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Data Sovereignty, Compliance Issues Tops IT Decisions

Data Sovereignty, Compliance Issues Tops IT Decisions

New survey results from International Data Corporation (IDC) show that data sovereignty and compliance are now an important factor in shaping IT selection and design decisions. Almost half the respondents (48%) to IDC’s Cloud Pulse 2Q22 survey (n=1350) say that data sovereignty and industry compliance have factored highly in discussions …

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Organisations’ Spending on Digital Technology to Grow Eight Times in 2023

Organisations' Spending on Digital Technology to Grow Eight Times in 2023

Spending on digital technology by organizations will grow at eight times the economy in 2023 globally, establishing a foundation for organizations to drive operational excellence, competitive differentiation, and long-term growth, the International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasted. In its latest report, IDC notes that Digital transformation investments in the Middle East, …

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DG NITDA Tasks Expert on Digital Innovations as Africa’s Internet Economy Hits $180 Billion in 2025

DG NITDA Tasks Expert on Digital Innovations as Africa's Internet Economy Hits $180 Billion in 2025

The Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has urged Chief Information Officers from organizations and Corporate Nations to focus more on initiating digital innovation strategies considering global digital trends and new realities. Director General (NITDA) Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi noted that COVID-19 pandemic …

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Feature Phones in Nigerian Market Suffer Hit Amid COVID-19

Nigeria’s feature phones market suffered a 12.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline in shipments in Q1 2020, according to the latest figures from global technology and consulting services firm International Data Corporation (IDC). The firm’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker shows that smartphone shipments declined 13.6 per cent over the same …

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IDC Forecasts Smartphone Shipments to Decline by 11.9% in 2020

The International Data Corporation (IDC) has forecasted that the worldwide smartphone market will decline by 11.9% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units. Quoted in its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the forecast follows the largest year-over-year decline in history in the first quarter of 2020 …

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IT Infrastructure Spending to Grow By 4%, $437 Billion- Report

In the wake of spending by service providers for resiliency in addition to increasing enterprise demand for cloud services, IT infrastructure spending is projected to grow by an estimated 4% to $437 billion. The Global provider of market intelligence and advisory services for information technology, International Data Corporation (IDC) also …

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