• Google accelerates Android browser updates with mobile Chrome

  Google's launch today of Chrome for Android may be a move to accelerate the pace of browser updates, an analyst said.

• Macs take on the enterprise

  Change can often be slow. It took many years for the Mac to begin to even threaten the PC in the enterprise. It is still a slow process, but Apple is making up ground on Microsoft.

• Apple snares top smartphone sales spot

  Apple has claimed titles as the world's and the US' top seller of smartphones in the last quarter, according to analysts.

• Symantec releases faster next-gen NetBackup, Backup Exec software

  Symantec on Monday unveiled new versions of its flagship NetBackup enterprise-class and Backup Exec midrange backup applications -- Backup Exec 2012 and NetBackup v7.5.

• Apple customers voice mixed reaction to reports of poor working conditions

  Amid renewed reports of poor working conditions at factories making Apple products in China, it's unclear whether customers will demand change.

• What's in the Tech Crystal Ball For 2011?

  Market research firm IDC makes a number of tech-related predictions near the end of every calendar year, but its prognostications for 2011 may well be among the company's most dramatic yet.

• Cloud Computing: How big is big data? IDC's answer

  I came across a link to a new report from IDC called the "2010 Digital Universe Study".

• 2010 tech forecasts: What the accurate analysts predict

  A venerable New Year's tradition in the tech world entails trotting out year-old predictions by analyst shops and laughing at their off-base prognostications. But here's a surprise: The two biggest analyst firms still standing -- Gartner and IDC -- did a pretty good job a year ago forecasting the shape of IT in 2009, as did the smaller Forrester Research and 451 Group.

• ACCC approves Voda-Hutch merger

  Following a three month investigation, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given the greenlight for the merger of Vodafone and Hutchinson to go ahead.

• Little for CIOs to Get Excited About in Federal Budget

  The federal government’s budget has drawn a mixed response from industry analysts and organisations

Whitepapers about IDC

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  The Business Value of Large-Scale Server Consolidation

  This paper examines the results of an IDC study of enterprise organizations that have deployed IBM Power Systems to achieve workload consolidation, improved uptime, and reduced operational costs. These systems are highly virtualized platforms that supported consolidation of workloads and provided near-term payback from the initial investment.