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January 28, 2004
IT outsourcing grew quickly worldwide in 2003
According to Datamonitor, this growth was largely driven by public sector services contracts. Outsourcing contracts totalled US$119 billion in 2003, 44 percent higher than in 2002, while the number of deals with a value greater than $100 million increased 49 percent to 244 contracts.
Posted by jenguevin at 11:44 PM
January 27, 2004
Sales of full-featured handsets, mobile phones that incorporate full-featured operating systems, will reach 290 million units by 2008
That is about 43 percent of global handset sales, according to Zelos Group. With its strength in the two important categories of low cost and openness, the Linux operating system is set to dominate this market, Zelos said.
Posted by jenguevin at 05:31 AM
January 26, 2004
Spam filters named No. 1 enemy of e-mail marketers
E-mail marketers say spam filters and general inbox clutter are the top challenges facing their business. Other major hurdles are broken out at CIO.com.
Posted by jenguevin at 06:55 PM
January 22, 2004
Online shoppers shun shipping costs
Online shoppers were most likely to abandon a purchase during December 2003 because of hidden costs, such as shipping and handling. Sites asking for too much personal information came in a close second, according to NetIQ. Go to CIO.com to see a breakdown of other major factors contributing to purchase abandonment this holiday season.
Posted by jenguevin at 07:23 PM
Internet access is the fastest-growing sector of the telecommunications market in Latin America...
according to Pyramid Research. The market will be worth US$5.3 billion in 2008, with Brazil currently the biggest market, Peru the fastest-growing, and Chile with the greatest market penetration of around 8 percent, Pyramid said.
Posted by jenguevin at 06:58 AM
January 21, 2004
A widespread shift to broadband is hurting ISPs like AOL and MSN
The shift to broadband access is eroding the grip that ISPs America Online Inc. (AOL) and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN have on the U.S. market, according to Solomon-Wolff Associates. The two ISPs claimed 41 percent of the market in early 2002 but this figure had declined to 35 percent by July 2003, despite an overall consolidation in the market which has seen the top 10 ISPs hold 75 percent of the market.
Posted by jenguevin at 05:10 PM
January 20, 2004
Consumer broadband in Europe will grow...
at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 36 percent between now and 2007, taking the number of subscribers from 18.7 million at the end of 2003 to 50 million by the end of 2007, according to research firm IDC. One effect of the rapid broadband take-up is that dial-up subscriptions will decline over the same period from 52.5 million to 34.2 million.
Posted by jenguevin at 12:52 AM
January 19, 2004
Worldwide Wi-Fi hardware shipments more than tripled in 2003...
to 22.7 million network interface card and access point units, from 7.2 million in 2002, according to research firm Instat/MDR. Revenues rose 140 percent to US$1.7 billion in 2003 from 2002's revenue figure of $700 million. Wi-Fi sales will reach $40 million in 2006, Instat/MDR said.
Posted by jenguevin at 05:02 PM
January 14, 2004
Clothing leads online holiday sales in 2003
The clothing segment led all online retail categories during the holiday season of 2003, generating $3.7 billion in revenue.
To see a breakdown of how other major retail categories fared, go to CIO.com's chart.
Posted by jenguevin at 09:14 PM
January 13, 2004
High-tech job cuts fell 51% in 2003, but there was a surge in job cuts in the telecom industry
According to a recent report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., high-tech job cuts fell to 228,325 last year, a 51% decrease from 2002. Despite that improvement the telecom sector was battered late in the year, posting 48,933 job cuts for 2003. That number is nearly double those reported the previous year in the same sector.
For more results and analysis of the study, go to Computerworld's coverage.
Posted by jenguevin at 05:58 PM
January 07, 2004
Regulations, information glut drive growth of enterprise content management market
According to a recent report by The Yankee Group, regulatory stipulations and the general swell of information generated within today's businesses will lead to strong growth for vendors in the enterprise content management space. The survey found that 58 percent of companies plan to increase their investment in portal technologies while 63 percent plan to increase investment in enterprise content management systems.
To read complete results and analysis of the study, go to CIO Magazine's "Corralling Content," Dec. 31, 2003.
Posted by jenguevin at 10:18 PM