International Data Corporation (IDC) stories - Page 52

Mobile payments are poised for explosive growth in Asia Pacific, driven by a high number of initiatives and diverse mCommerce maturity levels.

Datacom, the privately-held IT services firm, surpassed Spark New Zealand as the country's biggest information technology services provider.

Fortinet has shipped more security appliances each year than any other vendor since 2013, and more than two-million since its inception in 2000.

Certified mobile workstations continue to show strong growth, while the desktop workstations market continues to decline, according to IDC.

Apple has held its spot at the top in the global tablet market, despite a substantial decline in a market that has seen little innovation or updates.

Off-premises managed services is going to be the 'land of opportunity' for the next 12-24 months, according to IDC New Zealand.

APAC CIOs herald software-defined tech as the future for competitive agility, IDC reveals digital transformation key.

There is an increasing demand for software-defined technologies in the APAC region as the need for innovation grows, says IDC.

The number of new cloud-based solutions will triple in the next four to five years, according to new predictions from IDC.

There's good news on the way for PC resellers according to IDC's latest PC market report, though for Apple resellers the good times are already here.

New IDC research, commissioned by Microsoft, shows 'tremendous demand' for resellers even as customers move to the cloud.

Intel's 2015 second quarter profit fell 3.2% as a result of the slump in PC sales that is impacting the majority of the chip sector.

The printing, scanning and document management landscape is changing due to the rise of smartphones and tablets, says IDC.

Organisations across NZ and Australia will struggle to realise business value of key data assets without a holistic data management strategy in place.

The good news for resellers dealing in servers, storage and Ethernet switches for cloud IT infrastructure continues.

Infrastructure related to cloud IT is proving a hot seller, with vendor revenue jumping 25.1% year on year in the first quarter of 2015.

The video conferencing equipment market experienced a decrease in revenue in 1Q15 but is expected to grow as video remains a high priority.

Apple's entrance into the wearable market is driving growth of 170%, with 72.1m devices to be shipped this year.

Demand for server-based storage and hyperscale infrastructure drives a 6.8% Increase in enterprise storage spending in the first quarter of 2015.

'Tepid' NZ PC market likely to gain a boost from Lenovo consumer launch, but year ahead will still be slow says IDC.