Asia-Pacific server revenue in the second quarter saw only moderate growth of eight percent compared with the same period last year, with sales hit by SARS and weak economies in developed countries.
Australian PC shipments rose 9.5 percent year-on-year in 2002 as the market showed clear indications of recovery towards the end of the year, according to a leading analyst group.
The business intelligence market, once the fastest growing sector of software, is predicted to slow down after the recent spate of multi-billion dollar acquisitions.
After a spate of consolidations in the customer relationship management sector that saw both Siebel and PeopleSoft snapped up by Oracle, there will be no letup in merger activity, according to analysts Gartner.
With a wider range of systems available, consumers have been snapping Macs up, giving them a growth boost that outpaced the rest of the market.
Some future trends in storage are obvious: we'll need more of it, it'll be cheaper per megabyte, and a lot of it will be virtualised.
IT departments face increasing boardroom pressure in 2006 to contribute to business growth, improve competitiveness and increase efficiency, according to Gartner.
Making predictions about the storage market isn't difficult. Suggest that capacities will go up and costs will go down and you shouldn't go too far wrong.
With the benefits of mobile data access well and truly taken for granted, the spectre of several false starts is finally far behind the market for smaller smartphone and PDA styled mobile devices.
The market for storage management software grew to US$5.6 billion in new licence revenue in 2004, up from US$5 billion from the previous year, according to new data from Gartner.
The level of outrage over the outsourcing of software development to India is disproportionate to the effect it is having on the local industry, according to analysis group Gartner.
Approximately 1 billion PCs have been shipped worldwide since the mid-'70s, according to a recent study released by consulting firm Gartner.
Lenovo is moving away from its business origins with the launch of a new consumer oriented PC line, dubbed the "Idea" range, later this month.
We test drive Canon's smallest Bubble Jet, which retains the series' ultra-portable formula while updating the desktop performance.
They may not be perfect, but intrusion detection systems should be a part of your enterprise security arsenal.
Four Linux companies have joined forces to develop a common core version of the OS for businesses, but a local analyst doubts a unified approach is enough to encourage take-up by Australian businesses.
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