Worldwide spending on AI to reach $110 billion in 2024
Global spending on artificial intelligence (AI) is forecast to double over the next four years, growing from $50.1 billion in 2020 to more than $110 billion in 2024. According to…
Telcos’ shift to multi-cloud models expected to drive alliances, competition among players
IDC believes that the telco cloud will develop in parallel with cloud hyperscalers, operations support systems or business support systems vendors, application providers, system integrators, open-source groups, and industry bodies.…
Worldwide public cloud services market totaled $233.4B in 2019
The worldwide public cloud services market, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS), grew 26.0% year over year in 2019…
Technology changes during COVID-19 permanently altered education sector
The latest IDC InfoBrief, “Reimagining the Future of Learning in the Digital Era,” presented in partnership with Lenovo reveals how the technological transformation of the education sector has accelerated during…
Global spending on security products, services to reach $125.2B in 2020
Worldwide spending on security products and services will see solid growth in 2020 as organizations invest in solutions to meet the needs of a much larger remote workforce and a…
IDC forecasts ‘strong’ 12.3% growth for AI market in 2020
A new forecast from the IDC (International Data Corporation) Worldwide Semiannual Artificial Intelligence Tracker shows worldwide revenues for the AI (artificial intelligence) market including software, hardware, and services, are expected…
Huawei tops 2Q20 smartphone sales despite ‘largest-ever’ market decline
Based on the preliminary data from IDC (International Data Corp.) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Chinese brand Huawei reach the No. 1 position in the smartphone shipment with 55.8 million…
Traditional PC shipments continue to grow amid global economic slowdown
The second quarter of 2020 (2Q20) ended well for the traditional PC market, comprised of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, with global shipments growing 11.2% year over year reaching a total…
Cloud IT infrastructure spending grew 2.2% in Q1 2020
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,…
Innovation, employee efficiency, improved CX drive AI-cloud adoption
The latest survey by the International Data Corp. (IDC) identified that one of the drivers for AI (artificial intelligence) is improved customer experience (CX). This is the response from more…
Global smartphone shipments forecast drops 11.9% in 2020, largest in YoY history in 1Q20
According to the latest data of International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the once rosy future of smartphones turns bleak as it is forecast to decline 11.9%…
PC shipments to decline 12.4% in 2020 after a brief spike during lockdowns
As countries around the world continue to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, International Data Corp. (IDC) expects the global economy to face challenges as consumers and businesses cope with financial…
Digital transformation spending continues at solid pace despite COVID-19
A new update to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide shows that spending on the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organizations will continue…
COVID-19 will have limited impact on global telco services, pay-TV spending in 2020
Worldwide spending on telecommunications and pay-TV services will reach nearly $1.6 trillion in 2020, a decrease of 0.8% compared to 2019, according to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual…
Data creation, consumption to reach 59 zettabytes this year
Information on the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 may largely contribute to the surge in content creation and information consumption over the internet. With this development and other factors, market…
IDC: Overall semiconductor market expected to decline 4.2% in 2020
Ahead of the COVID-19 virus, worldwide semiconductor revenue declined 12.2% in 2019 to $418 billion, according to the latest update of the IDC Semiconductor Applications Forecaster (SAF). The global economy…
IDC lowers IT spending forecast to decline 5.1% in 2020
Worldwide IT spending is now expected to decline 5.1% in constant currency terms this year to $2.25 trillion, as the economic impact of the COVD-19 pandemic continues to drive down…
Worldwide tablet shipments continue to decline in Q120
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic furthered the decline of the worldwide tablet market as global shipments fell to 24.6 million units, down 18.2% year over year during the first quarter of…
IDC: Drop in IT spending in nearly every industry in 2020 due to COVID-19
International Data Corp. (IDC) currently forecasts worldwide IT spending to decline 2.7% this year due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While every industry will be affected by…
New IDC COVID-19 Tech Index points toward declines in IT spending
A new index of leading indicators for IT spending launched recently by the International Data Corp. (IDC) supports recent forecasts that point toward declines in overall tech spending in 2020,…
IDC: Traditional PC shipments saw sharp decline in Q120
The increase in the number of employees working from home due to government-sanctioned lockdowns should have helped spike PC shipments. However, recent figures from market research firm International Data Corp.…
IDC: Worldwide IT spending to decline by 2.7% in 2020
While technology proved crucial in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Data Corp. (IDC) expects worldwide IT spending to decline by 2.7% in constant currency terms this year. The…
IDC: Cloud IT infrastructure spending grew 12.4% in 4Q19
According to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, total end-user spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including…
IDC: Updated global IT spending forecast lowers growth outlook
The escalating coronavirus crisis is already impacting IT markets as buyers and vendors adjust to a new set of assumptions and a new global economic reality. Based on data indicators…
IDC: Worldwide PC shipments to decline 9.0% in 2020
With 2019 in the rearview mirror and the emergence of the COVID-19 virus, International Data Corp. (IDC) has lowered its forecast for personal computing devices (PCDs), inclusive of desktops, notebooks,…
IDC: China’s ICT market faces challenges, opportunities amid COVID-19 outbreak
Industry analyst International Data Corp. (IDC) forecasts that the COVID-19 outbreak will bring five major changes in China’s macro environment: intelligentization and modernization of governmental operations, decentralization of city clusters…
IDC predicts companies will adopt enterprise-wide innovations in 2020
IDC has published the Asia/Pacific contextualized worldwide services predictions for 2020 and beyond titled “IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Services 2020 Predictions – Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) Implications.” As organizational digital transformation…
IDC: Worldwide gaming PCs, monitor shipments to reach 44M in 2019
Global shipments of gaming desktop and notebook PCs reached 10 million units in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19), an increase of 10.1% year over year. Shipments of gaming monitors…
IDC releases 2020 worldwide digital transformation predictions
Industry research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) recently released “IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Digital Transformation 2020 Predictions,” which underscores critical business drivers accelerating digital transformation (DX) initiatives. At a web conference,…
IDC: Gaming PCs, monitors post double-digit Growth in Q219
Global shipments of gaming desktops, notebooks, and monitors reached 10.4 million units in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19), up 16.5% year over year, according to the International Data Corp.…