Digital Intelligence

A lack of return on big data projects is causing companies to turn spending towards other priorities, according to new research.

06/10/2016  |  Full story...

Companies failing to upgrade ageing IT systems will struggle to survive as the Internet of Things momentum gathers pace, according to new research.

22/03/2016  |  Full story...

A massive rise in the number of connected devices making up the Internet of Things (IoT) will have a major impact on how the supply chain operates, according to a new report.

02/04/2014  |  Full story...

During 2013, Android tablets outsold iPads for the first time, getting almost twice the sales of its Apple rival, according to new data from Gartner.

04/03/2014  |  Full story...

Global mobile advertising spending is forecast to reach $18 billion in 2014, up from the estimated $13.1 billion in 2013, according to new research.

23/01/2014  |  Full story...

The worldwide tablet market is set to grow by almost half over the coming 12 months, as PC sales continue to fall, according to new research.

13/01/2014  |  Full story...

Smartphones finally outsold feature phones globally during the second quarter of this year, with Android taking a 79% share of the market, according to new research.

15/08/2013  |  Full story...

Samsung has extended its lead over Apple’s iPhone in the global smartphone market, while Android now accounts for a massive 72% chunk of the smartphone OS market, according to new data. The research, from Gartner, found that worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached almost 428 million units in the third quarter of 2012, a 3.1% decline from the third quarter of 2011.

15/11/2012  |  Full story...

By 2014, personal online cloud services will take over from the personal computer as consumers download and use services on cloud-based systems on a variety of products, including smartphones and tablets, according to a new report. The research, from Gartner, looks at the $2.2 trillion dollar consumer digital devices, services and content market.

15/03/2012  |  Full story...

Android is now running on 52.5% of all smartphones sold acfross the globe, according to a new study from the Gartner research firm. The study, from research firm Gartner, looked at the smartphone operating system market during the third quarter of 2011. Android has more than doubled its market share from the same period last year, the study found.

19/11/2011

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Worldwide social media revenue is to reach $10.3bn in 2011, up 41% on last year, with ads and games as the key drivers for growth, according to a new report. The study, from Gartner, predicts that worldwide social media revenue is forecast for consistent growth with 2012 revenue totaling $14.9 billion, and the market is projected to reach $29.1 billion in 2015. Advertising revenue is, and will remain, the largest contributor to overall social media revenue. Social media advertising revenue is forecast to total $5.5 billion in 2011, and grow to $8.2 billion in 2012.

24/10/2011

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Nearly half of the world's smartphones will be using Google's Android operating system by the end of 2012, according to the research firm Gartner. Google will lead the race with Apple, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) and Microsoft by the end of this year and take 49.2% of the market in 2012, according to the research firm’s forecast.

The report also went on to predict that Nokia's tie-up with Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 operating system would also be a success, with a 19.5% share of the smartphone market by 2015 – leapfrogging its rivals to the number two spot. Worldwide smartphone sales are expected to reach 468m units in 2011 – a 57.7% increase on 2010.

08/04/2011

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The big change is happening. Latest Gartner data revises downwards the shipment volumes for PCs. Plugging the gap, the explosive growth of tablets. But have they got it right?

07/03/2011

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Worldwide mobile phone sales grew 11.8% during Q2 to reach 305m units according to new figures from Gartner. Sales of mobile phones in Western Europe reached close to 42m units during the quarter, up 16% from the previous quarter. However, quarterly year-on-year sales were down 8.2% as the region reached total mobile penetration rates of 121.5% for the first six months of the year.
North American sales grew to 44.1m units, up 6.58% year-on-year and 5.3% over the previous quarter.
Gartner predicts that total mobile phone sales will reach 1.28bn units during 2008.
Gartner: http://www.gartner.com, 27/08/2008

27/08/2008