LFP shipments grow

The large format printer (LFP) market recorded year-over-year growth of 5,3% in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), with more than 77 000 units shipped. This is according to the latest data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Large Format...

Security appliances see growth in 2Q14

The worldwide security appliance market continues to see positive growth in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), with factory revenue growing by 7,3% year-over-year to $2,2-billion. This is according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...

European firms not rushing to the cloud

A new survey by International Data Corporation (IDC) has discovered that European IT departments still need to make significant improvements before they have fully embraced cloud architectures and transformed themselves into internal (cloud) service providers. When...

IDC lowers tablet projections

Following a second consecutive quarter of softer-than-expected demand, International Data Corporation (IDC) has lowered its worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 forecast for 2014 to 233,1-million units. The new Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast represents a 6,5%...

$8bn market for software-defined networking

Software-defined networking (SDN) continues to gain ground within the broader enterprise and cloud service provider markets for data centre networking. According to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC), the worldwide SDN market for the enterprise...