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Tablet Revolution

02/23/2012 New York NY

IAB Annual Leadership Conference

02/26/2012 - 02/28/2012 Miami Beach FL

Digiday Agency

02/29/2012 West Hollywood CA

Paidcontent 2012

03/01/2012 New York NY

CITE: Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise

03/04/2012 - 03/06/2012 San Francisco CA

Directions 2012 San Jose

03/07/2012 San Jose CA

South by Southwest

03/09/2012 - 03/18/2012 Austin TX

Directions 2012 Boston

03/13/2012 Boston MA

OMMA Global

03/19/2012 - 03/20/2012 San Francisco CA

CIO Perspectives Atlanta

03/20/2012 Atlanta GA

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Tech Spending Remains Strong, Despite Economic Risks and Volatility, According to IDC’s Worldwide Black Book

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IDC Press Release 

FRAMINGHAM, MA– According to the new International Data Corporation (IDCWorldwide Black Book just released, IT spending increased by 5% at constant currency in 2011, despite the worsening economic situation in Western Europe and volatility in other regions. Emerging markets continued to lead the way, with tech spending in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) enjoying another year of double-digit growth. Strong demand for mobile devices and software across most regions ensured a positive finish to the year, despite the impact of the hard disk drive (HDD) shortage on PC markets.

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Gartner Says Platform as a Service Is On the Cusp of Several Years of Strategic Growth

Gartner Press Release 

 Platform as a service (PaaS) is a core layer of the cloud computing architecture, and its evolution will affect the future of most users and vendors in enterprise software markets, according to Gartner, Inc.

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Tech Hiring Trends 2012: What You Need to Know [INFOGRAPHIC]

Mashable 

Job trend reports are pointing to big things for the tech industry, including lots of openings and opportunities for growth. Here’s the lowdown on tech hiring trends.

In 2012, there will be increased demand for mobile app developers, data warehouse analysts and user experiencedesigners.

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IDG Connect Research: iPads Used at Work by IT Professionals

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iPad for Business Survey 2012

IDG Connect’s global telephone survey has found that 51% of IT decision-makers (67% in North America) always use their iPad at work and 40% sometimes.  The more than 200 respondents last fall revealed that they rely more on iPads for consumption rather than creation of content and see iPads as a supplement to their work PCs.  While some consumer research shows iPads are mostly used for recreation, only 31% of IT pros use them regularly for entertainment.

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More Formidable Security Threats and High-Profile Attacks Drive Enterprise Demand for the Security Services Threat Intelligence Market, Which IDC Forecasts to Reach $905 Million by 2014

Business Wire

A continually evolving breed of unknown, persistent, targeted, and adaptive security threats is pushing businesses’ enterprise IT/Security infrastructure to their limits and driving the expansion of the security services threat intelligence market. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), this emerging predictive security market is forecast to grow from $198 million in 2009 to $905 million in 2014 as organizations struggle to keep pace.

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Survey: 100% Bought CE Device At Holiday

MediaPost 

So, here’s one to mull: According to an extensive survey of more than 4,200 adults, every one of them bought some sort of consumer electronics device during the holiday season.

That’s 100%. And not a “margin-of-error” 100%, either. A deep-dive into the survey results revealed that every one of the 4,200 people surveyed (from a representative demographic of the United States, median annual income of $50,000) answered in the affirmative when asked whether they had bought a consumer electronics device during their holiday shopping.

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Consumerization of IT is a Major Priority But Business Value and Security Still in Question

IDG Enterprise Press Release 

Framingham, Mass.  – IDG Enterprise—the media company comprising CFOworld, CIO, CIO Executive Council, Computerworld, CSO, DEMO, InfoWorld, ITworld and Network World—releases the results from the Consumerizaton of IT in the Enterprise survey, examining end-users’ expectations of consumer device use in the enterprise, the challenges this trend is creating for IT departments and the vendor requirements to become a trusted partner.

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The Consumerization of IT Helps Level the SMB Playing Field Across the World, IDC Says

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IDC Press Release 

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Increased adoption and personal use of advanced technology is paying dividends for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) around the world as the consumerization of IT continues to expand, especially in developing countries. Survey research from International Data Corporation (IDC) found that SMBs in developing countries are much more likely to encourage the use of worker-owned technology, allowing employee smartphones, netbooks, and media tablets to be connected to company networks to run a host of different business applications.

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IDC Energy Insights Forecasts Lithium-Ion Battery Production to Grow Nearly 400% Worldwide

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IDC Press Release

FRAMINGHAM, MA– IDC Energy Insights announced today the availability of a new report, Business Strategy: Lithium Ion Manufacturing Global Buildout – Supply and Demand Forecasts (Document # EI232266), that quantifies expected explosive global growth in manufacturing capacity of Lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries of approximately 390% from 6,689MWh in 2011 to 26,149MWh in 2015.

This increase in manufacturing capacity is driven by an expected dramatic increase in global demand, especially with respect to batteries for plug-in electric vehicles and for stationary storage.

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IDC Government Insights Predicts “Regional Cloud Hubs” Will Significantly Change the Way State and Local Governments Procure Online Computing Services

Dow Jones Global Press Release Wire 

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — IDC Government Insights announced the availability of a new report, Best Practices: Regional Community Cloud Hubs — The New “Trickle Down” Effect That’s Boosting State and Local Computing (Document #GI232470). According to the new report, IDC Government Insights believes a new type of government cloud services, labeled “regional cloud hubs”, will significantly change the way state and local governments procure online computing services. These regional cloud hubs, defined as one government agency (often at the state level) offering computing services to other government agencies, have proven successful in the State of Michigan and State of Utah and are further examined within the report. In addition, the new research provides a framework for building similar regional cloud solutions.

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