Global DX spending to grow 10.4% in 2020

Spending on the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organizations will continue at a solid pace despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, IDC reveals. Global spending on DX technologies and services is fore… Continue reading Global DX spending to grow 10.4% in 2020

Worldwide IT spending expected to decline 5.1% in 2020

Worldwide IT spending is now expected to decline 5.1% in constant currency terms during 2020 to $2.25 trillion, as the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive down some categories of tech spending and short-term business investments… Continue reading Worldwide IT spending expected to decline 5.1% in 2020

IDC’s Future of Trust practice helps CEOs implement trust in today’s digital economy

Over the past five years, International Data Corporation (IDC) has been documenting the rise of the digital economy and the digital transformation that organizations must undergo to compete and survive in this economy. To that end, IDC announced the la… Continue reading IDC’s Future of Trust practice helps CEOs implement trust in today’s digital economy

IDC Report: MixMode – An Unsupervised AI-Driven Network Traffic Analysis Platform

IDC, the premier global market intelligence firm, recently released a vendor report on MixMode’s Next-Generation AI Powered network traffic analysis platform. Ritu Jyoti, Program Vice President, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research with IDC&#821… Continue reading IDC Report: MixMode – An Unsupervised AI-Driven Network Traffic Analysis Platform

Total end-user spending on IT infrastructure products recovers

Total end-user spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, recovered in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19) after two consecutive quarters of decline… Continue reading Total end-user spending on IT infrastructure products recovers

Early investment in quantum computing could result in a competitive advantage

Improved AI capabilities, accelerated business intelligence, and increased productivity and efficiency were the top expectations of organizations currently investing in cloud-based quantum computing technologies, according to IDC. Users are very optimi… Continue reading Early investment in quantum computing could result in a competitive advantage

You are focusing too much on vulnerabilities that pose little danger

Only half of the vulnerabilities in cloud containers ever posed a threat, according to a Rezilion study. The top 20 most popular container images on DockerHub were analyzed to discover that 50% of vulnerabilities were never loaded into memory and there… Continue reading You are focusing too much on vulnerabilities that pose little danger

Worldwide ICT spending forecast to reach $4.3 trillion in 2020

Worldwide spending on information and communications technology (ICT) is forecast to reach $4.3 trillion in 2020, an increase of 3.6% over 2019, according to IDC. Commercial and public sector spending on information technology (hardware, software and I… Continue reading Worldwide ICT spending forecast to reach $4.3 trillion in 2020

Global spending on smart cities initiatives to total nearly $124 billion in 2020

Global spending on smart cities initiatives is forecast to total nearly $124 billion this year, an increase of 18.9% over 2019, according to IDC. The top 100 cities investing in smart initiatives in 2019 represented around 29% of global spending, and w… Continue reading Global spending on smart cities initiatives to total nearly $124 billion in 2020

Revenue from cloud IT infrastructure products declines

Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, declined in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19) as the overall IT infrastructure market c… Continue reading Revenue from cloud IT infrastructure products declines