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Although cloud computing is still in its infancy, the technology has already begun changing how IT departments deliver economic value to countries, cities, industries and small businesses. According to IDC, spending …

Information technology spending increased 5% in 2011, despite the worsening economic situation in Western Europe and volatility in other regions, according to a new study from the IDC Worldwide Black Book. …

Looking to extend its cloud computing platform, Oracle said it has entered into an agreement to acquire cloud-based talent management provider Taleo for $46 per share or approximately $1.9 billion, …

The increase in mobile data and voice over IP usage has contributed to the growth of Chile’s telecom services market, according to IDC Latin America. The research firm released a …

Looking to expand revenues, Brazilian carrier Oi announced its cloud strategy dubbed “Oi Smart Cloud.” The offering is designed to complement the carrier’s enterprise portfolio, which currently includes fixed and …

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IDC Latin America followed the company’s global predictions in forecasting that 2012 will be the year of mobile and cloud platform wars as IT vendors vie for leadership while the …

Latin Americans like to communicate, especially Brazilians. That’s why social networks such as Facebook or Orkut have so many Brazilian subscribers. Another aspect – as well as consequence – is …

Research in Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry still leads in the enterprise market across Latin America region, but that position could be threatened by upcoming smartphones from Microsoft’s partnership with Nokia. “I …

As Dell was hosting its annual Dell World convention in Austin, news broke that China’s Lenovo has overtaken Dell to become the world’s number two personal computer maker for the …

Do you think your personal devices are more useful at work than those provided by your company? If you said yes, you fit in recent survey, “Consumerization of IT,” sponsored …

Analyst firms are often accused of pulling figures from various places; the sky, their rear ends – basically anywhere but reality – and with the latest numbers from IDC its not difficult to see why.

Poor PC vendors. If a new report by analyst firm IDC is to be believed, the world and his wife are conspiring to reduce PC shipment growth for the rest of 2011. At the beginning of the year IDC predicted 7.1% growth for the PC sector, however after a poor Q1 that forecast has now been revised down to just 4.2%.

Ahh, the humble smart phone. For the first part of the last decade a mere curiosity reserved for the hardcore nerds and obsessive businessman of this world, subsequently thrust into the limelight by the iPhone, then Android, and most recently by the escalating war between the two.

Business News Americas | January 21, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski As Latin America’s LTE market takes shape this year, media companies will join mobile service providers in the rush to …

Korea IT Times | January 17, 2011 Opens a data center for cloud computing service at SK Broadband’s Internet Data Center to support 1,500 virtual servers SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) announced …