International Data Corporation (IDC) stories - Page 32

Despite global shipment numbers dropping by more than a third, the market outlook is still positive an IDC Tracker report shows.

While VR headset shipments have fallen 33.7% since last year, IDC says there is set to be a u-turn as the commercial sector gains traction.

Apple's share of the market continues to grow along with Chinese competitors Xiaomi and Huawei. Fitbit still in decline.

IDC says the telco industry is scrambling to convert entire data centres from vertically integrated stacks to software-defined infrastructure.

A new report shows the shift to software-defined infrastructure will lead the telco compute and storage infrastructure market to over US$16b by 2022.

An inaugural report on composable/disaggregated infrastructure from IDC shows that it will go from US$300m to $3.4b in next five years.

2-in-1s, ultra-slim notebooks and gaming PCs will keep market value growing, despite dropping sales numbers, says IDC.

For the first half of the year, shipments are up 3.5% while revenue is up over 5% compared to the first half of 2017.

The new network functions virtualisation infrastructure category is under carrier network infrastructure and looks to be a high growth area.

Only with resilient operations can businesses mitigate the risk of downtime and focus on projects that drive transformation.

Digital transformation is driving more and more service providers to the managed services model, with 1/3rd expecting a major model shift by 2020.

Dell'Oro Group and IDC have both released reports forecasting the future of the SD-WAN market, which is very bright indeed.

APJ gears up for AI & IoT revolution, with 70% of firms set to adopt in 5 years, leading global tech investment.

Big data and business analytics remains a massive area of growth worldwide and shows no sign of slowing down in the near future.

The SD-WAN infrastructure market is set to hit USD $4.5 billion by 2022, with a remarkable 40.4% CAG, according to two new IDC reports.

The proprietary MSS platform connects with its threat intelligence database to protect organizations and ensure service delivery consistency.

Trustwave has been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific Managed Security Services 2018 report, moving up from the major player category.

Global spending on 3D printing will hit USD $23 billion in 2022, driven by growing demand from new industries, predicts IDC's latest report.

Slate tablets accounted for the majority of the market with 28.4 million units, down 14.5% from the previous year.

Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) spending on blockchain solutions to reach US$2.1 billion in 2022, according to the latest IDC report.