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IDC Special Report Series Predicts U.S. SMB Security Spending to Top $5.6 Billion in 2015

May 29th, 2012

 

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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – A newly released report series from International Data Corporation (IDC) finds that small and medium business (SMB) spending on security technology continues to show strong growth and will exceed $5.6 billion in 2015. While overall SMB IT spending is forecast to grow at a rate of 5-6% per year over the forecast period, SMB spending on security products and solutions is expected to grow almost twice as fast.

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Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending Figures Show Mixed Results for 2012

April 5th, 2012

Gartner Press Release 

Analysts to Discuss 2012 IT Spending Outlook During Gartner Webinar on April 17

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.7 trillion in 2012, a 2.5 percent increase from 2011, according to the latest outlook by Gartner, Inc. This is down from Gartner’s previous forecast of 3.7 percent growth for 2012.

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Software and PCs Will Lead the Way in Record-Breaking Year for U.S. Small and Midsize Business IT Spending, According to IDC

April 4th, 2012

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IDC Press Release

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Spending on information technology by the 8 million small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United States will account for approximately one-quarter of overall global SMB IT spending and more than 10% of all IT spending worldwide in 2012. Although U.S. SMB IT spending has more than made up the ground lost during the especially weak years of 2008 and 2009 – and is expected to exceed $138 billion in 2012 — future levels of investment and spending growth will not be uniform across technology categories. A new study from International Data Corporation (IDC) explores the size and growth of the five major technology sectors in the small (<100 employees) and midsize (100-999) segments – and the critical differences in IT investment between SMBs and large businesses (1000+).

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Apple Jumps to #2 Position in New IDC Health Insights Life Sciences Survey; a 220% Increase Since 2009

April 2nd, 2012

IDC PMS4colorversion 300x99 Apple Jumps to #2 Position in New IDC Health Insights Life Sciences Survey; a 220% Increase Since 2009

IDC Press Release 

Dell leads hardware category while Oracle maintains position as #1 software vendor of choice

FRAMINGHAM, MA – IDC Health Insights today announced the results of the Q1 Leading Indicators in Life Science IT Spending Survey, which polled more than 100 leading life science companies on which life sciences hardware, software and IT services vendors they plan to spend money with during 2012. Of particular interest, the most notable improvement in hardware came from Apple, moving into second place for the first time, with more than 30% of respondents planning to purchase their hardware from Apple. This jump represents a 220% increase in Apple’s survey score since 2009. Apple also made huge strides in the software category, catapulting into second place behind Oracle, up from fifth place last year. The new results underscore the notion that the iPad is helping Apple become a dominant player in the life sciences.

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Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise IT Spending to Reach $2.7 Trillion in 2012

October 17th, 2011

Gartner Release

Worldwide enterprise IT spending is projected to total $2.7 trillion in 2012, a 3.9 percent increase from 2011 spending of $2.6 trillion, according to Gartner, Inc. While enterprise IT spending growth is slowing (from the expected 5.9 percent increase in 2011), analysts said it’s important to note that despite the global economic challenges, enterprises will continue to invest in IT.

Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president at Gartner and global head of Research, provided the latest outlook for the IT industry today to an audience of 8,500 CIOs and IT leaders at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, which is taking place here through October 20.

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IDC Forecasts U.S. IT Spending Growth Will Outpace Economic Growth by More Than 2.6% in 2011 Security and Business Intelligence Are Top IT Initiatives

June 27th, 2011

IDC Press Release

Framingham – International Data Corporation (IDC) today announced the availability of new data from its annual IT spending survey that forecasts total U.S. enterprise and public sector IT spending to grow at 5.6% through the end of 2011. In comparison, U.S. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is forecast to grow 3.0% in 2011. Survey respondents indicated the top IT initiatives for 2011 at large enterprises are Security (selected by 31% of companies) and Business Analytics (selected by 19% of companies). In addition, 17% of companies expect to make investments in Smart Technologies. Read more

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U.S. Small and Midsize Business IT Spending Continues to Bounce Back From Recession’s Low Point, According to IDC

June 1st, 2011

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IDC Press Release

Despite persisting economic challenges, small and medium-sized business (SMB) IT spending growth has returned more rapidly than expected since the recession officially ended in 2009. Access to credit is still limited and firms remain reluctant to add new employees, but emerging technologies are disrupting established patterns of IT acquisition and the nearly 8 million SMBs in the United States will spend more than $125 billion on advanced technology in 2011,according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast.

“SMBs account for an increasing share of overall corporate IT spending in the U.S.,” said Justin Jaffe, senior research analyst for Small/Medium-Sized Business and Home Office research at IDC. “Vendors that understand how changing economic conditions and emerging technologies are affecting IT acquisition for different company size segments will have a considerable advantage in developing and marketing technology products and services for SMBs.”

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IDC Finds 2010 to be a Turnaround Year for M&A Activity in the Technology Sector with Deal Volume and Valuation on the Rise

March 28th, 2011

IDC Press Release, 3/28/11

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector made a strong recovery in 2010 as the global economy and IT spending rebounded from the recession of 2008-2009. According to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) report, there were more than 1,900 M&A deals in the ICT sector in 2010 with a total valuation of over $200 billion.

The vast majority of M&A deals in 2010 were concentrated in application-related areas, including enterprise applications (586 deals) and Internet applications (421 deals). Activity also surged in the infrastructure segment where there were more than 219 deals led by strong interest in security and storage companies.

From a valuation perspective, the telecommunications segment was particularly active in 2010 with seven of the year’s top 10 megadeals involving service provider networks. Among these megadeals was CenturyLink’s acquisition of Qwest for $22.4 billion and América Móvil’s $21 billion deal for Telemex. Intel’s $7.7 billion deal for McAfee and SAP’s acquisition of Sybase ($5.8 billion) were the largest megadeals in the infrastructure segment.

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New IDC Government Insights Report: Wild Ride Ahead for Some Federal Agency IT Budgets

March 2nd, 2011

IDC Press Release, 3/2/11

IDC Government Insights today announced the availability of a new report, IT Spending in the 2012 US Federal Budget — Details by Agency (Document #GI227023), that discusses proposed decreases to spending on information technology (IT) by individual agencies of the United States Federal Government as high as 41%.

The proposed United States Federal Budget for fiscal year 2012, released by the Office of Management and Budget in February, totals $3.7 trillion and calls for a combination of tax increases and spending decreases, leading toward a plan to cut $1.1 trillion from the national debt by 2022. Based on preliminary data, the agency facing the largest proposed decrease to IT funding levels is the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with up to a 41% cut to IT funds, proposed to total $321.7 million. The overall proposed budget for this department is $623 billion, down from $695.6 billion last year.

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Strong Server Sales Show Corporate Momentum In Information Technology

March 1st, 2011

Dow Jones, 3/1/11

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)–Worldwide server sales reached their highest level in three years at the end of 2010, according to an industry report, underscoring the momentum in corporate information technology spending.

Server revenue totaled $15 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, up 15.3% from the year-earlier period, and the highest quarterly sales in three years, an IDC report released Monday said.

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