Research Reports

Worldwide IT outsourcing (ITO) revenue totaled $246.6 billion in 2011, a 7.8 percent increase from 2010 revenue of $228.7 billion.

Despite considerable resources allocated by IT vendors to scale-up their offerings, only 19% of retailers across key markets in Asia-Pacific are evaluating the adoption of some form of cloud computing services.

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end-users reached 419.1 million units in the first quarter of 2012, a 2-percent decline from the first quarter of 2011

With its rapid rise in regional dominance and continued economic expansion, China is set to achieve another key metric: Overtaking Japan as the largest spender on IT goods and services in the region.

Over the past five years, fixed broadband subscriptions have more than doubled to reach an estimated 591 million in early 2012 – yet a huge divide remains between the developed and developing worlds.

38% of companies rely on outdated CD-ROM for backup storage, while 15% of organizations have an employee take a copy of their backup home with them for safekeeping.

Roughly one out of four mobile phone users in the Philippines uses two or more SIM cards, according to a new ConsumerLab study by top network equipment maker Ericsson.

The high volume of smartphones currently being sold in developed regions has pushed smartphone penetration past 50 percent for some operators.

Mobile device management (MDM) has become a crucial discipline for IT departments, given the increasing number of smartphones and media tablets used within organizations.

Asia-Pacific financial services institutions are still taking a measured approach to cloud computing, as the industry awaits further clarity on cloud computing regulations and better articulation of business benefits by IT vendors.