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IDC: Windows Phone Shipments Surpass BlackBerry
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 16, 2013
Android continues to dominate the smartphone market.
Tags: Google, Android, Microsoft, Blackberry, Apple, smartphone, Windows Phone, IDC, IOS
Smartphones Sales Top Feature Phone Sales for First Time Ever
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 26, 2013
IDC says the mobile phone market grew by 4 percent in the first quarter.
Tags: smartphone, Samsung, IDC, mobile phone, feature phones
Q1 PC Sales See Biggest Drop Ever
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 11, 2013
Shares in tech stocks are taking a beating.
Tags: PC sales, IDC, Gartner
Facebook Announces Android Event
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 29, 2013
Is the social network about to unveil the long-rumored "Facebook phone"?
Tags: Facebook, Android, smartphone, IDC
IDC: PC Sales Even Worse Than Expected
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 19, 2013
The research firm dropped its forecast for PC shipments by 2 percent.
Tags: China, IDC, tablets, PC shipments
IDC: Tech Spending Is Growing, PC Market Is Shrinking
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 05, 2013
The market research firm says enterprises will continue increasing their IT spending at the same rate, but the PC market will contract for the second year in a row.
Tags: PC sales, IDC, Enterprise, spending
IDC: Smartphones to Outsell Feature Phones for First Time in 2013
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 04, 2013
Emerging markets will play a key role in the transition.
Tags: smartphones, research, IDC
Cisco Now a Top 5 Server Vendor
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 28, 2013
IBM remains the leader.
Tags: Oracle, IBM, Cisco, HP, servers, IDC
IDC: Android and iOS Together Account for 91% of Smartphone Sales
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 15, 2013
BlackBerry and Windows Phone own very small slivers of the market.
Tags: Linux, Android, smartphones, IDC, IOS, mobile operating systems, BlackBerry 10
PC Sales Slump During Holiday Quarter
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 11, 2013
HP remains the top PC vendor.
Tags: smartphones, Dell, HP, laptops, PC sales, Lenovo, IDC, Acer, desktops, asus, tablets
Report: Tablet Sales Likely to Double by 2016
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 05, 2012
This year's shipments should top 122.3 million units.
Tags: Android, Apple iPad, tablet, IDC, microsoft surface
IDC: Smartphone Sales to Increase 45% for 2012
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 05, 2012
Android continues to dominate with 68.3 percent of the market.
Tags: Android, smartphone, Windows Phone, IDC, IOS, shipments, BlackBerry 10
Server Revenues Fall in Q3
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 03, 2012
Dell and Cisco were the only two vendors to see market share gains during the period.
Tags: Linux, server, IBM, Dell, Cisco, HP, IDC, Gartner, revenue
Nokia No Longer One of the Top 5 Smartphone Vendors
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 26, 2012
Smartphone shipments continue to grow at a blistering pace.
Tags: Apple, smartphone, Nokia, Samsung, IDC, market share, Strategy Analytics
PC Sales Poised for First Annual Decline in 11 Years
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 11, 2012
Will Windows 8 give the industry to boost it needs?
Tags: research, Windows 8, PC sales, IDC, Gartner, iSuppli
The World's Largest PC Maker Is HP—Or Maybe Lenovo
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 11, 2012
Gartner and IDC offer conflicting assessments of the PC market.
Tags: HP, Lenovo, IDC, Gartner, PC market-share battle
IDC Study Finds Fewer, Larger Datacenters in the U.S.
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published October 09, 2012
The research firm says it's seeing the impact of cloud computing and virtualization.
Tags: cloud computing, virtualization, research, data center, IDC
IDC: Smartphone, Tablet Sales on the Rise, But Growth is Slowing in the U.S.
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published September 27, 2012
Tablet sales are increasing more quickly than PC or smartphone sales.
Tags: PC, research, smartphone, tablet, IDC, report
IT Spending to Grow 6% in 2012, Says IDC
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published September 10, 2012
IT vendors say sales have been stronger than expected despite the economic problems in Europe.
Tags: China, IT spending, IDC, Europe, India, Brazil, U.S.
IBM, HP Server Sales Fall in Q2, While Dell Revenue Grows
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 29, 2012
IBM and HP tie as the manufacturers with the highest revenue from server sales.
Tags: IBM, Dell, HP, IDC, server shipment stats
IDC: PC Growth to Slow to 0.9% This Year
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 24, 2012
The research firm expects a big improvement in the PC market next year.
Tags: research, Windows 8, IDC, PC shipments
'Record-Setting' iPad Shipments Boost Tablet Market
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 03, 2012
IDC said Q2 tablet shipments were up 66 percent from last year.
Tags: Amazon, iPad, Apple, tablet, Samsung, IDC, asus, shipments
IDC: Amazon Web Services Use Yields 626% ROI
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 25, 2012
A new report says that companies saved $2.5 million per application over a five-year period by moving to the cloud.
Tags: cloud computing, Web services, AWS, Amazon, IDC, ROI
U.S. Mac Sales Slump in Q2, Says IDC
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 13, 2012
Although Apple grew its market share, its Mac sales actually declined for the first time in three years.
Tags: Apple, Mac, IDC, sales, market share
Some Ultra Disappointments for Computer Makers
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 12, 2012
Market research firms report sluggish PC sales for the second quarter.
Tags: Dell, HP, PC sales, laptop, Lenovo, IDC, Acer, Gartner, ultrabook
IBM Is Social Business Software Leader: Study
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 20, 2012
For the third year in a row, IDC says IBM is the leading provider of enterprise social software.
Tags: IBM, enterprise software, IDC, social
Apple's iPad Widens Lead as Tablet Sales Soar
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 15, 2012
IDC predicts that manufacturers will ship 107.4 million tablets this year.
Tags: iPad, Apple, tablet, IDC
Worldwide Disk Storage System Revenues Grow 7%
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 11, 2012
Storage hardware prices remain high in the wake of floods in Thailand.
Tags: hardware, IDC, disk, Storage
Windows Phone Will Pass iPhone by 2016, IDC Says
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 06, 2012
The research firm predicts Android will remain the top mobile platform.
Tags: Google, Android, Microsoft, iPhone, Apple, Windows Phone, IDC, IOS, mobile operating systems
IDC: iPhone, Android Account for 82% of Smartphones Shipped
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 24, 2012
BlackBerry continues its steep decline, while Windows Phone has failed to catch on.
Tags: Android, mobile, Blackberry, iPhone, smartphone, IDC, IOS, shipments
Study: Cloud to Generate 14 Million Jobs by 2015
By Pedro Hernandez | Article Published March 05, 2012
The job market is growing much cloudier  -- in a positive way, according to IDC and Microsoft.
Tags: cloud computing, Microsoft, SaaS, IDC
Tech Spending Remains Strong, Despite Economic Volatility: IDC
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published February 06, 2012
The researchers predict 5 percent growth for the IT industry in 2012.
Tags: IT spending, IDC
PC Sales Up 2.4 Percent in Q2 - Give or Take
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published July 15, 2011
Two leading analyst firms appear to agree, particularly when it comes to global PC sales.
Tags: Dell, HP, PC sales, Lenovo, IDC, Gartner
IDC: Server Sales Keep Rebounding
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published March 01, 2011
For server sales, it's 'happy days are here again.' IDC reports that fourth-quarter global revenues and shipments both saw double-digit increases.
Tags: hardware, hardware thin client, IDC, midrange, Server Market
PC Sales Growth Slowed in Q4: Analysts
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published January 14, 2011
Gartner and IDC weigh in on slowing PC sales for the quarter -- PC sales impacted by tablets and "good enough" alternatives.
Tags: PC, iPad, hardware, IDC, tablets
Server Sales Growth at Decade High
By David Needle | Article Published December 02, 2010
Computer server sales had a robust third quarter, reports research firm IDC.
Tags: data center, hardware, servers, IDC
Is Cloud Computing Overhyped?
By Amy Newman | Article Published October 22, 2010
Leading analysts disagree about cloud computing's prospects in the years ahead.
Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, Virtual Cloud Management, IDC, Gartner
IDC Sees Cloud Market Maturing Quickly
By Andy Patrizio | Article Published March 11, 2010
Last year, it was all about clouds 'crossing the chasm.' Now they've done just that and are becoming mainstream. Beyond the inevitable consolidation, what does this mean for the enterprise?
Tags: cloud computing, Cloud, Salesforce, IDC, platform as a service