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Welcome to the eighth IDC LA newsletter. This
monthly newsletter includes general news, details of recent
studies, webinars, press releases and information on forthcoming
events.
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1. SPOTLIGHT: IDC LA PREDICTIONS 2008: AUDIO REPLAY
2. Recent
Studies
3. Upcoming
Events
4. Recent
Press Release
5. IDC
in the Press
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IDC Latin America Predictions 2008 offers an
important preview of the industry events, user trends, and
vendor strategies that promise to define the IT industry in
the year ahead.
Drawing on IDC's industry-defining research and fresh insights
from more than 120+ IDC analysts in the region, Group Vice
President of IDC Latin America, Eric Prothero will lay out
the themes and opportunities that will guide the industry's
direction in the coming months. Industry flash points and
pivotal choices facing the industry's key players will also
be examined. Prothero will be joined by a panel of senior
IDC analysts, who will discuss their outlook for 2008 in greater
detail and answer questions from listeners.
Download now the IDC LATIN AMERICA Predictions 08: AUDIO REPLAY
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Latin America Quarterly Volume Server Tracker
Four times annually, IDC's Latin America Quarterly
Volume Server Tracker provides detailed, highly segmented
tracking of the low-end (<US$25,000) server market by vendor,
price band, operating system, chip type, processor family,
vertical and horizontal user segments, and distribution channel.
Countries covered are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Rolling eight-quarter and five-year
country forecasts are updated on a quarterly basis.
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Latin America Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker
IDC's Latin America Quarterly Mobile Phone
Tracker fills the demand for detailed and timely information
on the global mobile phone and converged mobile device market
for device vendors, software developers, service providers,
and component suppliers. It provides insightful analysis through
quarterly market share for Latin America's largest markets:
Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and the rest of Latin America.
IDC's Latin America Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker is built
on the foundation of IDC's network of country-level mobile
phone tracking services, and its bottom-up methodology delivers
an accurate view of the mobile phone market from those closest
to it. It delivers a quarterly Excel pivot-table product that
details the performance of the market's individual players
and answers important product-planning and product-positioning
questions. It also provides rolling eight-quarter and five-year
forecasts by country and form factor.
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• MEXICO –
February
21 - IDC Enterprise Mobility Conference 2008
• BRAZIL –
February 26- IDC Brazil SOA & Business Integration Conference
2008
• IDC Events – Find the perfect conference
for your IT focus – View
entire 2008 IDC Events Calendar
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IDC Regional: Latin America expected to show strongest global
growth in IT spending, 12.6% in 2008.
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IDC Mexico: Server market growing more than 20%, not only in units, but also in value
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IDC Argentina: Server market continues growing in 2008
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IDC is often quoted by the press as an independent source of
analysis. Here are some examples of where IDC Latin America
analysts have appeared over the past few weeks:
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BNamericas, January 17 - IDC predicts 12.6% growth in LatAm
IT investments - Regional
IT investments in Latin America are expected to grow 12.6% in
2008 compared to last year, reaching a total of US$48.6bn, according
to a new study by international tech consultancy IDC. The hardware
segment will once again lead the way with 13.4% projected growth
this year compared to 2007, mostly driven by handheld devices
(with 25.6% growth), PCs (16%), printers and storage. According
to Jay Gumbiner, Director of consumer and commercial devices
at IDC Latin America, PC vendors are expected to sell 25mn PCs
in Latin America this year, a 21% increase over PCs sold in
2007. Of that total, 8mn will represent laptops, up 60% year-over-year,
with 17mn desktops.
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BNamericas, January 10 - IDC: Server sales to slow down over
next 3yrs - Mexico
Sales of servers in Mexico are expected to grow at a more conservative
rate over the next three years than in 2007 as the market moves
towards virtualization projects, international IT consultancy
IDC said in a statement. Virtualization, in which a whole series
of desktops can be hosted on one server, can lead to savings
in hardware. Virtualization is expected to be widely adopted
by the government as part of its austerity decree, which seeks
to reduce spending on IT by contracting out more services to
avoid constantly replacing hardware.
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BNamericas, January 08 - IDC: Server market to grow 16% in unit sales in 2008 - Argentina
Argentina's server market is expected to grow 16% in terms of
units sold and 8% in terms of value this year compared to 2007,
according to international IT consultancy IDC. IDC raised expectations
for the x86 server segment due to positive results from the
last quarter of 2007. Last year, server sales rose 7.9% and
units sold increased 19.5% compared to 2006. The Argentine government
will drive growth in 2008 given that its IT investments were
considerably reduced last year due to the presidential elections.
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