Platform Trends

Tablet Explosion: Over 100M to Ship This Year, With Android Rising
MediaPost
The momentum is impressive, IDC says, and it is raising its 2012 targets appreciably, from an earlier forecast of 87.7 million units to 106.1 million.

The Rise of the App Internet
IDG Connect
A social thunderstorm is approaching, one which will expose the web’s limited architecture, and mark the end of the traditional browser. In the wake of the storm will dawn a new era, which Colony dubbed the ‘Post-Social’ world.

IDC: The iPhone is once again the world's No. 1 smartphone
CNN Money
IDC reports that Apple, selling 37 million iPhones last quater, has regained the top spot that it took from Nokia in June and gave up to Samsung in September.

IDG Enterprise's Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise
IDG Enterprise
With more and more people bringing their own technology to the workplace, IT departments are challenged with supporting multiple platforms and devices.

Majority of Technology Marketers Plan Budget Increases for 2012
IDG Knowledge Hub
In a new global research report released today by IDG Research Services, two-thirds of the technology marketers surveyed said they expect their budgets to rise on average 3.5% next year compared to this year.

At 'BtoB's' mobile forum: Mobile poised to dominate the Internet
BtoB
Marketers need to rethink mobile marketing, not as simply an adjunct to existing digital channels but as the soon-to-be-dominant medium through which virtually everyone will consume marketing content.

IDG Event Solutions: Building Trust
IDG Knowledge Hub
Events continue to dominate B2B media spend. Tech vendors are forecasting a 23.9% rise in budget being allocated to events, a rise from 17.8% in 2011. At IDG there has been a 19% rise in the number of events we are running globally...

IDG Enterprise recognized for success with social media
IDG.com
The Social Media Society of Boston honored its Top Social Media Stars of Boston on Oct. 2, a group of 15 individuals that included IDG Enterprise SVP/Chief Content Officer John Gallant and CIO.com Editor-in-chief Brian Carlson.

IDG Global Survey Shows Smartphone Use Growing Rapidly with Regional Differences
BusinessWire
An online survey by IDG Global Solutions (IGS) identified differences in favored smartphone brands and usage by region, but it is clear that the traditional cellphone is fading fast.