November 9, 2012
"U.S. Public IT Cloud Services Revenue Projected to Reach $43.2 Billion in 2016"

— Quote is the title of a press release by IDC.  You can read the full press release at: “U.S. Public IT Cloud Services Revenue Projected to Reach $43.2 Billion in 2016, According to IDC”

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Filed under: cloud idc trends-2013 
October 15, 2012
"By 2016, IDC expects the total number of datacenters in the U.S. will decline from 2.94 million in 2012 to 2.89 million"

— Quote found in an IDC Press Release titled “U.S. Datacenters Growing in Size But Declining in Numbers, According to IDC

August 14, 2012
"One of the most surprising findings was that different mobile commerce app types have distinctly different usage patterns based upon days of the week, Users spend more time with retail brand apps during the workweek than pricing comparison apps, but that pattern reverses itself on the weekends when price comparison app usage soars past retail app usage."

— Quote by Scott Ellison, vice president, Mobile & Consumer Connected Platforms at IDC. Quote found in IDC press release titled “Onavo and IDC Find Dramatically Different Usage Patterns Between Key Mobile Commerce App Types”

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Filed under: idc retail commerce mobile 
July 12, 2012
"According to research firm IDC, the IT services market in China is expected to almost double over the next five years - from US$12.2 billion in 2010 to US$23.7 billion in 2015. IDC’s China Services Market report says the growth will continue to be led by the adoption of next-generation IT systems as well as IT services spend due to the implementation of China’s 12th Five-Year Plan."

Quote found in an IBM press release at “IBM Opens 50th Branch Office in China”

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Filed under: china idc ibm 
March 29, 2012
"For 2012, IDC expects the worldwide enterprise video market to grow to almost $3.2 billion in total revenue, with a slightly lower, but still healthy year-over-year growth rate of 18.7%."

— Quote found at an IDC Press Release: “Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing Market to Reach Almost $3.2 Billion in 2012, According to IDC

March 28, 2012
"IDC MarketScape report found that Accenture, IBM, and HP are all “Leaders” in the global market for datacenter transformation consulting."

— Quote found in an IDC Press Release “New IDC MarketScape Provides a Vendor Assessment of the Worldwide Datacenter Transformation Consulting Market for 2012

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Filed under: idc consulting accenture ibm hp 
March 28, 2012
"The universe of smart connected devices, including PCs, media tablets, and smartphones, saw shipments of more than 916 million units and revenues surpassing $489 billion dollars in 2011"

— Quote found at IDC Press Release “Nearly 1 Billion Smart Connected Devices Shipped in 2011 with Shipments Expected to Double by 2016, According to IDC”

March 2, 2012
"Organizations that continue to take enterprise mobility for granted will be swept aside in the new environment. Today, we’re seeing what we could call a ‘perfect storm’ created by the evolution of different areas of technology combining to fundamentally, and drastically change how organizations can use enterprise mobility to support business goals and strategies. New access networks, new devices, new mobile operating systems, applications, platforms and delivery models come together to create true and all-embracing enterprise mobility. If previous IT turning points for industry have been the move from mainframes to desktops and the growth of Internet, then new mobile devices and applications will constitute the next seismic shift."

Quote by Tim Dillon, IDC’s Associate Vice President for Asia/Pacific End-User and Mobility Research.  Quote found in an IDC Press Release titled “”Mobility becomes the Biggest Issue Driving IT in Asia/Pacific, Says IDC

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January 31, 2012
"What is becoming clearer is that the real value from ‘Big Data’ will be derived from the high-end analytics, predominantly using data mining, statistics, optimization and forecasting type of capabilities to proactively turn this data into intelligence to drive business benefits and better decision making capabilities."

— Quote by Philip Carter, Associate Vice President at IDC Asia/Pacific.  Quote found in an IDC Press Release:  IDC Expects “Big Data” to Drive the Next Wave of Investments in Business Analytics for CIOs in Asia/Pacific

January 27, 2012
"What is thinking? What is intelligence? What is the role that computers should and will play in our lives,
and what are the boundaries between humans and computers? IBM’s Watson demands that we reconsider
each of these questions"

— Quote found in an IDC Link pdf document from February 17, 2011 authored by Susan Feldman, IDC Research V.P. Check out the document at: What is Watson:  The IBM Jeopardy Challenge

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