Enterprise Spending on Voice, Data and Cloud Services to Increase 6 percent in 2011, Says In-Stat

There has been little good news about the economy lately, particularly on the jobs front. New In-Stat research, however, shows that Enterprise business spending on IT and telecom services, which include cloud computing, wireless, wireline voice, wireline data, and business IP/VoIP, will move in a positive direction in 2011, increasing a healthy 6 percent. read more

Mobile Devices to Increase Demand for Image Sensors 130 Percent by 2015

After decades of interest and false starts, 3D is finally becoming a mainstream technology through gaming and video content. Not only will this have an impact on traditional home CE devices, but mobile devices as well. These media consumption devices including handheld game consoles, smartphones, and tablets will drive demand for image sensors—a key technology component for 3D—over 130 percent by 2015, says In-Stat (www.in-stat.com). read more

SMB Network-attached Storage Revenues to Reach $2 Billion in 2015, Says In-Stat

According to a recent In-Stat survey, more than seven in ten small and medium-size businesses that use cloud-based storage solutions also use networked-attached storage (NAS). While SMB NAS represents a smaller portion of the total NAS market, SMB NAS is expected to grow at a much faster rate over the forecast period with revenues reaching US$2 billion in 2015, says In-Stat. read more

Worldwide Analog Camera Shipments to Near 44 Million by 2014, Says In-Stat

Surveillance systems use video cameras designed to different specifications and packaged in various enclosures depending on a number of variables. Cameras are also categorized by the data type and format communicated to the rest of the system. Analog cameras use linear signals, while network cameras provide streams of digital data. Analog cameras continue to lead the surveillance camera market mainly due to the cost associated with new installations or upgrades to network cameras. Recent In-Stat research forecasts that worldwide unit shipments of security analog cameras will reach nearly 44 million by 2014, but the rate of growth in network cameras will eventually surpass analog cameras.  read more

Hard Disk Drive to Exceed 1 Billion Units by 2014, Says In-Stat

The demand for gigabytes and terabytes of storage is keeping the industry growing to the degree that In-Statforecasts HDD unit shipments will increase to more than one billion units by 2014. The main drivers of growth have been the notebook PC market, set top boxes and external storage. read more

Business Cloud Computing and Managed Hosting to Surpass $13 Billion in 2014, Says In-Stat

Businesses are moving to the cloud, at least as far as their IT spending is concerned. A new In-Stat report forecasts cloud computing and managed hosting spending by US businesses will surpass US$13 billion in 2014, up from less than three billion. read more

In-Stat: Video Surveillance Equipment Revenue to Drive Semiconductor Opportunity

After a slight downturn experienced in 2009 due to the worldwide economic condition, 2010 global sales of video surveillance equipment will return to the market status it had in 2008, along with a more optimistic look for the future.  read more

In-Stat: High-tech Industries will Reshuffle the Deck in 2011

It may be a bold prediction, but the writing is on the wall, 2011 is likely to be a year that sees the beginning of the end of several technologies and high-tech companies. Despite the economic and industry rebound in 2010 from the depths of recession in 2009, economic and industry growth is likely to be subdued in 2011.  read more

In-Stat: H.264 Decoder ICs to Grow 20 Percent Annually through 2013

H.264 decoders are beginning to appear in many solutions and the compression scheme is becoming more popular. Satellite-set top boxes continue to be the largest market for H.264 decoder ICs. In addition more and more DTVs are using H.264 decoder ICs rather than only MPEG-2. As a result, In-Stat expects H.264 decoder ICs to grow at an annual rate in excess of 20 percent through 2013. read more