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Work-from-home arrangements and lockdowns drove the exponential growth of the gaming PC and monitor market in 2020, according to the latest International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Gaming Tracker. Shipments…
Driven by home automation products and ambient computing, the International Data Corp. (IDC) predicts that smart home devices will reach 801.5 million units in 2020, which is an increase of…
Consumers reallocated their disposable income from the usual essentials to leisure activities during the pandemic. This, according to the new data from the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable…
Despite many regions beginning their reopening process from COVID-19, PC demand across the globe remains strong and in some cases at record levels exiting 2020. The largest drivers of demand…
According to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 13.9% year over year in the first quarter of 2021 and 5.5%…
A new forecast from International Data Corp. (IDC) shows that the continued adoption of cloud computing could prevent the emission of more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide…
The pandemic did not deter the growth of the smartphone market in the Philippines posting a 6% year-end growth with Oppo taking the lead and followed by realme and Vivo,…
Worldwide revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, are forecast to grow 16.4% year over year in 2021 to $327.5 billion, according to the latest…
The recent release of the IDC Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide forecasts Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) to grow rapidly at…
The worldwide smartphone market continued to improve in the holiday quarter of 2020 (4Q20) returning to familiar ground with 4.3% year-over-year (YoY) growth. According to preliminary data from the International…
The recent release of the International Data Corp (IDC) Worldwide Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide forecasts revenues for Big Data and Analytics (BDA) solutions to reach $22.6 billion in…
According to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments,…
With the COVID-19 pandemic not showing signs of letting up, the work-from-home setup and hybrid workers push the personal computer sales to further growth. This is according to the latest…
International Data Corp. (IDC) expects worldwide shipments of used smartphones, inclusive of both officially refurbished and used smartphones, to reach a total of 225.4 million units in 2020. This represents…
The joint study conducted jointly by Microsoft and the International Data Corp. found the COVID-19 pandemic changing the perspective of businesses in the Asia Pacific (APAC). In the Philippines, 88%…
The spending on artificial intelligence (AI) by the financial services sector in the Asia Pacific (APAC) is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.1% in…
According to the new data from International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, the global wearables market grew 35.1% year over year (YoY) during the third quarter of…
Following a stronger than expected third quarter (3Q20), the global smartphone market is expected to return to growth during the holiday quarter this year. According to the International Data Corp.…
Having “adjusted” to the shakeup the COVID-19 has brought the world, organizations have shifted to recovery mode realigning investments and budget allocations. In the latest predictions released by industry analyst…
International Data Corp. (IDC) has announced its worldwide information technology (IT) industry predictions for 2021 and beyond. The predictions were published in a new IDC FutureScape report and presented in…
The worldwide smartphone market showed signs of improvement in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) with shipments declining just 1.3% year over year, according to preliminary data from the International…
As the global pandemic rages on and many countries around the world enter the second wave of COVID-19 infections, continuity of business and online schooling remain at the forefront of…
Cloud services platforms AWS (Amazon Web Services), Oracle, and Google are identified (in alphabetical order) as “Leaders” of the cloud data analytics platform providers in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region,…
Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services will reach $1.55 trillion in 2020, a decrease of 1.4% year over year, according to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual…
As the world continues to deal with the pandemic, the market for virtual reality (VR) headsets is expected to decline 6.7% in 2020 before returning to double-digit growth of 46.2%…
The prolonged pandemic puts the resilience of nations and cities around the world, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to the test. In these unprecedented times, governments are…
According to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market grew 19.8% year over year to $24 billion during the second quarter…
In the latest data of “International Data Corp. (IDC) Quarterly Ethernet Switch Tracker and IDC Quarterly Router Tracker,” the ethernet switch market experienced a decrease of 6.3% year over year…
The first half of 2020 has seen a resurgence in the PC and tablet markets and demand continues to outpace supply. The demand is largely being driven by work from…
The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to decline 9.5% year over year (YoY) in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units, according to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly…