IDC’s latest update on information technology (IT) spending in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa reveals a bleaker outlook for the near term in the wake of the worldwide financial crisis. Growth of just under 3% is now expected for the EMEA IT market in 2009, which represents a 1.5-point drop compared to IDC’s previous, pre-crisis forecast. (more…)

Starting in February and running through November, IDC’s Sixth Annual IT Security Roadshow will again bring some of the world’s leading security experts to cities across Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East and Africa. Stopping in 25 cities, four more than last year, the roadshow will also feature presentations from the region’s most respected IT security professionals, IDC analysts, and experts from the main regional partners: McAffee, Microsoft, Kaspersky, Qualys, Symantec, Trend Micro, APC, CS Computer Systems, IBM Internet Security Systems, Elatec, Iron Port, Websense, Avtena.si, and BalaBit. (more…)

Global technology spending will slow next year, says IDC, but Internet will continue it’s growth. Internet advertising is the fastest growing industry related to technology.

The Romanian IT services market is expected to grow by more than 25% this year. According to a recent study by IDC, this represents an acceleration from 2006, when the market expanded by 22.3% to more than $244 million. The main market drivers in the coming years will include the inflow of FDI and EU structural funds, strong economic development, and maturation of the market.  (more…)