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NZ telco market reinvents itself post COVID-19

New Zealand telcos are rebounding from COVID-19 impacts, with revenues remaining relatively flat despite the pandemic, according to IDC research.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 21st Oct 2021

Digital Transformation

IT services revenue to hit $1.1 trillion this year — IDC

Global IT and business services revenue is estimated to grow by 3.4% this year, according to new data from IDC.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 18th Oct 2021

Gaming

PC shipments grow despite supply chain woes - IDC

Shipments reached 86.7 million units in the third quarter of this year, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of growth.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 12th Oct 2021

Robotic Process Automation

UiPath predicts billion dollar growth for RPA in lead up to 2025

UiPath RPA software expected to contribute $55bn to the global economy and create 73 million new jobs by 2025, according to IDC report.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Oct 2021

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

IDC survey outlines critical investments for MSPs

IDC's research outlined the opportunities MSPs should invest in to optimise their competitive advantage in the managed cloud services market.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Oct 2021

Virtualisation

VMware launches services to help customers navigate the multi-cloud era

VMware has announced its strategy to help customers navigate the multi-cloud era with the launch of VMware Cross-Cloud services.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Oct 2021

DataCentre infrastructure

Cloud infrastructure spending drops - report

The decrease comes after six quarters of year-over-year growth, and most notably compares to the 39.1% annual growth seen by the market in 2Q20.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Tue, 5th Oct 2021

Storage

Pure Storage aims to 'make infrastructure invisible' with latest releases

Pure Storage announces advancements including Pure Fusion, Portworx Data Services, and greater automation for the Pure1 management portal.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 30th Sep 2021

Hybrid Cloud

Substantial surge in hybrid and multi-cloud migration despite security concerns

Despite cybersecurity concerns, Equinix finds a significant year-on-year leap in companies planning to move business-critical applications to the cloud.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Thu, 30th Sep 2021

Platform-as-a-Service

IDC forecasts the foundational cloud service market to grow revenue at 28.8% CAGR

IDC estimates annual recurring revenue from foundational cloud services will increase from under $100 billion in 2020 to over $300 billion in 2025.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Tue, 21st Sep 2021

Unified Communications

ServiceNow's new platform helps businesses facing hybrid work challenges

ServiceNow has announced its Now Platform Rome release, delivering hundreds of innovations to help organisations adapt to the hybrid work era.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Tue, 21st Sep 2021

Supply Chain

Enterprise apps market hit $241 billion in 2020, fuelled by push for resilience

The worldwide enterprise applications market reached $241 billion last year, growing 4.1% year-over-year in 2020.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 20th Sep 2021

Software-as-a-Service

IDC forecasts cloud spending to reach $1.3 trillion by 2025

Global spending on cloud services is predicted to reach $1.3 trillion by 2025, according to the International Data Corporation.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Thu, 16th Sep 2021

Storage

External OEM storage revenue hits $6.9 billion for enterprise market

Global market revenue for enterprise external OEM storage systems grew by over 9% in Q2 2021, reaching $6.9 billion, according to IDC.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 10th Sep 2021

Data Analytics

Massive gap between business priorities and performance - how analytics can bridge the gap

Research reveals gap between regional enterprises' priorities and performance, overcome by analytics capabilities. (110 characters).

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Sep 2021

Wearables

Wearables shipments on the rise as consumers head back outdoors - IDC

Wearables remain popular as consumers focus on exercise and health, with a 32.3% increase in shipments in Q2 2021, according to IDC.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Sep 2021

AIOps

APAC organisations increasingly adopting AIOps to transform workforce

By 2023, 75% of Global 2000 IT organisations will have adopted automated operations to transform their IT workforce, according to IDC.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 6th Sep 2021

DataCentre infrastructure

ANZ IT spending higher than ever, despite disruptive lockdowns - IDC report

Most ANZ businesses continue to invest in technology despite pandemic, with IT spending levels set to be higher in 2021 than ever before.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Sep 2021

Microsoft

Accenture and Avanade named Leaders in IDC Microsoft implementation assessment

Because of the tight integration between Accenture and Avanade's capabilities for Microsoft services, the two companies were evaluated as a single entity.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Sep 2021

Supply Chain

Smartphone shipments on the rise, thanks to 5G

Global smartphone shipments are set to grow by 7.4% in 2021, driven by recovery in emerging markets, according to IDC.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Sep 2021