<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IDC Press Releases</title><link>http://www.idc.com/research/simplesearchres.jsp?access_type=All&amp;author=&amp;market=&amp;focus=&amp;beginyear=&amp;endyear=&amp;monthback=all&amp;querytype=&amp;productId=null&amp;productName=null&amp;geo=&amp;company=&amp;keyword=&amp;lcol=en&amp;access_type=All&amp;added_source_query=&amp;added_search_query=&amp;page_title=&amp;resperpage=10&amp;sortby=pub_date&amp;buck=&amp;subtype=Research+Press+Release</link><description>IDC distributes press releases on many topics, markets, and industries. The default listing of press releases is in chronological order with the most recent listed first. 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Is the Recovery at Hand?</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22240110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22240110</guid><description>The IDC FutureScan indicators for March rebounded nicely from February's slight drop, extending the gains that have been made over the last year in both the Buyer Intent metric and the Market Indicators....</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Total Disk Storage Systems Turn a Corner, Posting First Year-Over-Year Gain in More Than Four Quarters, According to IDC</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22236010</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22236010</guid><description>Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted a year-over-year decline of 0.7%, totaling $5.3 billion, in the fourth quarter of 2009 (4Q09), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker....</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Storage Software Market Has Typical Fourth Quarter Jump, as Well as a Slight Increase from Last Year, According to IDC</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22237710</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22237710</guid><description>According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, the worldwide storage software market experienced a slight increase in year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2009 (4Q09) with revenues of $3.09 billion, representing 0.5% growth over the same quarter one year ago, as well as 6.3% growth from the previous quarter (3Q09)....</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>IDC Predicts Further Gains for Specialized Form Factors in 2010 PC Market</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22237010</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22237010</guid><description>According to IDC, the lower prices brought on by last year's challenging economy will create new opportunities for emerging sub form factors, such as ultrathin portables and all-in-one desktops....</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>IDC: Vertical Market Update Shows Modest Recovery in ICT in 2010</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prAU22249910</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prAU22249910</guid><description>A new vertical markets report from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows a transforming marketplace in 2010, driven by a growing impact of the cloud services model, an explosion of mobile devices and applications and the continuing rollout of higher-speed networks....</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>IDC Clusters the Western European SMBs: How Do They Shop for IT?</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prIT22233910</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prIT22233910</guid><description>The International Data Corporation's (IDC) European Vertical Markets recently released a new report, which clusters the Western European Small and Medium-sized Business (SMB) business environment....</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>PC Market Rebound Will Drive Double-Digit Growth Through 2014, According to IDC</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22247710</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22247710</guid><description>According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, the yearly growth rate for the worldwide PC market in 2009 was 2.9%....</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Demand for Pay-per-Use Software Pricing Will Force a Reassessment of the Industry's Value Framework, According to IDC</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22239610</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22239610</guid><description>A recent software pricing survey by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that customers want software pricing models that allow them to pay only for what they use while maintaining an even distribution of costs over time. To achieve this, vendors and customers will have to work together to redefine the software value framework....</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Social Media Are Influencing Consumer Preferences, IDC Retail Insights Says</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22249110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22249110</guid><description>According to IDC Retail Insights, retailers should establish a presence on social networks not only with the direct objective of attracting consumers to their Web sites or stores, but most importantly to gather useful information, in a non-intrusive way, on their current and potential customers. In other words, retailers should learn to listen at customers who are engaged in social communities....</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Worldwide Hardcopy Peripherals Market Returned to Year-Over-Year Growth in Fourth Quarter, Ending Six Quarters of Decline, According to IDC</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22246410</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22246410</guid><description>The worldwide hardcopy peripherals market grew 3.6% year over year with 34 million units shipped in the fourth quarter of 2009 (4Q09), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker....</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CIOs Still Not Implementing Optimum Datacenter Management Practices, Says IDC</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUK22239110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUK22239110</guid><description>Despite the recession, large European organizations still expect their spending on staff working on datacenter management to grow by 10% over the next year, approximately nine-times the expected growth in IT spending in 2010....</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Analyst From IDC Retail Insights Conferred The Retail Leadership Award At The 2010 Asia Retail Congress</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prSG22244510</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prSG22244510</guid><description>Leslie Hand, Research Director for IDC Retail Insights was recently conferred the acclaimed Retail Leadership Award at the Asia Retail Congress held in Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India on February 9-10. The Retail Leadership Award is the most prestigious award an individual can receive at the Asia Retail Congress....</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>IDC Survey Finds Broad Satisfaction with Software Support Services Offered by Large Enterprise Application Vendors</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22250410</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22250410</guid><description>A recent IDC survey of more than 1,000 IT professionals worldwide found a high level of satisfaction with the software support services offered by five of the largest enterprise application vendors....</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Videoconferencing Poised to Transition from Experiment to Asset as Enterprises Weigh the Benefits and Technology Matures, According to IDC</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22246810</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22246810</guid><description>With the global economy now in recovery, IDC expects enterprise adoption of videoconferencing to accelerate, driving revenues for videoconferencing equipment from $1.9 billion in 2009 to more than $8.7 billion in 2014....</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Data Revenue and Gross Subscribers in the United States Keep the Wireless Market Moving in 4Q09, According to IDC</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22243710</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUS22243710</guid><description>According to the latest U.S. Mobile Data Services QView from International Data Corporation (IDC), the top wireless carriers in the United States added just under 4.2 million retail net subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2009 (4Q09)....</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>EMEA Hardcopy Peripherals Market to Stabilize Through 2010 as Growth Returns to Economies Across the Region, Says IDC</title><link>http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUK22243010</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&amp;containerId=prUK22243010</guid><description>The hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market in EMEA continues to stabilize and recover in the wake of the widespread negative growth experienced throughout 2009 as a direct result of the world's first truly global recession. Looking forward, total HCP shipment volume in the EMEA region is set to increase by a brisk 7.6% CAGR over the long-range forecast period (2010–2014). However, this relatively high growth rate must be seen in the context of an HCP market recovering from last year's low base of activity when overall HCP shipments contracted 15.1% from the 2008 market peak. IDC forecasts that shipment volume in EMEA will not reach 2008 levels until 2011, when the market is expected to total 46.8 million units....</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>