Tag: idc
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IDC predicts fierce battle for developers in 2014
A couple of weeks ago IDC put out their predictions for 2014, saying “2014 Will Be a Year of Escalation, Consolidation, and Innovation as the Transition to IT’s “3rd Platform” Accelerates.” The part that really caught my eye was the the second half of the following sentence: “In 2014, we’ll see every major player make…
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All the best ideas begin on a cocktail napkin — DCS turns 5
A little over a week ago, Dell’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) group marked its fifth birthday. As Timothy Prickett Morgan explains in his article subtitled, “Five years old, and growing like a weed”: DCS was founded originally to chase the world’s top 20 hyperscale data center operators, and creates stripped-down, super-dense, and energy-efficient machines that…
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IDC starts tracking the hyperscale server market
In a recent post that highlighted the demise of the midrange server market, Timothy Prickett Morgan talked about the new server classification that IDC has just started tracking, “Density-optimized”: These are minimalist server designs that resemble blades in that they have skinny form factors but they take out all the extra stuff that hyperscale Web…
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Day 2 of Dell’s analyst event and an SMB perspective from IDC’s Ray Boggs
Yesterday was day two of Dell’s two-day industry analyst summit which was held at the W hotel in Austin Texas. The event brought together over 100 analysts from around the world to hear to about the company’s strategy and vision from Dell’s top execs. The second day kicked off with a presentation by the President…
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A Quick look at Dell’s Analyst Summit
Earlier this week Dell held an industry analyst summit in Boston. The event, “Dell Services and Solutions for the Virtual Era” was attended by analysts from around the world and was a follow-on to the event Dell held in San Francisco back in March. What went on The two-day event featured presentations from Dell’s senior…