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• DXC FY 3Q19: Revenue Growth Remains Elusive, But Digital Bookings Strong

  Mar 2019 | Market Note | Doc # US44933719

  By: Rebecca SegalGroup Vice President, Worldwide Services, Pushkaraksh ShanbhagSr. Research Manager

  This IDC Market Note examines DXC Technology's FY 3Q19 quarterly results. DXC Technology reported declining revenue but improved bookings in its financial results for FY 3Q19. The company needs to continue to fuel its digital engine to achi...

• Supporting Maturing Open Source: Why Ongoing Support for Infrastructure Software Is Critical

  Mar 2019 | IDC Perspective | Doc # US44640319

  By: Al GillenGroup Vice President, Software Development and Open Source

  This IDC Perspective presents key steps for safe using of open source software (OSS) infrastructure software. OSS is pervasively used today, sometimes beyond even where customers are aware of its use. "The broad utilization of OSS creates a...

• HP Inc. Launches New A3 and A4 MFPs for the Office Printing Market

  Mar 2019 | Market Perspective | Doc # US44934319

  By: Keith KmetzProgram Vice President, Imaging, Printing & Document Solutions, Max PepperResearch Analyst, Imaging, Printing and Document Solutions

  This IDC Market Perspective analyzes HP Inc.'s recent announcement of several LaserJet Managed and LaserJet Pro peripherals to be introduced into its channel program. It also analyzes the impact of the update to HP Inc.'s SDS program and th...

• Adoption of Analytics Software on the Public Cloud

  Mar 2019 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US44934919

  By: Dan VessetGroup Vice President, Analytics and Information Management, Chandana GopalResearch Director, Business Analytics

  This IDC Survey Spotlight highlights responses from 637 enterprises participating in IDC's CloudView Survey about their current and planned adoption of analytics software on the public cloud. The results were segmented based on enterprise s...

• Worldwide Smartphone Forecast, 2019–2023

  Mar 2019 | Market Forecast | Doc # US44916619

  By: Anthony ScarsellaResearch Manager, Mobile Phones, William StofegaProgram Director, Mobile Device Technology and Trends

  This IDC study presents the updated five-year forecast for smartphone shipments worldwide by operating system. The worldwide smartphone market will reach a total of 1.39 billion units shipped in 2019, down 0.8% from the 1.41 billion units s...

• Worldwide Mobile Phone Forecast, 2019–2023

  Mar 2019 | Market Forecast | Doc # US44916519

  By: Anthony ScarsellaResearch Manager, Mobile Phones, William StofegaProgram Director, Mobile Device Technology and Trends

  This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for mobile phone shipments worldwide by device type. The worldwide mobile phone market will reach a total of 1,802.3 million unit shipments in 2019, down 4.7% from the 1,891.1 million units shi...

• Fitbit's New Wearables Bet Big on First-Time Owners and Low Prices

  Mar 2019 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44922519

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

  On March 6, Fitbit announced four new wearable devices: its entry-level smartwatch, the Fitbit Versa Lite Edition; two fitness bands, the Inspire and Inspire HR; and the kid-friendly Fitbit Ace 2. Alongside its other smartwatches and fitnes...

• AI Software Platform and Framework Adoption Trends

  Mar 2019 | IDC Survey | Doc # US44168819

  By: David SchubmehlResearch Director, Cognitive/Artificial Intelligence Systems, Carrie SolingerSr. Research Analyst, Cognitive Systems and Content Analytics Research

  This IDC Survey describes the adoption and use of artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning frameworks, general-purpose commercial AI software platforms, and conversational AI platforms by organizations developing or customizing AI appl...

• Platform-as-a-Service Distribution of Spending by Service Type

  Mar 2019 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US44905819

  By: Larry CarvalhoResearch Director, Platform as a Service

  This IDC Survey Spotlight highlights distribution of spending by type of service on platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions by users surveyed. Public cloud vendors have made it very simple to build an application development environment from...

• IDC’s 2019 Datacenter Operational Survey: Key Findings and Implications for Multitenant and Colocation Datacenter Providers

  Mar 2019 | IDC Survey | Doc # US44906019

  By: Jennifer CookeResearch Director, Cloud to Edge Datacenter Trends, Courtney MunroeGroup Vice President of Worldwide Telecommunications Research

  This IDC Survey provides insights into United States–based organizations requirements and the challenges they face in creating datacenter resources that are drivers of (instead of bottlenecks to) innovation. This data and analysis help mult...