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• Huawei Announces Updated Mate Series Smartphone Flagships Along with New Wearable Devices

  Oct 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44402418

  By: Ramon T. LlamasResearch Director, Mobile Devices and AR/VR, Anthony ScarsellaResearch Manager, Mobile Phones, William StofegaProgram Director, Mobile Device Technology and Trends

  At its launch event in London, Huawei unveiled several new devices heading into the holiday quarter: the Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20, Mate 20 X, and Mate 20 Porsche Edition RS smartphones, the Smartwatch GT, and the Band 3 Pro fitness tracker. The...

• The Cloud Foundry Foundation Announces Deeper Kubernetes Integration

  Oct 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS43408218

  By: Gary ChenResearch Manager, Software Defined Compute, Larry CarvalhoResearch Director, Platform as a Service, Arnal DayaratnaResearch Director, Software Development, Al GillenGroup Vice President, Software Development and Open Source

  Cloud native technology adoption is growing in the enterprise and Kubernetes, which was open sourced by Google in 2014, has clearly become the orchestration platform of choice in this journey. Responding to that reality, the Cloud Foundry F...

• European IDC CIO Summit, 2018: The CIO as Orchestrator of the Digital-Native Enterprise

  Oct 2018 | IDC Perspective | Doc # EMEA44386918

  By: Philip CarterChief Analyst, Europe, Thomas MeyerGroup Vice President IDC European Research, Margaret AdamSenior Program Director, IDC’s European Channels and Alliances program, Carla ArendSenior Program Director, European Software, Roberta BiglianiVice President, IDC Energy Insights, IDC Government Insights and IDC Health Insights, Duncan BrownAssociate Vice President, European Infrastructure and Security, Meredith WhalenSenior Vice President, IT Executive, Software, Services and Industry Research, Archana VenkatramanResearch Manager – European Datacenter Research, Giorgio NebuloniResearch Director European Systems and Infrastructure Solutions, Ivano OrtisVice President, IDC Financial Insights, IDC Manufacturing Insights, IDC Retail Insights, Andrea SivieroResearch Manager, European Industry Solutions, Customer Insights & Analysis, Jan van VonnoResearch Manager, European Software, Danielle HernandezResearch Analyst, European Digital Transformation Practice, Philip CarnelleyAVP, European Software Group

  This IDC Perspective provides an overview of this year European IDC CIO Summit 2018 — "The European CIO of 2019: The Orchestrator of the Digital Native Enterprise" — that took place in Cascais last September. This was a good opportunity to ...

• IBM FY 3Q18 Earnings: Focus on Continuing and Accelerating Growth

  Oct 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44399118

  By: Frank GensSenior Vice President & Chief Analyst

  IBM's third quarter financial results reflected a pause in the past three quarters' generally upward revenue growth trajectory — as revenue growth in the third quarter was flat (constant currency) compared with 1.6% and 1.0% growth for the ...

• Notable Private Vendor Watchlist Profile: Using Smartwatches to Update Electronic Health Records

  Oct 2018 | Insight | Doc # US44339318

  By: Ramon T. LlamasResearch Director, Mobile Devices and AR/VR, Petra KacerSenior Group Manager, Investment Research & Program Manager, PVWS

  This IDC Insight analyzes Notable, a company playing in the voice-driven EHR market, and reviews key success factors: market potential, products and services, competitive edge, customers, and corporate strategy. Detailed subquestions make u...

• LivePerson Acquires Conversational Intelligence Company Conversable

  Oct 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcCEMA44396718

  By: David SchubmehlResearch Director, Cognitive/Artificial Intelligence Systems, Oren RavivProgram Manager, Emerging Technologies, Israel

• Worldwide Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2018–2022: CY 4Q18

  Oct 2018 | Market Forecast | Doc # US44373618

  By: Ramon T. LlamasResearch Director, Mobile Devices and AR/VR

  This IDC study discusses our forecast for the worldwide smartwatch market for 2018–2022."The worldwide smartwatch market is in a state of transition," says Ramon T. Llamas, research director for IDC's Wearables team. "Vendors are moving awa...

• ALICE Private Vendor Watchlist Profile: Wearable Workflows for the Hospitality Industry

  Oct 2018 | Insight | Doc # US44376218

  By: Ramon T. LlamasResearch Director, Mobile Devices and AR/VR, Jaclyn LewisClient Relationship Manager

  This IDC Insight analyzes ALICE, a company playing in the hospitality market, and reviews the key success factors: market potential, product and services, competitive edge, customers, and corporate strategy. Detailed subquestions make up ea...

• Print Security Survey, 2018 — Benefits

  Oct 2018 | IDC Survey | Doc # US44389618

  By: Keith KmetzProgram Vice President, Imaging, Printing & Document Solutions

  This IDC Survey examines our 2018 Print Security Survey. IDC conducted a United States–based survey with companies to understand a number of critical market dynamics involving security and printing. The goal of the survey was to identify th...

• U.S. Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2018–2022: CY 4Q18

  Oct 2018 | Market Forecast | Doc # US44373718

  By: Ramon T. LlamasResearch Director, Mobile Devices and AR/VR

  This IDC study presents the five-year forecast update for smartwatches shipments in the United States."The U.S. smartwatch market marches on," says Ramon T. Llamas, research director for IDC's Wearables team. "Apple continues to lead the ma...