Australian PC market in the red but netbooks up
The Australian PC market suffered a three per cent drop in Q1, 2009 but is already on track to resume growth, according to analyst firm, IDC.
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IDC: Wireless demand at risk without backhaul update
Mobile carriers need to get their collective act together with backhaul equipment if they are to keep up with increasing wireless demands, according to IDC.
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IT shops borrow money, lease in droves as recession strains budgets
IT shops are seeking loans and lease agreements in rapidly increasing numbers as they struggle through a recession. The worldwide market for IT financing and leasing is set to exceed US$100 billion in calendar year 2009.
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IDC: Recession driving down storage spending
Hard times are driving large enterprises to patch holes in their storage architectures with systems designed for small and medium-sized businesses, one reason enterprise disk storage revenue fell 18.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to research company IDC.
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Australian server market goes kaput
The Australian server market has gone to “hell in a hand basket” in the first quarter of the year, according to IDC.
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IDC: IT outsourcing market to grow by $1.6 billion to 2013
The dour economy is forcing companies to consider offshore IT outsourcing in a bid to cut costs and optimise headcounts, according to analyst firm, IDC.
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EMC tells partners to ‘innovate or die’ within 36 months
EMC has told partners they must make a decision on cloud computing within 36 months to stay relevant to customers.
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Server revenue declined sharply in Q1, IDC says
A precipitous fall in worldwide server shipments triggered a sharp decline in revenue for server makers during the first quarter of 2009, IDC said in a survey released on Thursday.
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SATA 3.0 spec cleared, doubles drive data speed
The Serial ATA International Organization today released the SATA Revision 3.0 specification, which doubles data transfer speeds from 3Gbit/sec. to 6Gbit/sec.
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Partners welcome vSphere 4 capabilities for the cloud
VMware’s vSphere platform has been lauded by several partners and the industry as addressing key virtualisation technology issues while driving cloud computing take-up.
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Analysts: Smartphones the saving grace for Australia's mobile phone market
Sales of mobile phones across the globe will take a blow this year, but Australia is sheltered by a strong smartphone uptake, according to analysts.
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Asia-Pacific managed print services market to grow
The managed print services market in Asia Pacific is forecast to grow at a compound CAGR of 15.5 percent from US$419.9 million in 2008 to US$863.4 million in 2013, said IDC recently.
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Budget: IDC sees incidental benefits for ICT
The 2009/10 Federal Budget hasn't been designed with ICT in mind, according to IDC research manager for IT spending, Jean-Marc Annonier.
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Handset shipments down 11% in first quarter: report
Although an 11 percent drop in handset shipments can't be considered good news, device manufacturers can at least take solace that things weren't worse, according to a new report from ABI Research.
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Citrix NetScaler Web 2.0 Push cuts datacentre cost
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Citrix Systems Inc. has added new technology to its NetScaler Web application delivery appliance designed to alleviate Web servers of the burden placed on them by resource-hungry Web 2.0 applications.
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