While an analyst firm is reporting that global semiconductor revenue has dipped 3% this year, the market is expected rebound in 2013. Gartner Inc. reported this morning that worldwide chip revenue will hit $298 billion this year, a 3% ...
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This year will see over a quarter of a trillion dollars spent on IT outsourcing globally, but Western European organisations are holding back investments in the uncertain economy, according to the latest research from Gartner. The analyst ...
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) recent storm-related outage, which left Web sites including Netflix, Pinterest, and Instagram inaccessible, is just the latest in a string of costly cloud failures. Since 2007, a total of 568 hours of downtime at ...
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Chinese analyst firm, Research in China, warns the nation's LED industry may not live up to expectations LED manufacturers saw substantial price declines in 2011, and can expect much of the same until 2014, reports China-based business ...
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According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, shipments of wireless M2M modules for security applications in EU27+2 is forecasted to grow from 2.9 million in 2011 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 47.1 ...
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Optical communications and laser component,module and subsystem maker Oclaro Inc of San Jose,CA,USA has announced a second-generation 100G CFP(Centum Gbit/s form-factor pluggable)transceiver and first-generation CFP2 100G transceiver for ...
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More companies are looking to embrace Unified Communications (UC) tools in 2013 to enable increased mobility for efficiency, and retaining and attracting top talent, a survey by hands-free communications vendor, Jabra and analyst firm, ...
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LONDON -- Cloud computing may have become the “phrase du jour” for the IT industry but the vastly overused term still means different things to different people. Here are a few cloud computing definitions from IT pros, ...
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IT giant Oracle has posted a modest increase in sales of 3%to$9.1bn(£5.6bn)for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2013,compared with the same quarter the year before. New software licenses and cloud software subscriptions ...
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On the technology front, CIOs in Asia are prioritising business intelligence and analytics, mobile technologies and cloud computing, according to a survey conducted by analyst firm Gartner. The research firm stated that for the most part, ...
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The PaaS (platform as a service) market will grow to US$1.2 billion this year, up from last year’s $900 million take, as vendors and customers seek easier ways to create new applications and customise existing ones, according to ...
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The technique of using deception and manipulation to gain sufficient knowledge to dupe an unwary individual, employee or company into revealing personal information has the potential to be one of the biggest security threats in 2013 ...
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The global market for business analytics software grew roughly 14% in 2011, fueled by pervasive hype about "big data" as well as new technological innovations, according to a report unveiled by analyst firm IDC on Wednesday. Between now ...
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“Licensing provides a route for retailers to both differentiate themselves from their competition and to reinvigorate product categories,” says Jessica Blue, event director of Brand Licensing Europe. “Licensing is becoming ...
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An industry analyst firm downgraded its 2012 forecast for the global semiconductor market based on slumping economic conditions and chip revenue. The worldwide chip market, which had been expected to grow by less than 3% for the year, is ...
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