http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/index.asp Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter News Service en-us Copyright 2005 Tekrati, Inc. All Rights Reserved. editor@tekrati.com (Barbara French) http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/Images/Tekrati_Logo_85x40.gif http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/index.asp 85 40 http://vendor.tekrati.com/research/10236/ Barbara French, Tekrati IDC forecasts a 4 percent increase for the average tech vendor marketing budget in 2008, and a 7.9 percent increase for the average tech vendor sales budget in 2008. These budget increases are the lowest that IDC has forecast in the past four years. IDC expects further pressure on IT vendor marketing and sales functions for cost control and productivity increases. Vendor Topics Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:29:03 UT http://vendor.tekrati.com/research/10231/ Barbara French, Tekrati Sixty-eight percent of the world's population is women and children who could benefit much from mobile technology, but the majority of mobile devices are designed by men, for men, according to Gartner. At Gartner Emerging Trends Symposium/ITxpo 2008, industry analysts discussed the demographic and gender trends that will influence mobile technology adoption through 2018. Product line-ups will include greater choice and personalization. Vendor Topics Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:01:16 UT http://vendor.tekrati.com/research/10210/ Barbara French, Tekrati A new breed of highly successful, fast-growing and locally focused competitors is posing serious new threats to multinational companies seeking growth in rapidly developing economies (RDEs) such as China, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, and India, according to the Boston Consulting Group. A new BCG report tells the stories of 50 dynamo companies whose business plans are defying the traditional competitive advantages of global players. Free report. Vendor Topics Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:35:02 UT http://vendor.tekrati.com/research/10205/ Barbara French, Tekrati Small and medium businesses (SMBs or companies with up to 999 employees) in Japan are on track to spend US $67.5 billion on information technology (IT) and telecommunication in 2008, up some 5.4 percent over 2007, according to a report by AMI-Partners. The analysts say the growth will be driven mainly by accelerating investments among Japan's SMBs on IP-based communications. Vendor Topics Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:33:23 UT http://vendor.tekrati.com/research/10189/ Barbara French, Tekrati Small and medium businesses (SMBs, or companies with up to 999 employees) in Pakistan invested more than US $1.5 billion on ICT (information and communications technology) in 2007, according to market studies by AMI-Partners. More than one-third of SBs in Pakistan have indicated that they intend to purchase new PCs in the next 12 months. A sizeable proportion of first-time PC buyers are also likely to join in, thus boosting the overall SMB PC market. Vendor Topics Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:27:01 UT