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Over the next five year, spending on cloud-computing services is expected to “grow almost threefold, reaching $42 billion by 2012 and accounting for 9% or revenues in five key market segments, according to a release Monday from market-research firm IDC. ” More importantly, spending on cloud computing will accelerate throughout the forecast period, capturing 25% of IT spending growth in 2012 and nearly a third of growth the following year.”

One of the trends IDC says will accelerate the adoption of Internet-centric computing, which employs an “online delivery and consumption models for business and consumer services”, is the Read the rest of this entry »

Sales of the specialized equipment used to manufacture chips are expected to fall 20 percent in 2008, according to a mid-year forecast by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International, a trade group for the industry holding its annual SEMICON West exposition in San Francisco.

The drop in sales follows a six percent increase the year before and is blamed primarily on lower spending among makers of memory chips and a “less than favorable Read the rest of this entry »

First the good news: Global sales of semiconductors are expected to grow each year through2011, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. That’s as it should be, in a perfect world, where this year should always be better than last. Read the rest of this entry »