International Data Corporation (IDC) stories - Page 52

Cloud storage is biting deep into personal and entry-level storage shipments, which tumbled as consumers and small business took to cloud.

Big data continues to be big business with IDC forecasting strong growth across big-data related infrastructure, software and services.

IDC says by 2020 more than 30% of IT vendors will not exist as we know them today, as digital transformation and third platform change IT forever.

IDC has issued a stark warning to local CIOs, saying they must transform or be left behind, with digital transformation and third platform booming.

Cloud is expected to drive IT services spend up in 2016, with hosting infrastructure services a key growth area for the channel.

Tablet shipments slumped in Q3 as owners hold on to their devices for longer periods - but the move to detachables seems to be intensifying.

All go for smartphones as shipments hit second highest level for a single quarter. So who were the movers and shakers?.

Huawei New Zealand garners 15% share of the Kiwi smartphone market, with New Zealand now among the top performing markets for the Chinese vendor.

Higher education IT spending in the Asia Pacific region is expected to significantly increase by 2019, thanks to digital transformation initiatives.

Two-thirds of enterprises failing to control their critical data, risking security breaches, says IDC research commissioned by Actifio.

APAC businesses prioritise innovation cells for agility amid CEO concerns over financial pressures and evolving business models.

Lenovo leads Q3 PC market despite shipment decline; HP, Dell secure top spots while Apple gains market share and Acer faces significant drop.

While the latest PC shipment data from IDC and Gartner makes for gloomy reading, both analyst firms believe there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Mobile technology spend will reach $1.2 trillion by 2019 with the manufacturing sector offering the largest enterprise opportunity for mobile tech.

The data center space is on the verge of significant disruption, with hyper-converged infrastructure becoming the norm, says IDC researcher.

Asia Pacific is experiencing high growth in cloud IT infrastructure sales, with sales of server, storage and Ethernet switches up 49.9% in Q2.

As more companies in Australia and New Zealand embrace cloud hosted technologies, there are some important issues for organisations to consider.

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

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.

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