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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

• ACCC approves Voda-Hutch merger

  Following a three month investigation, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given the greenlight for the merger of Vodafone and Hutchinson to go ahead.

  By Tim Lohman | 01 June, 2009 10:23

  Tags: accc, Australian mobile market, hutchison, IDC, vha, Vodafone