International Data Corporation (IDC) stories - Page 52

Big data and analytics hold high potential for local service providers as companies across APAC seek to harness massive amounts of data.

IDC is forecasting skyrocketing VR hardware shipments this year, with AR ramping up in the next few years too - to a combined 110m shipments in 2020.

Spend on server, storage and Ethernet switches for deployment in cloud environments is expected to increase by 18.9% this year.

PC shipments continue to decline, with the only hopes for improvement dependent on commercial replacements and economic stability, according to IDC.

Dell, Cisco and EMC are closing the gap marginally on Hewlett Packard Enterprise's number one spot for cloud infrastructure sales.

Converged systems revenue surpasses $3.1bn in Q4 2015, with hyperconverged systems driving growth, according to IDC.

IDC says SD-WAN revenue will start to ramp up strongly this year as organisations seek to optimise their cloud strategies.

Dell and HP continue to dominate the thin client market - a market where Asia Pacific was the only region to see an increase in shipments last year.

Adaptation by vendors in the purpose-built backup appliance market is helping drive the market which remains completely dominated by EMC.

Six out of eight regional markets saw positive year-over-year unit growth in the production print space. Asia/Pacific was a key contributor to growth.

Spending on cognitive systems in APeJ is set to reach over $1.9bn in 2019, with software accounting for over 40% of spending.

Driven by a growing vendor line-up and consumer awareness, IDC forecasts global shipments of wearable devices to hit 237.1 million by 2020.

IBM saw strong server revenue growth in Q4, while the density optimised segment of the market benefitting from continuing data center buildouts.

IDC says while stabilisation of the PC market remains an elusive goal for now, there are some areas where there's money to be made.

There's big growth in some areas of the security appliance market - and big declines in others. So which are rising and which are falling?.

3D printing is set to hit new heights, with IDC forecasting spend in Asia Pacific excluding Japan to grow to more than $4 billion in 2019.

With digital transformation shifting into overdrive, the next 5 years will create a great divide among those who thrive and those who merely survive.

Asia Pacific's robotics spending surges, set to hit USD $93 billion in 2019, driven by manufacturing innovations and widespread adoption in diverse sectors.

Demand for detachable tablets is set to bolster Windows tablet play, with Windows devices expected to dominate the detachable market come 2020.

Cognitive computing will drive digital transformation, with spending expected to reach $31.3bn in 2019, according to IDC.