Stories about: IDC

Having coined the phrase "the network is the computer" more than a decade ago Sun Microsystems could expect to be leading the march towards cloud computing, but in some ways it is still at the start line.

Despite the IT spending cutbacks brought on by the global recession, the gloomy economy will actually accelerate the adoption of transformative technologies, according to research firm IDC.

Danube Technologies is a small maker of software tools for Scrum and agile programmers. While Danube's technology and audience is cutting-edge, its licensing model is old school.

It's official: IT budgets, once so resilient in the face of three years of worsening economic news, aren't immune to the downturn after all.

Ericsson Australia and New Zealand will cull approximately 300 employees and contractors across the entire business over the next six months, it announced this week.

President-elect Barack Obama will soon outline an economic stimulus plan that likely will include billions of dollars for infrastructure projects, such as roads, bridges and new schools. Obama also is hearing calls for new funding to improve the information infrastructure and the virtual highways it runs on, and to broaden access to high-performance computing (HPC) systems.

Some used PCs are being purchased not for the hardware but because people want to get their hands on a copy of Windows XP, according to industry analysts and hardware suppliers.

Two industry watchers this week revised their estimates of worldwide semiconductor revenue this year, with one even predicting a year-over-year decline.

Novell Monday shipped GroupWise 8, adding interface and administrative upgrades to its messaging and calendaring platform.

The drumbeat of economic bad news louder in the IT industry last week, as Intel reduced its fourth-quarter revenue forecast by as much as 20 percent and Sun Microsystems announced plans to lay off up to 18 percent of its workforce.

Cisco's the king of network security, commanding almost a quarter share of the worldwide US$6.8 billion network security market, according to IDC. But can it hold the fort?