• iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

  By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

  Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

• Tech guns for hire: 5 places to find skilled IT contractors

  By Logan Kugler | 22 May, 2012 20:08

  Even for organizations with a stellar full-time IT staff, situations often arise where temporary outside help is needed. A big Web project might demand a few extra programmers to meet a tough deadline, for example, or a rollout of tools to support a sales force bent on capturing a broader market may require expertise not available in-house.

• Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 on sale Sunday for $400

  By Matt Hamblen | 12 May, 2012 06:11

  Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is set to go on sale at retailers nationwide Sunday for $399.99, furthering the variety of tablet sizes from the vendor.

• IDC: Explosive growth expected for Hadoop, MapReduce-related revenues

  By Chris Kanaracus | 08 May, 2012 05:33

  The market for software related to the Hadoop and MapReduce programming frameworks for large-scale data analysis will jump from $US77 million in 2011 to $US812.8 million in 2016, a compound annual growth rate of 60.2 per cent, according to a new report released by analyst firm IDC.

• Tablets Will Be Preferred Devices by 2016

  By Matt Hamblen | 07 May, 2012 23:36

  Tablets will become most users' main computing devices within the next four years, Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett has predicted.

• Defining 'big data' depends on who's doing the defining

  By Brandon Butler | 10 May, 2012 20:41

  Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but what does it really mean? When does data become big?

• Analysis: Why Linux is a desktop flop

  By Maria Korolov | 30 April, 2012 21:28

  It's free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than Windows.

• What's in the Tech Crystal Ball For 2011?

  By Katherine Noyes | 08 December, 2010 07:43

  Market research firm IDC makes a number of tech-related predictions near the end of every calendar year, but its prognostications for 2011 may well be among the company's most dramatic yet.

• 'Year of the virtual desktop' a flop so far

  By Kevin Fogarty | 30 July, 2010 01:56

  More than halfway through what vendors and many analysts predicted would be the year virtual desktops would replace enormous numbers of the physical kind, sales of desktop virtualization products are growing at a rate "that looks about the same as in 2009," according to Ian Song, analyst for International Data Corp.

• Cloud Computing: How big is big data? IDC's answer

  By Bernard Golden | 08 May, 2010 00:37

  I came across a link to a new report from IDC called the "2010 Digital Universe Study".

Whitepapers about IDC

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  IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Print Services 2011 Hardcopy Vendor Analysis

  This IDC study assesses 11 hardcopy vendors that are participating in the worldwide managed print services (MPS) market. Vendor selection included vendors with existing and developing MPS programs. This assessment discusses both quantitative and qualitative characteristics that explain success in this important market. Growth of print services will continue to escalate as companies of all sizes recognise the savings and efficiencies that can be realised under such programs, and vendors compete aggressively to expand market reach and gain share.

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  The Business Value of Large-Scale Server Consolidation