Worldwide security spending growing
Reaching $75.4 billion in 2015
Beancounters working for Gartner claim that spending on information security will reach US$75.4 billion in 2015, an increase of 4.7 per cent over last year.
Taiwan PC makers search for products
Where did I park that cash cow?
Taiwan's PC makers like Acer and Asus are seeing their industry collapse and there's no clear replacement.
Server shipments grow
Gartner's latest report warns of a slowing
Beancounters at Gartner have added up the numbers and divided by their shoe size and decided that server shipments have grown by eight per cent.
Smartphone sales fall in China
China sales will save no-one
Western smartphone companies hoping to save themselves by peddling their wares in China will be plumb out of luck.
PC market waiting for Windows 10
Or Godot
The PC market is holding its breath waiting for the release of Windows 10.
IT spending to slump
Oracle from Gartner predicts
Oracles from Gartner groups prophercy and divination department have been reading the tea leaves and come to the concluding that IT spending is going to take a dive by 5.5 percent this yea
Gartner predicts the rise of the hybrids
Opening the clamshell
Beancounters at Gartner have been consulting their tarot cards and are predicting that hybrid PC sales are to accelerate this year.
Chromebooks sell like hotcakes
Hotcake makers unavailable for comment
Market research firm Gartner has estimated 7.3 million Chromebooks would be sold this year, thanks mostly to the education industry realising that kids need keyboards rather than touchscreen tablets.
Waiting for Hadoop could be waiting for Godot
Gartner warns
Gartner has said that Big Data framework Hadoop will not make any serious impact for at least two years.
Semiconductor sales up eight percent
Intel still the market leader shokka
Sales of semiconductors were up eight per cent and reached $340bn according to a report by analyst house Gartner.