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Microsoft: $1 of piracy = $5.50 in "lost opportunities"

Each dollar lost to software piracy equals $5.50 in lost opportunities, claims Microsoft. A new white paper released by IDC and funded by the software giant looks at how copyright infringement affects the software ecosystem as a whole, not just how it affects a single corporation. IDC claims that, if Microsoft were to make back each of those lost dollars, partner companies would gain $4.37 in increased revenues and $1.13 in lower operational costs. That's assuming, however, that the Business Software Alliance's estimated losses due to piracy are correct—an assumption that IDC makes in this report, despite having admitted in the past that the numbers are misleading.

IDC Report "Backup and Recovery: The Open Source Option Comes of Age"

Read the IDC Vendor Spotlight on Zmanda. Learn the latest user requirements, market trends and the unique role of Zmanda in bringing enterprise-scale open source backup & recovery solution to the market. Open source storage solutions have been gaining momentum over the past five years. The trend is away from tape backup and toward fixed disks for backup and archiving, in part because fixed disks provide better support for RTOs and RPOs. These trends accentuate the need for a thoughtful backup and recovery software solution. Zmanda can expect its two complementary backup and recovery solutions to grow in concert with the need for more storage, regardless of the media, as long as it maintains a competitive edge by continuously innovating and refining its offerings.

IDC Report "Backup and Recovery: The Open Source Option Comes of Age"

Read the IDC Vendor Spotlight on Zmanda. Learn the latest user requirements, market trends and the unique role of Zmanda in bringing enterprise-scale open source backup & recovery solution to the market.

IDC Report "Backup and Recovery: The Open Source Option Comes of Age"

Read the IDC Vendor Spotlight on Zmanda. Learn the latest user requirements, market trends and the unique role of Zmanda in bringing enterprise-scale open source backup & recovery solution to the market.

IDC survey proves open source software as viable business model

Matt Lawton, Program Director, Software Business Strategies at IDC sent over a few choice tidbits from their survey of open source software (OSS) vendors, covering their experience selling OSS in 2007.

IDC Research Highlights Advantages Of Driving Business With Web 2.0 Says Worklight

London, 7th July 2008 - A Financial Times feature by IDC analysts on the virtues of companies embracing Web 2.0 technology is spot on, says WorkLight, as firms drive business and customer engagement using sites such as Facebook, iGoogle, and others...

More than one billion consumers will shop online by 2012, IDC says

Nearly half of all Internet users worldwide will make online purchases this year, and by 2012, more than 1 billion online buyers will complete business-to-consumer transactions totaling about $1.2 trillion, according to IDC’s Digital Marketplace forecast. Business-to-business e-commerce will be ten times larger, amounting to $12.4 trillion in 2012, the study finds.

Updated U.S. Digital Camera Forecast

This IDC Presentation details trends behind IDC's April digital camera forecast. This presentation was delivered to clients in June 2008.

Japan IP-VPN Services 20072011 Forecast and 2006 Analysis

This IDC study, which is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J7040107, analyzes the trends in the Japan IP-VPN services market, and provides forecast of the Standard IP-VPN, Lite VPN, and Internet VPN segments for period of 2007–2011. This study analyzes the impact of the fast-developing Lite VPN market on the IP-VPN overall market, and seeks to find out the future plans of the various service providers towards service development. Based on these findings, and new market trends, the forecast for 2007–2011 were revised.

More research on why the open source market is disappearing

Matt Lawton of IDC has a new survey on open source in publication that confirms many of the trends we found in IT Investment Research year-end 2007 survey, which ebizQ commissioned back in January 2008. Of course that survey in turn confirmed research Matt did at this time in 2007. Truth in advertising: I did software-market research for IDC and sometimes with Matt from 1997-2006 so I am sure Matt and I are both using rigorous, intellectually honest methodologies.

Google: A Push Beyond Databases

This IDC study addresses what dataspace technology delivers and suggests how the dataspace technology might buttress Google's enterprise software and services. Organizations face increasing problems in managing their data — be it structured or unstructured. Traditional databases are part of the problem and part of the solution. Dataspaces are being revisited as a solution to today's data management challenges.

Are Digital Cameras Churning?

TWICE: IDC has used the phrase "mobile-phone-style churn" to describe the dynamics of the point-and-shoot market. Is this a sustainable model?

iPhone 3G Comes to Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Amid Consumer Fanfare

This IDC Flash examines the launch of the iPhone 3G in Australia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand on July 11, 2008, focusing on consumer options and competitive response.

LiPS Joins LiMO Signifying Unification for Mobile Linux, But Fragmentation Still Exists

This IDC Flash provides commentary and analysis in response to the June 26, 2008, announcement regarding LiPS joining the LiMo Foundation for a more unified initiative around the development of mobile Linux devices.

Bringing IT Operations Management to Open Source & Beyond

(Source: Groundwork) Download this IDC analyst report to learn how open source solutions can drive more value from the existing deployment of open source tools by providing a common data model, integration platform, and presentation layer for IT organizations moving away from component management to service management.

Report: IBM Ranked #1 in Web Portal Software Market

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that analyst firm IDC has ranked IBM as the worldwide market share leader in the enterprise portal software market over Oracle, BEA and Microsoft, based on license and maintenance revenue.(1)

Apple Climbs Into Third Place In U.S. PC Market

Tibor the Hun writes "According to Gartner and IDC, Apple now has between 7.8 and 8.5% of market share. While those numbers are not astonishing, they are not insignificant, and their growth does not seem to be slowing down. Will the pearly gates of acceptance open up for them once they reach the magic 10%, and will that have a positive effect on desktop Linux adoption? Hard to tell, but it's good to see that normal people (not just us geeks) are choosing to go with a different OS, rather than staying with the headache-inducing Windows."

Reducing Software Piracy Could Have Exponential Effect on Channel Profitability, Says New White Paper

HOUSTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A new white paper by IDC released today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 highlights the collateral damage that software piracy is causing to companies across the technology industry. Sponsored by Microsoft Corp. and the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP), the white paper shows that every dollar Microsoft loses to software piracy translates to $5.50 in lost opportunity for other companies in the partner ecosystem. The white paper points to a stark reality not often highlighted in industry discussions: Software piracy is a wide-ranging problem that deeply affects small companies as well as large software vendors.

Report: IBM Ranked #1 in Web Portal Software Market

ARMONK, NY -- 07/31/08 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that analyst firm IDC has ranked IBM as the worldwide market share leader in the enterprise portal software market over Oracle, BEA and Microsoft, based on license and maintenance revenue.(1)

Study shows reducing piracy benefits Microsoft VARs, some experts disagree

A recent study shows that reducing piracy will benefit Microsoft VARs, arguing that the VARs' income will increase as a result. The IDC study, which was sponsored by Microsoft and the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners, says that VARs, rather than retailers, would be the biggest beneficiary from a reduction in piracy.

Governments Around the Globe Have Become Early Adopters of Web 2.0 Strategies.

Will e-government be replaced by Gov 2.0? This is the prediction made by market research firm Government Insights, (GI) an IDC company. E-government was all about putting citizen services on the Web. Gov 2.0 is about assessing, sharing and interacting with information to create new opportunities and to allow agencies to deliver more holistic services to citizens, according to a June 12 Webinar conducted by Government Insights.

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