November 07, 2003
CRM (customer relationship management) software is one of the fastest-growing markets...
at the moment, following a serious slump in 2002 according to Wendover-Global Insight's IT Spending Index. Other hot IT areas are data warehousing and management, consulting services, maintenance and facilities software, manufacturing software, and Internet/intranet services.
Posted by Chad Dickerson at 11:06 PM
Worldwide mobile phone shipments have risen sharply...
on strong demand from emerging markets, according to IDC. In the third quarter of 2003, mobile phone shipments reached 130.1 million units, 21.2 percent higher than in the same quarter last year, and 14 percent higher than in the second quarter.
Posted by Chad Dickerson at 11:05 PM
Java is the favored language for developing Web services...
according to an Evans Data Corp. survey of 400 developers. Of six categories surveyed, Java was rated best in five -- flow control, syntax, object/memory separation, easy access to libraries and tight integration with XML (Extensible Markup Language), but was rated second to C# for tight integration with SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol).
Posted by Chad Dickerson at 11:04 PM
IT and telecommunication spending has begun a rebound which will carry through into 2004...
according to IDC. Worldwide IT spending is set for 5 percent growth to $916 billion in 2004, while spending on telecommunication services will show 4 percent growth to $1 trillion.
Posted by Chad Dickerson at 11:03 PM