http://www.idc.com/research/simplesearchres.jsp?buck=Web%2FWeb+Services&keyword=&lcol=en&access_type=All&container_type=All&resperpage=10&sortby=scoreIDC research on Web Servicesen-ushttp://cdn.idc.com/en_US/images/pageImg/idcLogoHome.jpghttp://www.idc.com/research/simplesearchres.jsp?buck=Web%2FWeb+Services&keyword=&lcol=en&access_type=All&container_type=All&resperpage=10&sortby=scorehttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223593http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223593This IDC Insight discusses New Relic, a SaaS start-up company that is focused on providing deeper levels of application management transparency to SMB, enterprise, and developer communities that are deploying Ruby- and Java-based production applications in virtual or dedicated environments. New Relic's RPM on-demand SaaS solution is targeted at a range of customers, including in-house development teams in large enterprises, SMBs, consultants and SIs, PaaS or cloud service providers (e.g., Heroku, GoGrid, Engine Yard), hosted infrastructure providers (e.g., Rackspace, Savvis), and full-scale outsourcers that can leverage this solution in conjunction with their other AM platform solutions. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223657http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223657This IDC Flash discusses CA Technologies' leading-edge cloud security and identity strategy and services, which were presented to the customer, analyst, and press communities at CA World 2010, which was held recently in Las Vegas. Headquartered in Islandia, New York, CA provides information technology (IT) management software worldwide. The company employs 13,000+ people and offers hundreds of software products in its portfolio. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223252http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223252This IDC study provides an update on the Oracle On Demand portfolio, representative of one application hosting model that is offering an expanding blend of dedicated and shared application solutions, with across the stack integration (e.g., middleware and infrastructure tiers). The analysis offers perspective on Oracle's mid- to long-term global strategy to enable private, hybrid, or public cloud interoperability and flexibility as customers look to accelerate the modernization of their complex application portfolios. According to Rona Shuchat, director of Application Outsourcing Services, "Oracle can strengthen its hosting position within the enterprise space by showing its broader support for both Oracle and non-Oracle products, even as its core focus is centered on the delivery of highly componentized reusable Oracle application assets. The ability to offer highly accelerated assembly and validation of solutions (in days rather than months or years) will shape the future of hosted offerings." Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=GI222672http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=GI222672This IDC Government Insights report highlights an ongoing problem that is being experienced by the federal government — uncontrolled redundancy and long-term accuracy of data as it is shared across multiple agencies and systems. IDC Government Insights has developed the concept of what it calls the "Tagged Data Authority Engine" (TDAE) to help government agencies enhance data quality assurance by establishing a clear authority path of where each piece of data in a given data set or an XML file comes from, including details on who has authority over that piece of data and where the ultimate authoritative copy of that data resides. "This type of broad cross-agency project can be tackled using existing technologies," said Shawn P. McCarthy, research director for IDC Government Insights. "But such a project must include high-level coordination across all government agencies, with CIO-level buy-in. A server that is dedicated as a government agency's TDAE is one way to accomplish this." Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=AP6684201Shttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=AP6684201SThis IDC Flash examines the significance of MOL Global acquiring Friendster. The unexpected marriage of the Asian micropayments provider with a social network site (SNS) is likely to be a strategic move in which to gain a foothold on the emerging social games arena, although the success of this partnership is uncertain. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=221019http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=221019This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Kaixin001.com, a company playing in the online community market, and reviews key success factors: market potential, technology/solution, corporate strategy, force multipliers, and customers. Leveraging IDC's expert understanding of the competitive landscape and future outlook, this document highlights company and market information tailored to the investment professional's needs. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=221270http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=221270This IDC study examines major developments in the mobile applications and mobile storefronts spaces in 4Q09 and discusses key predictions and dynamics for 2010. Mobile applications and their associated storefronts are now a permanent fixture in both the mobile competitive landscape and in the daily lives of mobile users. Mobile apps will be a defining fixture of the new decade, and the relative success of mobile storefronts and their underlying developer communities will have a direct impact on the success or failure of mobile OS platforms, device OEMs, and even the competitive positioning of mobile operators. "The iPhone Apps Store is the first new 'eBay' of the 21st century" notes Scott Ellison, VP of Mobile and Wireless, IDC. "Mobile apps stores are the emergent digital marketplaces of the 21st century and will impact the business models of virtually every business you can think of," he added. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=prUS22108809http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=prUS22108809An in-depth global survey of banks, consumers, and corporations conducted by IDC Financial Insights reveals that the adoption of digital services – defined as the distribution of content, information, or product across the Internet, mobile device, or other electronic delivery channel – continues to grow, and financial institutions recognize the critical need to invest in this channel. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=220987http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=220987This IDC study, with our broadest outlook for the overall technology marketplace, starts IDC's annual "predictions season." IDC's worldwide analysts were polled for their take on what the coming year holds in store for the IT industry. Their views were synthesized and validated as well as filtered down to a core set of 10 predictions that illuminate key growth opportunities for 2010, are relevant to many different segments and players in the IT marketplace, and require major structural change within companies and across the industry. According to IDC Chief Analyst Frank Gens, "2010 will be a year of modest recovery for the IT and telecommunications industries. But the recovery will not mean a return to the pre-recession status quo. Rather, we'll see a radically transforming marketplace — driven by surging demand in emerging markets, growing impact from the cloud services model, an explosion of mobile devices and applications, and the continuing rollout of higher-speed networks. These transformational forces will drive key players to redefine themselves and their offerings and will spark lots of M&A activity." Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=220675http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=220675Telcom will substantially grow revenues from security services. Making a transition from buying security for internal purposes to reselling security services to Telco customers. At forefront of cloud-based security services in DOS (Denial Of Service) defense, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), network security, messaging security, and web security. As customers buy their own devices (smartphones, laptops, netbooks, etc) for use with corporate networks, applications and data, enterprises will increasingly look to Telcos for cloud-based security services to ensure compliance and protect intellectual property. This "consumerization" of business commuting will blur the line between corporate and consumer. Telco network services, CPE provisioning and security services will provide a point of policy coordination between these merging consumer and corporate environments. Customers already contract with Telcom to enable employees to select phones and data/voice service plans. Telcos are bundling netbooks with cellular service plans as a next step. Telcom could offer a range of devices and service plans with SaaS security services in the cloud that can enforce corporate security/compliance, consumer safety, and parental controls. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST