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Intel Atom Drives Record Quarter for Chip Shipments: IDC

November 9th, 2009 | No Comments

The mobile PC chip space, led by Intels Atom processor, fueled a record for shipments in the third quarter, with a 23 percent jump over the second quarter, according to IDC. The strong quarter was enough to convince IDC to increase its forecast for the year, to more than 300 million units being shipped. However, IDC analysts cautioned that a lot of the growth came from Atom purchases in China, which could slow the momentum if China decides it cant keep buying such high numbers of chips.
– Microprocessor shipments surged in the third quarter driven in large
part by mobile PCs which bodes well for the market going into 2010,
according to analysts with IDC.
In a report Nov. 9, IDC said that PC processor units jumped 23
percent compared to the previous quarter about double the normal…

IT Jobs Will Expand Globally by Nearly 6 Million in 4 Years

October 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Despite revised projections for 2009, IT spending will grow significantly by 2013, says IDC. Emerging software and cloud computing will help increase new business growth. The effect of new companies and revenues equates to a surge in new IT jobs worldwide.
– By 2013, jobs in information technology will expand by 5.8 million worldwide, according to a recent report by technology analyst firm IDC. The Framingham, Mass.-based firm expects that 75,000 new businesses will be created with an annual rate of job growth at 3 percent in that span, said a news rele…

Global Server Market Declines in Q2: IDC

September 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

The worldwide server market hit historic lows in the second quarter as the global economy continued to hammer the technology industry, according to analyst firm IDC. However, the aging of the server population and the introduction of new server processors from Intel and AMD promise an upswing in sales and revenue for the second half of 2009 and into 2010, the analysts said.
– The global recession continued to batter the worldwide global market in the second quarter, but IDC analysts expect sales to pick up in the coming quarters.
In numbers released Sept. 2, IDC found that second-quarter global server revenues declined 30 percent to $9.8 billion over the same period in …

Intel, AMD Watch x86 Chip Shipments Jump 10% in Q2

August 6th, 2009 | No Comments

IDC reports x86 processor shipments increased 10 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the previous quarter. Intel again dominated AMD in terms of market share, watching as its Atom processor shipments increased. However, IDC finds that demand for PCs has not returned yet.
– The good news for Intel, Advanced
Micro Devices and the rest of the x86 processor market is that chip
shipments increased 10 percent between the first quarter and the second quarter
of 2009.
However, IDC’s Aug. 6 report on the x86
chip market found that consumer and business demand for new PCs …

Report: Recession, Enterprise Acceptance Spur Open Source

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

According to a recent IDC study, the market for open source software has been accelerated by both the slow economy and increased acceptance from enterprise customers.
– According to a recent IDC study, the market for open source software has been accelerated by both the slow economy and increased acceptance from enterprise customers.
The IDC study, quot;Worldwide Open Source Software 2009-2013 Forecast, quot; showed that worldwide revenue from open source softwa…

Report: Recession, Enterprise Acceptance Spur Open Source

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

According to a recent IDC study, the market for open-source software has been accelerated by both the slow economy and increased acceptance from enterprise customers.
– According to a recent IDC study, the
market for open-source software has been accelerated by both the slow economy
and increased acceptance from enterprise customers.
The IDC study, quot;Worldwide Open
Source Software 2009-2013 Forecast, quot; showed that worldwide revenue
from open-source so…

Apple`s Lack of a Netbook Slowing Sales, Reports Indicate

July 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Apple competitors HP, Dell and Acer pull away from Apple as a down economy makes netbooks smaller, less expensive notebooks more attractive to consumers. Apple has repeatedly stated it has no interest in the netbook market.
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Reports from research firms Gartner and IDC show
Apple, the company whose products are synonymous with style and
substance at a price lagging behind its less sophisticated, but far less expensive,
competitors Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Toshiba. This weeks report from IDC
projected…