GLOBAL Research List

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This IDC study presents a forecast for the worldwide and U.S. hosted application management (AM)
services market for 2013–2017. Enterprise customers look to service providers for greater
efficiencies and performance optimization of hosted solutions, leveraging vendor private and public
cloud models.
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This IDC study presents our adjusted worldwide and regional forecasts for the server market from
2013 to 2017.
"Trends such as convergence, data analytics, and cloud services will continue to transform the
server market. IDC expects these trends to drive significant revenue growth in distinct market
segments in 2013," said Jed Scaramella, research manager for Enterprise Servers. "Over the forecast
period, x86 systems are expected to continue to increase both in revenue and in units. In the
internal datacenter, x86 systems will increase in their virtual workload and gain an larger share
of customer applications. In the external datacenters, service providers are leveraging x86 server
in building out their environments."
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This IDC study forecasts demand for gaming-optimized handhelds, such as the Nintendo 3DS and Sony
PlayStation Vita, from a hardware bundle and packaged and digital game software perspective through
2017. It also forecasts smartphone and tablet game software sales through 2017, with some
consideration given to the specifics of iOS, Android, and other operating system and distribution
platforms. Regional breakdowns include North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific (Japan and
APEJ), and a combined rest of the world region. Key metrics tracked are gamers, gaming device
installed bases, hardware and software ASPs, ARPU, and total hardware and software revenue.
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This IDC study presents an updated five-year forecast for the worldwide public cloud enabling IT
infrastructure market. IDC estimates this market totaled $9.2 billion in 2012 and will increase to
more than $20.1 billion in 2017. This is the first time IDC has published this study.
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This IDC study forecasts the size and growth rate of the worldwide distributed system management
software market for the 2013–2017 forecast period. Historical information going back to 2008 is
provided for comparison. This study reflects the impact of definitions contained in IDC's Software
Taxonomy, 2012 (IDC #235401, June 2012).
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This IDC study provides release notes for the latest version of the New Media Market Model and a
comprehensive overview of its taxonomy and methodology.
"IDC's worldwide New Media Market Model taxonomy presents a standardized and detailed framework of
the consumer IT market," said Karsten Weide, program vice president, Media and Entertainment. "This
taxonomy document serves as a guideline to better understand and use IDC consumer Internet
research."
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This IDC Health Insights report provides an assessment of the growing trend supporting the
outsourcing of life science drug safety services, describes how the major vendors compare with each
other, and identifies the key factors that are helping both industry leaders and major market
players to succeed and grow.
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This IDC study examines the Big Data technology and services market for 2012–2016. The study
describes IDC's definition of Big Data and the criteria and methodology for sizing the market.
Further, the study segments the Big Data market into server, storage, networking, software, and
services.
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This IDC study provides our assessment of the ongoing seismic change in personal computing as the
growing number of form factors and mobile OS ecosystems broadens the reach of computing for
consumers who demand a richer mobile experience.
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This IDC study examines the changing spending by small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) on
IT services. Worldwide IT services spending is forecast through 2016 by company size, with
additional detail provided for U.S. SMBs. Year-to-year spending growth is presented, and the share of
total IT spending represented by IT services is described, with information on large business
spending patterns also provided for comparison.
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