Posts Tagged ‘idc’

Expect spending on the “Internet of Things” to soar over the next three years, with the majority of that spending to occur in Asia and the Pacific. That is the forecast from market researcher International Data Corp., which has announced the findings of its most recent Internet of Things Spending Guide. By 2019, IDC says, […]

Here at Perficient, there is some debate on whether Digital Transformation is a trend with a short life or whether it has a much longer life.  I believe it’s the latter.  The term may change but the root causes of the digital economy will not change.  That’s what makes this IDC Report on the Emergence […]

Digital strategy services firms can expect both their business and the demand for their skills to grow rapidly through the rest of this decade, according to IDC Research. The global market research and analysis company released its findings from a study that predicts digital-related consulting will be central to 80 percent of all business and […]

The decades-old conflict between PCs and Apple’s Macs softened a little more this week when IBM unveiled new services that further simplify integration of Macs into cloud-based enterprise environments. IBM and Apple have had a working relationship for years, but thanks to an expansion of IBM’s MobileFirst Managed Mobility Services portfolio, designed specifically to support […]

IDC released a new MaturityScape report intended to provide guidance to companies about how to thrive in our new digital economy.  They predict that by 2018 a third of the top twenty market share leaders in each industry will be disrupted by new competitors that use digital technologies to create new services and business models. […]

Microsoft has an interesting set of research they published for their partners on Successful Cloud Partners.  The respected research firm IDC created and published this information for Microsoft.  I’m not going to bore you with what it takes to be a successful partner.  I do want to highlight a couple stats on cloud growth.  Doubtless […]

While it’s no surprise to anyone that PC shipments are on the downturn, it appears to be a larger downturn than expected.  CRN has an article about the recent IDC study showing a 9.7% decrease in desktop and laptop shipments worldwide.   The CRN article had a couple good quotes that I liked because they […]

It’s a few weeks old but IBM had a press release about being the worldwide market share leader for social platforms. What I would be interested to know is how IDC scopes social platforms.  Is it the social networking tools created by IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Jive, Telligent and others?  Does it include instant messaging?  Does […]