IDC

News Outsourced cloud service providers will need to change their business models in the face of evolving customer demands, IDC claims.

News A survey has claimed developers are looking to Google’s mobile operating system for future app development, pushing Apple to one side.

News IDC claims the smartphone market will smash its own previous predictions for this year by 10 per cent.

News It may not have lived up to the previous quarter, but figures for the storage software market in 2010 are still beating the disappointment of 2009.

News Although some manufacturers performed well, analyst firm IDC is concerned at the lack of green practices in the industry.

News A new survey from the Yankee Group shows movement towards IaaS in the US, but European adoption is also gaining momentum.

News IDC claims the server market has had the biggest quarterly growth since 2003 in Q2.

News The growing adoption of cloud computing will help build up spending on server hardware.

News The SaaS market will see revenue growing five times faster than the packaged software segment, according to IDC.

News IDC's latest quarterly report predicts stronger-than-expected growth for the foreseeable future, spearheaded by sales of portable devices and significant growth in emerging markets.