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VentureBeat’s Paul Boutin reports today on a new smartphone sales report, but methinks he missed the real news.

The new data comes from IDC. Boutin makes much of the fact that according to IDC’s report — at least as quoted by him; I’ve only seen the press release, not the full report — the BlackBerry Curve was the top-selling smartphone in the United States last quarter, outselling the iPhone 3G S.

“Despite all the buzz, attention and money thrown at iPhones and anything to do with iPhones, the new iPhone 3G S came in second,” Boutin writes.

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Worlwide spending on information technology is expected to “slow significantly” next year but should still grow 2.6 percent, according to market research firm IDC. That is slower than the firm’s “pre-crisis forecast” of 5.9 percent growth. However, the firm does expect spending in the U.S. to Read the rest of this entry »

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 »