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Article | 13/03/2013 IDC: Big Data hype still here, but maturity beckons
Few tech industry buzzwords have gotten as vigorous a workout as "Big Data," but while the hype remains plentiful, it is starting to give way to real-...
Article | 12/03/2013 iOS will surrender top tablet spot to Android in 2013, says IDC
Aggressive sales of smaller tablets triggered a revised tablet sales forecast today by IDC, which upped its projections by 11 per cent for 2013 and sa...
Article | 4/03/2013 IDC: PC shipments to decrease in 2013
Worldwide PC shipments dropped in 2012 on an annual basis for the first time in more than a decade and that is expected to continue this year, researc...
Article | 28/02/2013 Internal document suggests SAP's goal of simplifying licensing will be a tall order
SAP customers have made it no secret they believe the vendor's software licensing and pricing is far too complex, and a top company leader recently ma...
Article | 28/02/2013 Cisco joins top 5 server vendors for the first time, IDC says
Cisco Systems has entered the list of the top 5 server vendors for the first time, drawing level with Fujitsu and Oracle in a tie for fourth place, ac...
Article | 21/02/2013 Is Apple iPhone the world's best selling smartphone? Researchers disagree
Is Apple the winner in the smartphone race or has Samsung left it for dust? Various market research companies have revealed data for the final quarter...
Article | 13/02/2013 Can a 'nifty' iWatch from Apple catch on?
A watch that doubles as a computer and two-way radio has been a technology vision since at least the 1950s. But if recent reports that Apple's interes...
Article | 11/02/2013 BlackBerry delivers, but the Z10 and Q10 face stiff competition
The newly rechristened BlackBerry delivered on its promise to breathe new life into an aging, iconic product line, but it still faces an uphill battle...
Article | 31/01/2013 High Surface RT returns could point to deeper problems for Windows RT
Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has a sales problem, according to new analyst estimates. Despite the almost omnipresent Surface RT advertising blitz tha...
Article | 1/02/2013 Apple, Samsung led tablet market in Q4, Microsoft not in top five
Apple and Samsung Electronics led the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2012, but new entrant Microsoft did not make it to the top five with its ...
Article | 14/01/2013 Samsung boasts 100 million Galaxy S smartphone sales
Sales of Samsung's two Galaxy S smartphones have topped 100 million since the first version sold in May 2010, the company reported via its Flickr page...
Article | 11/01/2013 Wall Street Beat: PCs flag as smartphones provide sparks
Vendor earnings, market research reports and the International CES in Las Vegas this week highlighted the hardware arena, which appears to be a tale o...
Article | 10/01/2013 Windows 8 fails to lift the PC market in Q4
Microsoft's Windows 8 OS failed to provide a spark to PC sales during last year's fourth quarter, with worldwide unit shipments falling by 6.4 percent...
Article | 4/01/2013 Wall Street Beat: 2013 IT spending forecasts look upbeat
As the economy improves and at least some of the concerns about the so-called U.S. "fiscal cliff" are resolved, desire for new mobile, analytics and s...
Article | 10/12/2012 Microsoft may not want smashing Surface RT tablet sales
The reported slow early sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has raised a question among IT analysts -- does Microsoft truly want to produce boffo s...