The sloppy ‘digital stampede’ that was 2020, and what it means for 2021
We spoke to experts about the lessons learned from the rapid and often sloppy rollout of technology in 2020.
ICT spending forecast ‘looks worse now’ than it did last month, says IDC Canada
Barely a month ago, IDC Canada’s Nigel Wallis said during a webinar that the novel coronavirus crisis has contributed to the most significant deceleration in ICT spending in modern times.
IDC says PC shipments saw 10% decline in Q1 2020, Canada’s channel inventory levels have been ‘decimated’
Despite soaring demands for PCs from employees looking to work from home, not to mention the thousands of consumers seeking beefy gaming PCs to keep themselves entertained, IDC says global PC shipments saw a nearly 10 per cent decline in the first quarter of 2020.
Forget optimistic scenarios and buckle up for a big drop in IT spending this year, says IDC
IDC’s Nigel Wallis didn’t mince words during an online briefing this week while walking participants through the research company’s latest projections for Canadian IT spending.
Canadian ICT spending could shrink by 5 per cent in 2020: IDC
As the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s ICT spending is expected to shrink by up to five per cent in 2020, predicted a new IDC report.
Channel snapshot will reveal new business opportunities
The marketplace is becoming more and more competitive. This means channel players must evolve — learning and…
Not spending on AI yet? Don’t worry, you probably will
Worldwide spending on artificial systems will reach $35.8 billion in 2019, according to IDC’s latest projections, a whopping 44 per cent increase over the amount spent in 2018.
More than two-thirds of iPaaS vendors face extinction, says Gartner
Heavy spending in sales and marketing, plus the general costs of running the platform, will cause two-thirds…
MSP? VAR? Who cares! It’s about what you can do, not what label you fall under, says IDC analyst
By 2020, 80 per cent of partners will be defined by multiple labels, says IDC.
Dell and HPE on top of soaring servers market worldwide
The hyperscalers of the world have an insatiable appetite for compute power, but the latest IDC server…
Lenovo makes further strides in server market, announces NetApp partnership at Transform 2.0
Lenovo and NetApp are joining forces to co-develop what they’re calling the largest range of new Lenovo-branded…
IDC: ‘Huge upside’ for vendors that invest in composable infrastructure
Technology vendors should jump on the composable/disaggregated infrastructure (CDI) market now while there’s still plenty of market…
‘Okay Google’ are the first two words to unlocking AI business advantage: IDC analyst
While the science-fiction version of artificial intelligence may be decades away, businesses right now in 2018 can…
Who is the top public cloud provider in Canada?
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected. A previous version of the story applied rankings to different cloud…
Services revenue to surpass $1 trillion mark in 2018
Worldwide revenues for IT Services and business consulting services totaled $475 billion in the first half of…