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Are we losing the security war?
Comment I had missed my annual pilgrimage to the great security bazaar at London's Olympia because I had been speaking at the IDC conference in Milan. Five years ago, hopes were high that cyber crime could be cracked. [29 Apr 2008]
Why must IT go green?
Comment Last year, analyst house IDC reported for every dollar spent on IT hardware, 50 cents are spent on powering them: in three years, energy will account for 75 per cent. It is about efficiency, says Stewart Baines. [03 Dec 2007]
Editor's Blog: CIO central
Comment I take my hat off to people such as Gartner and IDC whose CIO events attract hundreds, though of course they don't have the media channel to report on what happens, nor would they always want to. On Monday we held our fifth silicon.com CIO Forum... [17 Oct 2007]
The greening of IT: Why less is more
Comment IDC estimates that for ever dollar spent on IT hardware, 50 cents are spent on energy, and by 2010 the total power and cooling bill for US data centres per year could reach $50bn. 'Green IT' has become the buzzword du jour but so far the industry's... [13 Aug 2007]
3GSM Diary, day 3: Speed and a GSM wristwatch
Comment But according to IDC research director Lars Vestergaard, it's not just telecoms suppliers after the next big thing - three out of four companies looking into deploying mobile email are also asking what else? [14 Feb 2007]
Is the 'dumb blonde' phone here to stay?
Comment Andrew Brown, IDC's European mobile devices programme manager, said the operators and manufacturers have played their part in the dumbing down. IDC's Brown says: "Broadly speaking, there's a wide range of 'pieces of toast'. [07 Aug 2006]
Analysis: Security, compliance and CRM in one
Comment Market analyst IDC predicts that spending on ID management and access systems will rise to $950m by 2009, from $550m in 2005. Identity management promises to secure corporate data, ease compliance and support customers. [15 May 2006]
Radioactive: Bluetooth - survival of the fastest
Comment Analysts IDC estimate 13 per cent of mobile handsets sold in 2004 incorporated Bluetooth and that figure looks set to increase in 2005. Bluetooth continues to silence critics with its longevity - and now plans to merge with rival standard... [09 May 2005]
Leader: Dell wants blade runners
Leader The blade market is still relatively small - 2 per cent of server spending, though around 5 per cent of server shipments now in Europe, according to IDC figures - but growing in importance. A lot of users still don't consider Dell an enterprise... [16 Nov 2004]
Can India remain the offshore big shot?
Comment When it comes to other potential offshore locations, Vladimir Kroa, programme manager of IT and business services at IDC, points to the growth of countries such as Latvia, Slovakia and even the Ukraine. [13 Oct 2004]
Leader: SMEs no Holy Grail
Leader In fact, more than half of SMEs are unlikely to invest in IT over the next 12 months, according to a research report released yesterday from IDC. Over the past couple of years, there's been plenty of talk about the promise of the small to mid-sized... [13 Oct 2004]
Investors want answers from Microsoft
Comment Sherlund noted that Microsoft based its expectations on 10 per cent PC growth, while Gartner and IDC reported that growth was 13 per cent to 15 per cent for the quarter ended in June. With the cash question settled, investors will be looking... [22 Jul 2004]
Mobile collaboration going nowhere - for now
Comment Research commissioned by communications services firm Bailey Telecom from IDC bears this out.per cent of respondents were reluctant to use Wi-Fi hotspots, although they cited security as the top concern. [14 Jun 2004]
Inside offshoring: Which country and partner to choose?
Comment That compares to the US, where IDC figures put spend on offshore services by US companies at $16.3bn last year, rising to $46bn by 2007. Articles and commentary on IT offshoring and BPO in India and elsewhere will be appearing on silicon.com over... [11 Jun 2004]
Leader: Sorry, but security's expensive
Leader A recent report from IDC shows that in 2003, companies spent an average of $43bn on security, about the same amount as on printers and other peripherals. By now, we all know what a big concern security is for computer users, right? [28 Apr 2004]
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