Blog posts on 2004-03

$1.27 trln spent with MasterCards
$1.63 bln spent on IT in Singapore in 2003
1.09 trln online ads delivered in 2003, 4% increase
10-15% of cell phones sold in China are second-hand
11% of small and medium businesses pay for clicks
11% of Windows server customers plan to switch to Linux
18-34 year olds addicted to Web
19% of marketing e-mails never reach customers
20 mln Americans listen to Webcasts weekly
20 mln Americans to VoIP over cable Internet by 2008
22% of WiFi devices fail to connect on the first try
24.6 mln broadband subscribers in the US
25% of IT jobs offshored by 2010
25% of US Internet users think about switching ISPs
25% of US Internet users visited porn sites
28 mln Internet users in Central and Eastern Europe by 2006
30.67% of companies had virus infections, 90% ran antivirus software
32% of Canadians and 18% of Americans visit humor sites
33% of Canadians use e-government sites
4 mln Americans are accessing Internet from place other than home or work
42 mln. teleworkers in the US
42% of Internet users block pop-ups, 33% block banner ads
42% will still download music for free off the Internet
43% of software vendors and only 26% of customers prefer software subscriptions
49% of European mobile users not interested in 3G
5.1% of PCs are infected with spyware
50% of corporate networks have been compromised
50% want to share copied video, 18% - copied audio
52% of those who have VoIP use it as a primary line
520 mln cell phones sold in 2003
54% of UK homes have PCs, 99% have phones, 32% have DVD players
58% of small businesses have broadband
64 mln DSL subscribers worldwide
68% of IT execs have contacted a vendor after reading a white paper
70K HDTVs sold in EU in 2003
71% would subscribe to $25 broadband line, 17% to $45
73% of young broadband users file taxes electronically
75% of Americans are online
77% of Internet users are uncomfortable online because of spam
8 mln 3G users in Europe by 2005
8 mln Brits download music
8% of Linux developers think SCO has merit
82% of companies don't take advantage of existing software apps
82% of teens send e-mail, 80% listen to the music online
85% of outsourcing contracts to be re-negotiated
9% of kids 9-12 have their own Web sites
90% of mobile devices lack protection to ward off hackers
91% of college students have PC, 84% have TV
AOL, Comcast, United are top US ISPs
Apple sold 50 mln songs in 11 months
ATM switch market to decline 3% in 2004
Australian grey printer market grows
Australian music sales up 8% for 2003
British credit card spending is all-time high
British Telecom is the top UK DSL retailer
Busy women are addicted to the Internet, not enough time for anything else
Cell phones of the future
Cellular infrastructure contracts down, US and China still lead the world
Clustering software to grow 8.5%
Computer science enrollment down 23%, computer engineering down 19%
Computer workstations are germ heavens
CTR falls for online retail
DVR growth rate is expected at 46.9%
DVR market to grow 59% yearly till 2008
E-Commerce penetration ratio in European countries
E-mail marketing to reach $6.1 bln in 2008, 6395 spam messages a year
Eastern European market share in IT to increase
Embedded Linux market shares: homegrown, ucLinux, Debian, Red Hat
Encyclopedia business ruined by Web, Encarta is the best selling software reference
European printer market grew 16.2% in 2003
European server shipments up 28.8% in Q4 2003
Europeans will outsource $9.6 bln in 2008
Feds to invest over $1 bln into nanotechnology in 2004
Feds will spend $63.3 bln on IT in 2007
Flash card market grew 100% in 2003
Fortune 1000 Web servers: Microsoft leads
Gartner upgrades IT spending forecast to 5% from 4%
Global VPN and firewall market up 13% in 2003
Hardware, software replacements to encourage IT spending growth
IBM is India's leading laptop vendor
IM spam to triple in 2004
Instant messaging use at work reaches 70%
Interesting Comcast facts
Interesting eBay facts
Internet penetration ratio is higher among women
Internet usage by country, February 2004
Internet users are ok with banner ads, hate interstitials and video
IP VPN market to flatten by 2007, but grew 107% in Western Europe
IT spending to grow 5% in 2005, drive revenue growth
Japanese PC market to gain 7.6% in shipments, lose 1.6% in revenues
Japanese TFT LCD manufacturers expect price hike
LCD TV market to double in 2004
LCD TV sales went up 23% in Q4 2003
Linux leads in Asian embedded/RTOS market
Media execs prefer subscription models to pay-per-use
Microsoft market share for government services in Australia is at 3.7%
Microsoft's code sharing program reaches 1 millionth mark
MIT Media Lab blog survey
Mobile CPU revenues to equal desktop CPU revenues
Mobile phone sales in 2003
More than $1 bln of online games sold in 2003
More than 50% of job applicants lie on their resume
More than 75% of anti-spam software vendors to disappear
Mortgage companies' IT spending to grow 47% in 2004
Music downloading does not impact sales
NetZero's spam filters are the toughest
Niche Marketing, Amazon, Kiss.com are top referral programs in February
Online ads grew 38% in Q4 2003, paid search ads grew 123% in 2003
Online advertising increases consumer sales by 7-12.5%
Online retail up 32% YTY in March
Only 1 in 7 IT workers happy with their job
Only 32% of Java developers really know Java
Only 4% of users never checked site's privacy policy
PC market to grow 6.3% in Singapore
PC market will grow at about 11% in 2004 and 2005
PC microprocessor sales to be up 18% in 2004
Rapid decline in TV viewership among young males
Record number of mobile phones produced in 2003
Reliability and security quoted the main reasons for Linux switch
Russian ISPs spent $55 mln fighting spam
Satellite customers are bigger fans of PVRs
Security software sales to reach $9.6 bln in 2004
Security specialists in high demand
Semiconductor equipment maker orders are at 3-year high
Semiconductor sales to grow 20-30% in 2004
Semiconductor sales up 26.6% in January 2004
Server sales in Asia grew 6.7% in 2003
Small business who use eBay are more likely to grow
Small businesses: 73% in Spain, 51% in Germany and 39% in UK update virus definitions once a week
So far 104,000 tech jobs have been offshored
Softswitch market grew 42.4% in 2003
Software sales to grow 7.4% in 2004, driven largely by Microsoft
Spam-commerce generated $11.7 bln
Spending on search engine keyword ads to increase
Starbucks has 30 mln weekly customers
Storage market leaders: HP, IBM, EMC, Dell, Hitachi, Sun
Storage revenues up 18.7% in Q4 2003
Storage software market grew 17.7% in Q4 2003, 8% in 2003
Sun StarOffice installed on 30% of Linux desktops in Germany, 7% worldwide
Telecoms will offshore 5%, save $14.5 bln in 2004
Top 10 entertainment Web sites
Top dating sites: Match.com, MatchNet, MeetIC.com, Yahoo, Lavalife
Top Internet advertisers for February 2004
Top jobs for now and 2010
Top semiconductor vendors: Intel, Samsung, Texas Instruments
Top-demand IT skills in Canada - TCP/IP, WinXP, Win2k, security, MS SQL
Two thirds of IT budgets to grow
UK CD spending down 32%, singles down 59%
US IT spending to increase 4.7% in 2004, but mostly on the West coast
Web conferencing to reach $700 mln in 2004
Web video ads found less annoying
What do users appreciate in a search engine?
XML, Web services popular among Western European banks