Newsletter Archives

• InfoWorld and IDG being bought by China Oceanwide

  Posted on January 19, 2017 at 10:40 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  It’s a complex arrangement, but the bottom line is that privately-held China Oceanwide Holdings Group and the Chinese venture capital branch of IDG (“IDG Capital”)  are buying the original US-based IDG.

  IDG includes InfoWorld, Computerworld, MacWorld, PCWorld, and CIO. It’s also the parent company for IDC, which you likely know for its hardware and software predictions.

  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170119005600/en/China-Oceanwide-IDG-Capital-Announce-Agreement-Acquire

  Other IDC, IDG

• PC shipments tanked last quarter and they’re not coming back

  Posted on April 12, 2016 at 06:23 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Winter is coming, analysts don’t get it.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Microsoft News Gartner, IDC

• Gartner, IDC, PC sales projections, and other fantasies

  Posted on July 10, 2014 at 13:12 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  The writing’s on the wall, but you don’t have to trust the big prognosticators’ projections.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  Microsoft News Gartner, IDC, PC sales projections

• Get real, IDC — PC sales will plummet in 2014

  Posted on March 6, 2014 at 19:33 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Once again, these guys don’t understand the full depth of the problem.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Microsoft News IDC, PC shipments

• Gartner and IDC projections…

  Posted on April 5, 2013 at 06:55 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Oops. Forget what we said last time.

  You analysts, toss out the crystal balls and grow some brass ones.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Other Gartner, IDC

• Predicted nosedive in PC shipments

  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 23:19 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  … spells more problems for Windows 8.

  Or perhaps it’s the other way around?

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News IDC, PC shipments