Software engineers have two years to upskill
Published in AI
Thursday, 10 October 2024 11:11

Software engineers have two years to upskill


Or collect their P45s and pink slips

More than  80 per cent of the software engineering workforce will need to upskill by 2027, to keep pace with the growing demands of generative AI.

Gartner predicts decline in global semi-conductor revenue
Published in PC Hardware


More than 11 per cent lower 

Global semiconductor revenue is projected to decline 11.2 per cent in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner.

IT spending set to increase
Published in News
Thursday, 06 April 2023 12:04

IT spending set to increase


Gartner groups latest figures

Number crunchers at analyst outfit Gartner have had an extra crunch and concluded that worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.6 trillion in 2023, an increase of 5.5 per cent from 2022.

Semiconductor revenue growth declines
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 29 November 2022 10:09

Semiconductor revenue growth declines


Global economy and consumer demand goes down the loo

Beancounters at Gartner have consulted their tarot cards and predicted that semiconductor revenue growth is now going to decline by 3.6 per cent in 2023 due to the “rapid deterioration” of the global economy and weakening consumer demand.

Gartner predicts huge decline in PC sales
Published in PC Hardware


9.5 percent worldwide

Beancounters at Gartner suggest the market is on course for a breathtaking decline this year.

PC demand increasing
Published in News
Thursday, 13 January 2022 11:44

PC demand increasing


Just like the old days  

Market research firms Gartner and IDC have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that the worldwide PC market has grown again throughout 2021, as demand for traditional PCs continued during a global chip shortage.

Gartner sees smartphone recovery
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 30 November 2020 10:07

Gartner sees smartphone recovery


5G is the cause

Beancounters at analyst outfit Gartner have been consulting their Tarot cards and rattling their collective bones to divine that there is a recovery underway for the smartphone market.

5G will not save the industry until next year
Published in Network


Longer if stupid people continue to set fire to towers

Beancounters at Gartner have been shuffling some tarot cards and reached the conclusion that 5G is not going to save the telco industry this year.

Gartner predicts a drop in IT spending for this year
Published in Cloud


But cloud still making money

Beancounters at Gartner have added up some numbers and divided them by their collective shoesize and reached the conclusion that global tech spending will drop eight percent in 2020.

IT spending is projected to total $3.9 trillion in 2020
Published in News


Increase of 3.4 percent

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.9 trillion in 2020, an increase of 3.4 percent from 2019, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.