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• Oracle staying mum on merger progress down under

  Oracle's Australian representatives are staying mum over the impact attempts to acquire Sun Microsystems are having on its operations down under.

• PC shipments jump in the fourth quarter, IDC says

  Worldwide PC shipments soared during the fourth quarter, driven by historically low PC prices and an increased demand for laptops and netbooks, analyst firm IDC said Wednesday

• IDC Telco Predictions 2010

  IDC has released its 2010 telco market predictions making the pretty safe bets that the Australian market will make a stable recover in 2010 and that the NBN Co and Telstra strike a deal. But believes that there’ll be no NBN fibre rollout on the mainland during the year.

• PC market on fast track to recovery, IDC says

  PC shipments worldwide will grow by double digits on a yearly basis through 2013, buoyed by increased commercial spending and growing demand for portable PCs like laptops and netbooks, IDC said in a study issued on Wednesday.

• IT hardware sales poised for small recovery after disastrous 2009

  Server and storage vendors suffered painful revenue declines throughout 2009, but the IT hardware markets are starting to show signs of life and are in position for a small rebound in 2010.

• Australia behind China, Turkey, South Korea in ICT Sustainability Index

  Australia has been ranked in the bottom half of G20 nations for its ability to use ICT to reduce CO2 emissions according to IDC's recently launched ICT Sustainability Index.

• IDC: 1 billion mobile devices will go online by 2013

  The growing demand for online applications could push the number of mobile devices accessing the Internet past 1 billion by 2013, IDC said in a survey issued on Wednesday.

• Cloud computing a "real" and "accelerating" phenomenon

  Cloud computing should be part of every organisations' strategic plan, says KPMG’s Director of Technology and Innovation, Bruce McCabe.

• Server market revenues taking a pounding

  IDC has confirmed earlier figures from Gartner that Sun’s server revenues have taken a pounding, down 35 per cent for the year to Q3 2009.

• Blades are server market's bright spot, says IDC

  While total 2009 server sales still remain below last year's totals, IDC's quarterly tracker report released today indicates that worldwide demand for the systems among enterprise customers may finally be increasing.

• Computerworld Top 10 Most Influential 2009 — #8 Netbooks

  Computerworld's Top 10 Most Influential for 2009 continues with our 8th place: Netbooks. As the year draws to a close, it is time to recognise the people, products, organisations, trends and events that have had the greatest influence on the ICT industry and community. We have therefore launched the inaugural Computerworld Top 10 Most Influential.

• IDC predicts strong information and data management growth across Asia-Pacific

  IDC is projecting Asia-Pacific growth in Information and Data Management Software (IDMS) in 2010 with the market resilience in 2009 despite the economic downturn. The analyst’s semi-annual information management and analytics software tracker shows the region (excluding Japan) returned to positive half-on-half growth in the first half of 2009, reaching a market value of $US1,056.8 million.

• IDC to release complete results of ICT Sustainability Index at Copenhagen

  IDC will release the complete results of its ICT Sustainability Index in a press conference in Copenhagen on December 10 2009.

• IDC Trendwatch: Data Centres

  With the data centre increasingly cementing its place as the heart of all things ICT, organisations must carefully decide who will become their partner - especially considering it will be a relationship that is maintained over several years, if not a couple of decades. To help you along your way Computerworld has launched the Australia Data Centre Directory.

• In Pictures: IDC Cloud Computing conference

  IDC held a conference on cloud computing and the data centre landscape in Australia in Sydney earlier this week.