Q2 shows weak server growth
x86 servers managed to produce an increase of 1.4 percent in units in the second quarter of 2014, and an 8.1 percent increase in revenue. RISC/Itanium Unix servers fell globally for the period, a 23.2 percent decline in revenue and 7.9 percent decrease in shipments compared with the same quarter last year. The ‘other’ CPU category, which is primarily mainframes, showed a decline in vendor revenue of 2.2 percent,
Emerging markets to account for 74% of smartphone sales
According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, more than 1.25 billion smartphones will be shipped worldwide in 2014, representing a 23.8% increase from the 1.01 billion units shipped in...
Measuring the Impact of Apple’s Role in Payments
IDC Financial Insights today announced a new report, “Business Strategy: Apple and the Payments Tipping Point,” (Document# FI250350). The new report looks at how Apple's efforts will affect the payment space, online and offline commerce, and the growth and adoption of...
2014 Hype Cycle Special Report Evaluates the Maturity of More Than 2,000 Technologies
As the Gartner Hype Cycle celebrates its 20th year, Gartner said that as enterprises set out on the journey to becoming digital businesses, identifying and employing the right technologies at the right time will be critical.
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Top 10 risks worth considering when expanding into the rest of Africa
The first and most important misconception one needs to get rid of is thinking of Africa as a single place.
The four dimensions of tomorrow’s IT vendor management
IT vendor management as a formal discipline is rapidly evolving because organizations are demanding more from vendors in order to deliver the value and innovation needed to enable desirable business outcomes, according to Gartner, Inc. "Vendor management is...
PC outlook improves as direct competition from tablets wanes
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by -3.7% in 2014, an improvement from the previous forecast of -6%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. PC shipments in emerging regions remain constrained by ongoing...
The XP epoch is finally coming to its end
More than 16% of all PC users who agreed to provide data to the distributed global Kaspersky Security Network were still working on computers running Windows XP in June 2014. This fact carries potential implications for information security. This number was part of...
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