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  iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

  Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

  By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

  Tags: symbian, smartphones, mobile phones, Mobile and Wireless, IT industry, IDC, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

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  Tech guns for hire: 5 places to find skilled IT contractors

  Even for organizations with a stellar full-time IT staff, situations often arise where temporary outside help is needed. A big Web project might demand a few extra programmers to meet a tough deadline, for example, or a rollout of tools to support a sales force bent on capturing a broader market may require expertise not available in-house.

  By Logan Kugler | 22 May, 2012 20:08

  Tags: software, services, project management, outsourcing, IDC, applications

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  Android in enterprises 'severely limited' by weak management support from Google

  Adoption of Android tablets and smartphones in large businesses has been "severely limited" because of the complexities of managing the various Android models and versions, market research firm Gartner said in an evaluation of 20 mobile device management (MDM) software vendors released Friday.

  By Matt Hamblen | 19 May, 2012 02:25

  Tags: smartphones, security, Mobile OSes, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile and Wireless, mobile, IDC, Google, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

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  Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 on sale Sunday for $400

  Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is set to go on sale at retailers nationwide Sunday for $399.99, furthering the variety of tablet sizes from the vendor.

  By Matt Hamblen | 12 May, 2012 06:11

  Tags: twitter, Office Depot, Mobile OSes, Mobile and Wireless, mobile, IDC, hardware systems, hardware, Best Buy

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  IDC: Explosive growth expected for Hadoop, MapReduce-related revenues

  The market for software related to the Hadoop and MapReduce programming frameworks for large-scale data analysis will jump from $US77 million in 2011 to $US812.8 million in 2016, a compound annual growth rate of 60.2 per cent, according to a new report released by analyst firm IDC.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 08 May, 2012 05:33

  Tags: software, open source, middleware, IDC, data warehousing, business intelligence, applications

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  Defining 'big data' depends on who's doing the defining

  Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but what does it really mean? When does data become big?

  By Brandon Butler | 10 May, 2012 20:41

  Tags: IDC, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Big Data, Amazon Web Services

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  Analysis: Why Linux is a desktop flop

  It's free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than Windows.

  By Maria Korolov | 30 April, 2012 21:28

  Tags: Android, Configuration / maintenance, consumer electronics, Data Center, desktop, desktop pcs, Gartner, hardware systems, IDC, Linux, open source, operating systems, smartphones, software

• What's in the Tech Crystal Ball For 2011?

  Market research firm IDC makes a number of tech-related predictions near the end of every calendar year, but its prognostications for 2011 may well be among the company's most dramatic yet.

  By Katherine Noyes | 08 December, 2010 07:43

  Tags: cloud computing, consumer electronics, IDC, internet, productivity, social networks, tablet PC, tablets

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  Cloud Computing: How big is big data? IDC's answer

  I came across a link to a new report from IDC called the "2010 Digital Universe Study".

  By Bernard Golden | 08 May, 2010 00:37

  Tags: cloud computing, data, IDC, virtualisation

• 2010 tech forecasts: What the accurate analysts predict

  A venerable New Year's tradition in the tech world entails trotting out year-old predictions by analyst shops and laughing at their off-base prognostications. But here's a surprise: The two biggest analyst firms still standing -- Gartner and IDC -- did a pretty good job a year ago forecasting the shape of IT in 2009, as did the smaller Forrester Research and 451 Group.

  By Bill Snyder | 06 January, 2010 07:07

  Tags: Android, Apple, at&t, cloud computing, desktop virtualization, Gartner, Google, IDC, Nexus Phone, tablet PCs, The 451 Group

Whitepapers about IDC

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  The Business Value of Large-Scale Server Consolidation

  This paper examines the results of an IDC study of enterprise organizations that have deployed IBM Power Systems to achieve workload consolidation, improved uptime, and reduced operational costs. These systems are highly virtualized platforms that supported consolidation of workloads and provided near-term payback from the initial investment.