Jan 17, 2014
Spending on movies and TV shows in the home entertainment market eked out 1% growth in 2013, the second straight year of increase after declining at a 3% compound annual rate from the market peak in 2004 through 2011. This is according to preliminary estimates of the...
Dec 4, 2013
Organisations’ need to drive innovation and growth, coupled with a limited budget and the mainstreaming of consuming technology “as a service”, is creating the perfect condition for integrated platform solutions. In today’s blog post, Susan Tan, research director at...
Oct 25, 2013
IDC Financial Insights forecasts worldwide financial services IT spending will top $430-billion in 2014. According to new Worldwide IT Spending Guides: * Banks will account for half of the worldwide total in 2014 with IT spending forecast to be $215-billion; *...
Jul 18, 2013
Forrester has dropped its global technology spending forecast in its midyear outlook. In January, Forrester forecasted a 3,3% (US dollars) increase in its tech spending forecast; in its latest forecast, Forrester has brought the forecast down to 2,3%. Why the drop?...
Jul 16, 2013
IDC Government Insights has announced a first of its kind forecast that examines how the US Federal government is spending part of its IT budget on cloud-based solutions. According to the new report, Perspective: Growth and Slight Contraction – Government Cloud...