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Worldwide Smartphone Market Grew 6.5% in the Second Quarter of 2024 as Momentum Continues to Build, According to IDC Tracker

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT

Global smartphone shipments increased 6.5% year over year to 285.4 million units in Q2 2024, according to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

Japan 3rd Platform Forecast by Vertical Segment and Company Size, 2024–2028

Ko Shikita, Hitoshi Ichimura — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study classifies domestic industries into 21 industry sectors, including 17 categories of businesses, and 4 categories of nonbusiness: central government, local governments, education, and consumers. It also presents the actual (2023) and forecast (2024-2028) 3rd Platform spending in each sector. Likewise, the document analyzes the market across five employee size segments and provides forecast data for 3rd Platform spending by industry vertical and employee size. The market forecasts used in this document take into account the impact of regional conflicts in Ukraine and Israel, as well as economic trends such as inflation and the weak yen.

In the construction and transportation industries, caps on overtime work, which had been waived because of issues with the nature of work and trade practices, would come into effect in April 2024. Ko Shikita, research manager at Verticals and Cross Technologies, IDC Japan, said, "For these businesses, it is likely that awareness of reducing overtime hours will increase not only among onsite workers but throughout the company. IT suppliers should review their solutions, including those that previously had the primary objectives of reducing costs and ensuring safety, from the perspective of contribution to reducing overtime hours, and seek to expand opportunities for the employee experience solutions business."

This is the English translation of the Japanese document #JPJ52028024.

Cybersecurity Risks Related to the Olympic Games Will be Widespread, Driving Increased Cybersecurity Services Spending in France and Across Europe, According to IDC

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT

IDC estimates that revenue from cybersecurity services in France will increase by $94 million (€86 million) in 2024 as a result of the Olympic Games, adding just over two percentage points to total cybersecurity services spending.

Samsung Brings Artificial Intelligence to Its New Foldable Smartphones

Ramon T. Llamas, Bryan Bassett — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT

At Samsung's Unpacked event in Paris, France, Samsung unveiled the latest additions to its foldables smartphone lineup: the Galaxy Z Fold6 and the Galaxy Z Flip6. While these draw attention for their unique form factors, the real star of the show is the addition of Galaxy AI and Google's Gemini, bringing artificial intelligence (AI)-powered experiences to drive productivity and creativity across multiple use cases.

With AI smartphones being a relatively new development in the smartphone market, Samsung's announcements highlight the company's blueprints to bring AI to more smartphones, and rightfully with its premium models first. IDC believes, as with Samsung's previous foldables, these new smartphones will appeal to a specific audience and keep the company atop the growing foldables market.

Samsung Reveals Galaxy AI–Powered Wearables as Galaxy Unpacked

Ramon T. Llamas — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT

At its Unpacked event in Paris, France, Samsung introduced several wearables: the highly anticipated Galaxy Ring, the Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra, and finally, the Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds3 Pro. In addition to showing clear hardware improvements, Samsung injected its Galaxy AI into its ring and smartwatches to uncover new health insights and provide actionable data. This is especially important as artificial intelligence has touched upon many other types of hardware and technologies, and the amount and types of data they collect make wearables ripe for AI.

What do European Organizations Think About the Importance of GenAI on Networking?

Bruno Teyton — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight discusses a GenAI-related finding from IDC's European Enterprise Networking and Life-Cycle Services Survey, since European enterprises' networking teams expect huge benefits from GenAI.

"Multiple use cases emerge with different levels of maturity for scripting, knowledge management, onboarding and change management, troubleshooting, incident response, and intent-based networking. However, enterprises will need clear guidance from networking vendors and systems integrators before using GenAI at scale — what are the quick wins, what are the consequences on skills and processes, and is GenAI trustworthy for the most complex use cases?", said Bruno Teyton, associated vice president, IDC Europe Telecommunications and Networking.

Worldwide 5G and 4G/LTE Enterprise Wireless WAN Forecast, 2024–2028: 5G FWA Reignites Branch Opportunities

Patrick Filkins, Brandon Butler, Ajeet Das — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study presents a forecast for the worldwide 5G and 4G/LTE enterprise wireless WAN market for the 2024–2028 period.

"The enterprise wireless WAN marked continued to demonstrate multiyear resiliency and growth in 2023. Continued growth in 2023 was primarily driven by the United States–based rollout of enterprise FWA, championed by tier 1 telecom service providers and the emergence of 5G SASE," says Patrick Filkins, senior research manager, IoT/Edge and Telecom Network Infrastructure at IDC.

Microsoft Build 2024: Transforming How Developers' Work Takes Center Stage

Ritu Jyoti, David Schubmehl — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note highlights major announcements and demonstrations by Microsoft at its Build 2024 conference held in Seattle on May 23 and 24, 2024. It also includes IDC's point of view on the rapidly evolving AI landscape and Microsoft's AI efforts, developments, and overall company strategy.

PC Recovery Continues as the Market Grows 3% in the Second Quarter, According to IDC

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT

Worldwide shipments of Traditional PCs totaled 64.9 million units in Q2 2024, representing year-over-year growth of 3.0%, according to preliminary results from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.

Worldwide Private LTE/5G Wireless Infrastructure Forecast, 2024–2028: 5G Adoption Picking Up Momentum

Patrick Filkins, Brandon Butler, Ajeet Das — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study examines the worldwide private LTE/5G wireless infrastructure market for 2024–2028.

"The private 4G/LTE market is expected to remain resilient over the next few years, particularly in verticals (e.g., utilities) where the use cases can be served by 4G. 5G is driving its own story, however, with most industrial deployments moving to 5G for its use of midband spectrum and longer innovation pipeline," says Patrick Filkins, senior research manager, IoT/Edge and Telecom Networks.