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Gartner: Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Spending Declined 16 Percent in 2012

The Worldwide Semiconductor Capital Equipment Market spending totaled $37.8 billion in 2012, a 16.1 percent decline from 2011, according to Gartner’s final results. Wafer-level manufacturing under-performed the market in 2012, pulled down by weakness in…

Gartner: Hosted Virtual Desktops Can Increase Security and Help Organizations Meet Compliance Standards

Properly implemented hosted virtual desktops (HVDs) can increase security, and help organizations and infrastructure leaders meet compliance requirements, according to a recent Gartner report. In fact, increasing the security of end-user computing is one of…

Gartner: India’s Printer Copier and MFP Market Totaled $219.8 Million in Fourth Quarter 2012

The combined serial inkjet and page printer, copier and multifunction product (MFP) market in India ended fourth quarter 2012 with 27 percent spending growth over fourth quarter 2011 to total $219.8 million. The combined market…

Gartner: 10 Percent of Overall IT Security Enterprise Product Capabilities To Be Delivered in the Cloud by 2015, with Cloud-Based Security Services Market To Reach $4.2 Billion by 2016

Ten percent of overall IT security enterprise product capabilities will be delivered in the cloud by 2015 with the cloud-based security services market to reach $4.2 billion by 2016, according to a new report from…

Gartner: Hybrid Apps To Be Used in More Than 50 Percent of Mobile Apps by 2016

Hybrid apps, which offer a balance between HTML5-based web apps and native apps, will be used in more than 50 percent of mobile apps by 2016, according to new research from Gartner. Native application development,…

Federated Single Sign-On Will Be the Predominant SSO Technology Through 2016, Gartner Says

A well-executed single sign-on (SSO) strategy reduces password-related support incidents and provides users with improved convenience and more-efficient authentication processes, according to Gartner, Inc. A sound SSO strategy will give users fewer reasons to write…