International Data Corporation (IDC) stories - Page 34

Despite a poor start to 2018, IDC anticipates the overall market will return to growth over the remainder of the year.

The worldwide wearables market is forecast to ship 124.9 million units by the end of 2018, up 8.2% from the prior year.

HPE has released a new on-premises consumption solution and an academy for partners to improve their marketing.

The findings come from the Analyst's worldwide IoT spending guide, which forecasts IoT spending for 14 technologies across 20 vertical industries.

With data growing at an estimated 40% annually for the foreseeable future, it's time to look at options for affordable, scalable SD storage solutions.

IDC says worldwide spending on industry cloud is undertaking a huge surge this year, led by healthcare providers but with growth in all other sectors.

The manufacturing industries will account for 30% of this digital transformation spending as they invest in industrial smart technologies.

These service providers supposedly demonstrated a strong regional network presence and leadership in software-defined technologies.

Enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) across the globe have continued to rise during Q1 2018, continuing a steady growth rate from 2017.

Unified threat management propels global security appliance market to new heights with USD $3.3 billion in Q1 2018 revenue, led by Cisco and Palo Alto.

The worldwide Ethernet switch market surged to USD $6.29 billion in Q1 2018, growing 10.9%, with Asia/Pacific leading the rise.

Wearable device shipments grew by only 1.2% in Q1 2018 as declines in basic wearables offset gains in smart wearables from brands like Apple and Fitbit.

The global smartphone market declined in 2017 and IDC expects it to do the same this year before a resurgence of opportunities next year.

Despite the bleak forecast, IDC assures there are actually several pockets of opportunities and growth like gaming & ultraslim notebooks.

AR/VR products and services which have gained exceptional market momentum in 2018 and are expected to achieve a five-year CAGR of 68.5%.

IDC reports IT services market growth to $502bn in 2H17, nears $1tn in full year, driven by digital transformation.

Worldwide spending on telecommunications services and pay TV services reached $1.6 billion in 2017, an increase of 1.4% year over year.

Dell has launched new hyperconverged infrastructure advancements, including the Dell EMC VxRail Appliances and VxRack SDDC Systems.

While the market for slate tablets continues to struggle, the detachables market is starting to flourish - something the top vendors are exploiting.

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