Big Data, Analytics, and Cloud Drive Enterprise Software Growth in 2012, According to IDC

.2013 – International Data Corporation (IDC) today released the latest results from the Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker. For 2012, the worldwide software market grew 3.6% year over year reaching a total market size of $342 billion, which was in line with IDC-s previous forecast of 3.4% and less than half the growth rate experienced in 2010 and 2011. In that sense, 2012 confirms the beginning of a more conservative growth period. In the middle of this scenario, there are faster growing mark

Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Spending Declined 16 Per Cent in 2012, According to Final Results by Gartner

Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Spending Declined 16 Per Cent in 2012, According to Final Results by Gartner

.2013 – Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending totalled $37.8 billion in 2012, a 16.1 per cent decline from 2011, according to final results by Gartner, Inc. Wafer-level manufacturing underperformed the market in 2012, pulled down by weakness in lithography and deposition. Among the major sectors, those more strongly driven by logic manufacturing, 28/20-nanometer (nm) processing and yield ramps-ups did better.
"Continued oversupply in DRAM and the shift to NAND into over