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Windows Phone Snatches Smartphone Third Spot, Says IDC

Android and iOS still dominate the smartphone world, but Microsoft's Windows Phone is gaining

11 years ago

IDC Reveals ‘Worst Ever’ PC Sales And Blames Windows 8

Sales of PCs are officially at their lowest ever level since records began, and the finger of blame is pointing…

11 years ago

Supercomputer Demand Drives HPC Server Growth

Record revenues in the high-performance computing market last year were fuelled by the purchase of supercomputers by businesses and countries…

11 years ago

Apple Exec Dismisses Android Ahead Of S4 Launch

Phil Schiller has derided Android and bigged up the iPhone, ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S4 launch

11 years ago

Cisco’s UCS Muscles Into Top 5 Server Ranking

Cisco has become a player in the server sector after muscling its way into contention against established vendors, say analysts

11 years ago

Record Number Of Tablet Shipments In Q4

Apple still leads the way but its market share is sliding

11 years ago

PC Slump Continues After Weak Windows 8 Impact

Windows 8 hasn't saved the PC market from tanking during the all important Christmas holiday sales season

11 years ago

Semiconductor Revenue To Improve In 2013, IDC Predicts

Worldwide revenues from semiconductor sales in 2013 will rise nearly 5 percent, IDC has forecasted

11 years ago

SDN Momentum Continues For Data Centres, IDC Reveals

Software-defined networking is gathering steam and will become a key data centre technology, says IDC

11 years ago

Tablet Forecast Raised Due To Android And iPad Mini

The sales forecast for the tablet form factor has been raised again thanks to the iPad Mini and Android devices

11 years ago

IDC Finds Slower Network Switch, Router Market In 3rd Quarter

Adoption of 10GbE technology grew in data centres, but this could not offset slow sales in the US, Western Europe…

11 years ago

Dell And Cisco See Server Growth

Dell saw its server revenues and shipments grow in the third quarter, while Cisco's UCS helped the company's shipments grow…

11 years ago

Windows Phone 8 Faces Tough Fight, Warns IDC

Microsoft is facing an uphill battle to win over converts to Windows Phone 8, warns analyst house IDC

11 years ago

Nokia Loses To RIM On Smartphone Sales

The Finnish company drops to the sixth place in the smartphone chart

12 years ago

HP Clings To PC Lead As Market Shrinks

IDC says the global PC market shrunk by 8.6 percent during the third quarter, as HP hangs on as the…

12 years ago

IDC Raises Tablet Forecast As Sales Surge

More bad news for PC makers after IDC substantially upped its sales forecast for tablet devices

12 years ago

Economic Woes Hit Video Conferencing Sales

Interest in video conferencing is still strong, but economic uncertainty and public-sector spending cuts have combined to drive revenues down,…

12 years ago

Cisco Remains Top Dog In Ethernet Switch Market

New research has revealed that Cisco remains the dominant player in the rapidly growing Ethernet switch market

12 years ago

Nokia Shipments Plummet But WP8 Offers Hope, IDC Says

IDC's smartphone shipment figures show a 40 percent decline for Nokia, which is still losing the point-of-sale battle in shops

12 years ago

PC Shipments Stall In Q2 As Users Delay Purchases

It has been a tough second quarter for PC makers as users delay their PC purchases amid economic uncertainties

12 years ago

Cisco Signs Up To Video Conferencing Interoperability Group

Cisco has become the latest video collaboration vendor to join the Open Visual Communications Consortium

12 years ago

Modest PC Growth Forecast For 2012 By IDC

IDC has predicted modest PC growth this year, with the arrival of Windows 8 and Ultrabooks aiding market share

12 years ago

IDC: Apple iPad To Increase Lead Over Rivals

The iPad 3's new features and lower prices on the iPad 2 will help Apple gain further tablet share over…

12 years ago

CRM Battle Escalates For Oracle, SAP, Salesforce

The fight for market share in the CRM sector is escalating, as the number of potential customers falls says IDC

12 years ago

BT Partners With Polycom For Cloud-Based Video Service

BT has opted to use Polycom’s video conferencing platform as the foundation for its video as a service offering

12 years ago

Cisco Ramps Up Video Conferencing Market Share

New IDC figures show that Cisco has grown its share of the enterprise video conferencing space

12 years ago

Microsoft: Windows XP Costs More Than An Upgrade

Microsoft is touting the savings to be had with Windows 7 - but admits XP still accounts for 42 percent…

12 years ago

Android, iOS Enjoy Total Domination Of Mobile Ecosystem

Android and iOS now enjoy total domination of the mobile ecosystem, as Symbian languishes at just 6.8 percent

12 years ago

BYOD Drives Impressive WLAN Growth, Says IDC

The burgeoning BYOD trend is triggering revenue growth in the global WLAN market, IDC figures reveal

12 years ago

Natural Disasters Contribute To HDD Decline In 2011

IDC figures confirm that natural disasters in both Thailand and Japan impacted the HDD industry in 2011

12 years ago