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Financial industry’s investments in risk management growing: IDC
The global financial industry will spend US$6.57 billion on software and IT services for credit risk management in 2014, representing 17.9% of the total investments on all risk management software and services spending, according to IDC Financial Insights.
Smartphone shipments up 25% in Q3 2014, Apple-Samsung at risk
According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 327.6 million units during the third quarter of 2014 (Q3 2014).
Epson top POS printer maker in SEA for fifth year running
Epson said IDC has named it the No 1 Point-of-Sale (POS) printer manufacturer in South-East Asia for the fifth year running.
Can IoT save Malaysian telcos?
Consumer market facing rising cost of living and limited budgets
Key to growing the IoT business is to create value for consumers
Forget e-government, it’s smart m-government next
Wearable technologies will boost smart mobile government (Smart mGovt) projects and consequently pave the way for public sector Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems, according to an IDC Government Insights report.
Phablets are passé, tablets are in-your-face in Asia: IDC
Large smartphones (or smartphone-tablet combos otherwise known as phablets) are already a growing trend in Asia, having outshipped notebooks and tablets last year, according to IDC.
Lean IT emerges as potential aid for CIO struggles
A relatively nascent philosophy is taking hold in the enterprise information technology (IT) space, which could potentially aid chief information officers (CIOs) manage and implement IT in terms of value rather than in technical metrics. Edwin Yapp reports.
Complexity and data growth key challenges for SMBs: Acronis
Complexity and data growth are key data protection challenges for small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to new IDC research cited by data protection specialist Acronis.
Rise of Malaysian megabank spells megabucks for IT players?
IDC Financial Insights looks into the technology implications of the proposed merger between CIMB Bank, RHB Capital and Malaysia Building Society.
Malaysia’s data centre industry needs to better sell itself: Emerson
Malaysia’s ambition to establish itself as a preferred data centre hub in the region, while promising, still faces a number of impediments, according to an executive with Emerson Electric Company.
