International Data Corporation (IDC) stories - Page 22

COVID-19 dampens IT infrastructure spending in 2020, with server revenues projected to drop by 3.4% and ESS by 5.5%, says IDC report.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the IT economy hard and IDC says that pessimistic scenarios are now playing out – and may get worse.

Manufacturing disruption, closed borders, remote working and learning, economic downturn - it might pay to get that purchase in now.

Four New Zealand projects, including two from Christchurch City Council, have been named finalists in IDC's prestigious Asia Pacific Smart Cities Awards.

AR and VR headsets will see shipments decline in the near term due to COVID-19, but the long-term outlook is positive, according to IDC.

IDC report analyses a range of factors that will affect the semiconductor market this year and presents the most likely scenario.

Nutanix enhances its platform with Nutanix Objects 2.0, adding features for big data workloads, including multi-cluster support and increased storage capacity.

After AWS and Azure, Alibaba Cloud is the third biggest public cloud provider in the market and is showing no sign of slowing down.

Depending on how the economic factors around COVID-19 play out, a pessimistic scenario would see spending growth nowhere near the 4.3% expected.

The long list of ICT markets that are being disrupted by the virus' effect on manufacturing includes desktops, laptops, workstations and tablets.

Named as one of the leading service providers in the recently released IDC Perspective: Six Capabilities from Leading RPA Service Providers.

The disruption to the manufacturing centres in China will cause a huge dip in the growth of the global smartphone market for 2020.

COVID-19 disrupts China's economy but opens doors for ICT vendors with opportunities in digital platforms, healthcare, and contactless services, IDC reports.

Building relationships and partnerships with IoT vendors is top priority for New Zealand's large enterprises, says IDC.

IT spending to increase in 2020, but PC sales and Coronavirus disruption will impact overall growth, says IDC Black Books.

As the IoT tech expands, virtual simulations of physical environments are becoming an increasingly critical piece of an enterprise digital strategy.

Global shipments of used smartphones are expected to reach 206.7 million units in 2019, a 17.6% increase from last year, according to IDC.

According to IDC New Zealand, outsourcing analytics is enabling organisations of all sizes to access critical business insights, levelling the playing field.

Delivers intelligent feed and personalised workflows within Citrix Workspace to cut digital noise and streamline employees day-to-day.

Tableau/IDC's data readiness index reveals leading data ready firms in Asia Pacific outperform laggards by 90%.