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Yankee Group ups DVR penetration forecast to 33.5 mln DVRs by 2008
7 million American homes will have a DVR by the end of 2004. The study from The Yankee Group expects 33.5 million to have one by the end of 2008. Aggressive pricing resulting from News Corp.'s acquisi...
Server migration patterns for 2004: most companies moving to Windows, leaving Netware
According to IDC Server Consolidation Survey, 14% of companies surveyed said they were replacing their Windows servers, 18% were replacing their Unix servers, and some 42% were taking out Netware from...
Philippine market for service solitions to reach $372 mln in 2007
IDC said overall Philippine market revenue for service solutions is expected to reach $372 mln in 2007 at 12.2% growth annually. About 50% of 80 respondent firms surveyed indicated that security was t...
30% of catalog purchases took place on the Web in 2003
DoubleClick's Abacus division released a study on catalogs showing that people are increasingly turning to the web to make their catalog purchases. Already accounting for 30% of transactions in 2003, ...
30% of users are not concerned with security threats
In a new survey by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), nearly 30% of all respondents, and 40% of those less than 25 years-old, are less concerned about cyber threats this year than they were ...
37 mln US households to subscribe to HDTV by 2008
Strategy Analytics predicts that the number of US households owning some type of HD-capable hardware will rise from 8.7 mln in 2003 to more than 14 mln by the end of this year. Roughly half of these h...
80% of PCs sold with Linux will run pirated Windows
Although Linux may be shipping on a growing number of PCs sold in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, about 80% of PCs shipped with the open source operating system this y...
Australian monitor market grew 12.8% in Q2 2004
Figures show Samsung had a 17.5% overall market share compared with LG's 16%. Phillips (13.7%) came third and BenQ (11.5%) was fourth. Acer (11%) jumped from seventh place in Q1 2004 to fifth place i...
Software vendors spent $5 bln on partner programs in 2003
According to IDC, software vendors spent $5 bln worldwide on partner programs in 2003. In turn, partners either generated or influenced two-thirds of global software revenue. IDC predicted this figure...
185K of blade servers sold in 2003
IDC expects substantial growth in the blade server market over the next four years. There were roughly 185K blade servers sold in 2003. By 2008 IDC expects the blade server market to reach 9.9 mln uni...
Microsoft MCP salary survey results
Every year Microsoft conducts a survey among its certified professionals in regards to the salary growth. It's worth noting that the number of MCPs is approaching 1 million. 2004 results report an acr...
French PC market grows 23% in units, 13% in revenues
The first half of 2004 has been very successful for the French IT market, according to a report released Monday 30th by GfK. PC sales showed a positive growth of 23% in units and 13% in revenue. Mobil...
Indian IT services to grow at 17.3% CAGR
Multinational IT services companies that had set up offshore operations in India would use their local delivery centers not only to serve clients abroad, but also in the domestic IT market, which grew...
Consumer electronics prices fell 3.1% in May
The price of 42-inch enhanced definition plasma TVs dropped $86 from April, while 32-inch direct view TV prices fell $52. Portable DVD players cost $30 less compared to the previous month, and 15-inch...
Australian LCD market leaders: LG, Samsung, Philips
In Q1 2004 Australian LCD market experienced a record growth of 20.7% in unit shipments. LCD was the leader with 17.7% market share, followed by Samsung (16.4%) and Philips (11.9%). 53% of all the PCs...
Average Australian broadband bill for business is $3500/month
Average enterprise broadband spending has decreased significantly in the last 12 months and Australian businesses are spending more on IP services this year, compared to 2003, according to an IDC repo...
18-34 year olds addicted to Web
As compared to 77% of all Internet users age 18 and above, 82% of 18-to-34-year-olds are comfortable with the technology. 25% of this group sends or shares video via the Web, compared to 6% of all Int...
Gartner upgrades IT spending forecast to 5% from 4%
Gartner now expects U.S. IT spending in 2004 to reach $776 billion, and $825 billion in 2005, compared with $739 billion in 2003. Forecast from IDC apparently uses different metrics, since they estima...
Microsoft market share for government services in Australia is at 3.7%
Commissioned by Microsoft and undertaken by IDC senior services analyst Phillip Allen, the recently released research shows Microsoft accounts for 3.7% of government spending compared to 13.2% for IBM...
VoIP market to reach $288 mln in Australia
VoIP will continue to be the sweetspot of next-generation networks. It will double every year over the next four years from $14.3 million in 2003 to $288 million by 2007. The study also shows the gove...
Worldwide chip sales grew 18.3% in 2003
Worldwide computer chip sales grew 18.3% in 2003 as the industry boomed in the second half, driven by rising consumer demand for electronics, trade industry groups said on Monday. Sales rose to $166.4...
TFT LCD price hike stops
The steady rise in TFT LCD prices is coming to a halt. Although 15-inch panels are still in short supply and prices have officially risen, TFT LCD makers are selling panels for February shipment to fi...
Gartner: PDAs to lose to smartphones
Research firm Gartner predicts sales of smartphones worldwide to increase 140% to 20.7 million units next year as demand for PDAs flattens. According to Gartner, the Palm operating system will hang on...
Online music services cost US$700m in CD sales
A new report from Forrester Research claims the music industry lost nearly US$700 million in CD sales last year through the proliferation of online music download and subscriptions services. The l...