue and video endpoint shipments were up in all major regions."More

"Falling switch port prices have a flattening effect on overall market growth, even as demand for switches increases."More

Two-in-one shipments are up 86.5%, while tablets stumble, and IDC predicts the iPad Pro, Windows 10 and Skylake will push enterprise adoption.More

PC shipments are set to continue their downward trajectory through 2016 according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.More

PC shipments are set to continue their downward trajectory through 2016 according to the latest report from IDC, and the New Zealand news is no betterMore

Mobile payments are poised for explosive growth in Asia Pacific, driven by a high number of initiatives and diverse mCommerce maturity levels.More

Datacom, the privately-held IT services firm, surpassed Spark New Zealand as the country's biggest information technology services provider.More

Fortinet has shipped more security appliances each year than any other vendor since 2013, and more than two-million since its inception in 2000.More

Certified mobile workstations continue to show strong growth, while the desktop workstations market continues to decline, according to IDC.More

Apple has held its spot at the top in the global tablet market, despite a substantial decline in a market that has seen little innovation or updates.More

Off-premises managed services is going to be the ‘land of opportunity’ for the next 12-24 months, according to IDC New Zealand.More

The drive for innovation is boosting demand for Software-Defined Technologies in the APAC region, says IDC.More

There is an increasing demand for software-defined technologies in the APAC region as the need for innovation grows, says IDC.More

"Those IT suppliers that showcase the long-term benefits and the true value of the cloud as a platform in a given vertical will be most successful."More

There's good news on the way for PC resellers according to IDC's latest PC market report, though for Apple resellers the good times are already here.More

New IDC research, commissioned by Microsoft, shows 'tremendous demand' for resellers even as customers move to the cloud.More

Intel’s 2015 second quarter profit fell 3.2% as a result of the slump in PC sales that is impacting the majority of the chip sector.More