Conflicts, disasters could hurt PC shipments in Q2
The natural disasters in Japan and political tension in the Middle East could hurt PC shipments during the second quarter this year, an IDC analyst said on Wednesday.
The natural disasters in Japan and political tension in the Middle East could hurt PC shipments during the second quarter this year, an IDC analyst said on Wednesday.
Outsourcing ICT should be embraced, not shunned, as businesses prepare for the impact of rapidly changing technology, according to Telstra CTO, Dr Hugh Bradlow.
Plans to step up its indirect business as it spots opportunities for partners to manage open source demand
Our colleagues over at IDC caused some chuckles to break out across the tech world when they predicted that Microsoft's Windows phones will beat the iPhone in market share by 2015. Impossible! Absurd! seemed to be the default responses.
A convergence of historical circumstance and an increase in innovative mobile applications may make Africa the first post-PC continent.
The Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake, that severely affected north-eastern Japan on March 11, will impact ICT markets in Australia and New Zealand from mid-Q211, according to IDC.
The early days of Windows Phone 7 have been all about positive reviews, not much market share, and a botched update that caused some phones to stop working.
During the past three to five years, when most companies began rolling out virtual servers in earnest as replacements for physical servers, acceptance has grown so quickly among both end users and IT staffs that more than half of all companies now deploy new applications on virtual servers by preference, rather than physical ones, according to a December study from IDC.
Microsoft is recognizing enterprise realities with its new accommodations for rivals' smartphones in an upcoming version of System Center Configuration Manager, an industry analyst said on Thursday.
A rapid uptick in investment and analyst interest in the datacentre market across A/NZ shows no signs of abating, as concerns over power costs spiral and existing architecture becomes obsolete.
Asustek Computer said it would start selling<strong> </strong>its first tablet PCs with the speedy Android 3.0 operating system this week, spicing it up with USB ports and options for a detachable keyboard that doubles as a spare battery.
Once Firefox 4 is out the door next week, Mozilla will likely shift to a faster development cycle for its browser, one that resembles the way Google rolls out a constant line of updates for Chrome.
Analyst: Testing year ahead for PCs
IT recruitment specialist, Candle, has targeted IT professionals looking for jobs with the launch of a new mobile smartphone website (www.candle.com.au).
If its proposed acquisition of Hitachi GST is successful, Western Digital will immediately gain status in the hard disk drive (HDD) enterprise market, where it has been striving to grow for the past couple of years.