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Microsoft's new AI tools: What "Researcher" and "Analyst" mean for your work

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 01:52:01 +0000

Microsoft 365 Copilot license holders can now access the Researcher and Analyst agents to accelerate their work. There are usage limitations to be aware of though. Read more...

Microsoft brings OpenAI o3 to the enterprise with new Analyst and Researcher agents

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:52:01 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled two new AI Copilot agents, Researcher and Analyst, powered by OpenAI's latest o3 and o3 mini reasoning models. Read more...

AI-capable PCs made up 20% of shipments during Q3 2024

Paul Hill — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:04:01 +0000

AI-capable PCs made up 20% of PC shipments during the third quarter. Around 13.3 million units were shipped, with Windows devices making up 53% of them. Read more...

Global IT spending set to increase 7.5% in 2024, says Gartner

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:30:01 +0000

The analyst firm Gartner has said that IT spending globally is set to increase by 7.5% in 2024. While it sounds good, it's actually a downward revision from the last quarter's forecast. Read more...

Canalys: Global smartphone market on the up for a third consecutive quarter

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:30:01 +0000

Smartphone shipments have grown for a third consecutive quarter, according to Canalys. Shipments expanded by 12% year over year, reaching 288 million units. Disinflation was a main cause. Read more...

IDC: Traditional PC market grew 3% in the second quarter

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 04:46:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC has reported that the traditional PC market grew by 3% in the second quarter. It said the growth was 5% if you exclude China where the segment is still struggling. Read more...

Wearable bands set to be popular this year with shipment growth of 5% predicted

Paul Hill — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:12:01 +0000

Canalys has predicted that wearable bands will grow this year and next, thanks to interest in basic watches and smartwatches. The basic band category, however, will see two annual declines. Read more...

Report: Tablet shipments grew a modest 1% during the first quarter

Paul Hill — Mon, 06 May 2024 10:30:01 +0000

Worldwide tablet shipments grew by 1% during the first quarter after four consecutive quarters of decline year-over-year. Apple managed to hold its top spot but saw a significant decline. Read more...

Global smartphone market returns to double digit growth

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:32:01 +0000

Smartphone global shipments have reached double digit growth for the first time since 2021. The biggest winner year-over-year in Q1 was Transsion followed by Xiaomi, the popular Chinese manufacturer. Read more...

Worldwide IT spending set to grow 8% this year, Gartner says

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:16:01 +0000

Worldwide IT spending is expected to rise by 8% this year, according to analyst firm Gartner. The increase is attributed mainly to the Data Center Systems and Devices segments which are doing well. Read more...

Analyst says that 75% of software engineers will be assisted by AI by 2028

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:14:01 +0000

Gertner says that it expects 75% of enterprise software engineers to begin using AI code assitants by 2028. This figure compares to just 10% of software engineers who were using them in early 2023. Read more...

Global PC shipments finally return to growth and pre-pandemic volumes

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 03:24:01 +0000

IDC has reported positive PC shipments for the first time in years. It also said that shipment volumes have reached levels not seen since 2019. It comes as firms begin to push AI PCs. Read more...

Gaming PC shipments suffered in 2023, this is what's expected in 2024

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:16:01 +0000

IDC has outlined its forecast for gaming PCs and monitors. In 2023, gaming monitors did well and growth is expected to continue in 2024. Gaming PCs performed poorly in 2023, read on to see about 2024. Read more...

PC shipments fell almost 9% in 2023 according to data from IDC

Paul Hill — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:36:02 +0000

IDC is predicting that 2024 and 2025 will be very good years for PC shipments as individuals and businesses seek to migrate from Windows 10 to Windows 11 before the prior expires in October 2025. Read more...

Generative AI ignites cloud spending: Global market set to jump 20%, Microsoft chases AWS

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:16:01 +0000

Canalys has forecasted that global cloud spending will increase by 20% this year to around $348 billion. The growth is largely going to be driven by investments into generative AI. Read more...

Generative AI could be a massive threat to search engines in the next two years

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:16:02 +0000

Generative AI services could be a major threat to traditional search engines by 2026, according to Gartner. It said that search engine volumes will drop by 25% in the next two years as people switch. Read more...

Tablet shipments crumble to lowest level since 2011

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:16:01 +0000

Tablet shipments have fallen to their lowest levels since 2011, according to analyst firm IDC. It said that Apple had been hit the hardest in Q4 2023 compared to 2022, losing almost 7% market share. Read more...

Smartphone market shows signs of recovery in Q4 2023

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:00:01 +0000

The analyst company Canalys has revealed that smartphone shipments were up year-over-year in the final quarter of 2023. It said that this stabilization could represent the start of a recovery. Read more...

GenAI could make software much less buggy by 2028 with better unit tests

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 05:48:01 +0000

Generative AI will be creating most unit tests of software projects in just four years, according to the analyst firm IDC. This could lead to the creation of better tests and consequently better apps. Read more...

Intel top as semiconductor market's worldwide revenue falls 11% in 2023

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 05:04:01 +0000

The analyst firm Gartner has reported that semiconductor revenues fell in 2023 by 11.1% and that Intel became the top player in the sector replacing Samsung. NVIDIA also saw a big growth last year. Read more...

Generative AI set to takeover "mundane" SEO by 2027

Paul Hill — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 03:40:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC has outlined how it believes generative AI will be used to take over 30% of work in the marketing sector. It could be used to replace reptitive or boring work like SEO. Read more...

Global PC market set to see 8% growth in 2024

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:40:02 +0000

The analyst firm Canalys has predicted that the global PC market will grow by 8% in 2024 following seven consecutive quarters of decline in 2022 and 2023. Growth is also predicted in Q4 2023. Read more...

Worldwide IT spending to grow 8% next year, says analyst firm

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:48:02 +0000

Worldwide IT spending is set to grow by 8% next year according to the analyst firm Gartner. Cloud spending is set to be a big driver and spending on devices is predicted to increase too. Read more...

Enterprise GenAI spending to increase 73% annually for the next five years

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 07:04:01 +0000

Enterprise generative AI spending will experience blistering compound annual growth of 73% between now and 2027, according to IDC. Spending in 2027 will reach $143 billion up from $16 billion in 2023. Read more...

DRAM prices set to rise by up to 8% in the fourth quarter

Paul Hill — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:10:01 +0000

TrendForce has said that the fourth quarter will see a 3-8% increase in the price of DRAM and NAND Flash. It said that the rate in increase will depend on a few factors on the supply and demand sides. Read more...

Worldwide PC shipments continued to fall in the third quarter, says Gartner

Paul Hill — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 06:18:01 +0000

PC shipments declined again during the third quarter, according to Gartner. It's the eighth consecutive quarter of declines but it expects this trend to be bucked next quarter with the holidays. Read more...

Wearable shipments returned to growth in the second quarter, says IDC

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:46:01 +0000

Wearable shipments grew in the second quarter following two quarters of decline. Smartwatches saw the most year-over-year growth during the second quarter but hearables had the highest market share. Read more...

Gaming monitors return to growth while gaming PCs decline, says IDC

Paul Hill — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 01:38:02 +0000

The analyst company IDC has forecast that gaming PC shipments will decline in 2023 while gaming monitors will grow. Things are expected to improve for gaming PCs in the coming years, however. Read more...

Electric vehicles to reach price parity with ICE vehicles in 2027, says Gartner

Paul Hill — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 05:00:01 +0000

Gartner has predicted that electric vehicle prices will reach parity with ICE vehicles by 2027. With prices expected to be similar to ICE vehicles, the adoption of electric vehicles could pick up. Read more...

PC shipments continue to disappoint, but there is hope for 2024

Mehrotra A — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 05:08:02 +0000

IDC has released a report that shows a further decline in PC shipments, which is in line with the expectations at the beginning of the year. However, the company hopes to see an improvement next year. Read more...

IDC significantly lowers quantum computing forecast as AI advances rapidly

Paul Hill — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:30:01 +0000

IDC has lowered its quantum computer spending forecasts. It now says spending will reach $7.6 billion in 2027. In a previous analysis in 2021, it stated that spending would hit $8.6 billion. Read more...

Generative AI has reached the Peak of Inflated Expectations in the Hype Cycle, says Gartner

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:20:01 +0000

Generative AI is at the Peak of Inflated Expectations on Gartner's Hype Cycle. According to the company, it is heading for the Trough of Disillusionment next before plateauing in two to five years. Read more...

Microsoft Azure grew 26% year-over-year during Q2 2023

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:38:01 +0000

Microsoft Azure managed to grow 26% during the second quarter year-over-year. At that growth rate, it did better than Amazon Web Services but was behind Google Cloud which grew by 31%. Read more...

Tablet shipments decline in Q2 while Chromebooks stay resilient

Paul Hill — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 20:52:01 +0000

Tablets fell sharply in the second quarter year-over-year while Chromebooks were pretty flat. The position of Chromebooks was described as resilient given the current market conditions. Read more...

Worldwide IT spending to grow 4.3% this year, says Gartner

Paul Hill — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 09:44:01 +0000

The analyst company Gartner has predicted that IT spending will increase by 4.3% this year, buoyed by enterprise IT spending. The consumer device segment will decline because of inflation. Read more...

Smartphone market showing early signs of recovery, says Canalys

Paul Hill — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:26:01 +0000

Canalys says that the smartphone market is finally showing signs of an early recovery. Shipments have declined every quarter starting in the first quarter of 2022 but now there are recovery signs. Read more...

Global PC market decline slows, says Canalys

Paul Hill — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 21:22:01 +0000

Global PC shipments only declined by 11.5% year-over-year in the second quarter compared to the two prior quarters where shipments fell by more than 30% each quarter. This could lead to a recovery. Read more...

Microsoft top in public cloud services market in 2022, says IDC

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:38:01 +0000

Microsoft saw the most public cloud services revenue in 2022, according to the analyst IDC. It said that Microsoft held 16.8% of the market share compared to AWS' 13.5% market share. Read more...

Cloud infrastructure demand down but revenues up, says IDC

Paul Hill — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:32:02 +0000

IDC has revealed that cloud computing infrastructure spending rose during the first quarter despite the fact that cloud infrastructure unit demand was down by 11.4%. It put this down to inflation. Read more...

IoT expected to be a trillion-dollar market in 2026, says IDC

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:16:01 +0000

The analyst company IDC has predicted that spending on IoT will surpass one trillion dollars in 2026. It said the market will have a 10.4% compound annual growth rate between now and 2027. Read more...