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...first quarter, from 17% in the same period last year, and which is now eating byte dust as No. 2. "Most companies became nervous and conservative during the downturn, but Dell used it to step on the gas," says Roger Kay, vice president of the research company IDC. During the five years of Rollins' leadership, revenues have quadrupled, to nearly $37 billion...
...wonder. In the space of a year, according to research firm IDC, the number of uninvited entries into U.S. In boxes has shot up 85%, to a total of 4.9 trillion. Driven by cheap technology and the promise of easy profit, spammers have gone from pests to an invasive species of parasite that threatens to clog the inner workings of the Internet. For the first time last month, according to MessageLabs, more than half the emails received by U.S. businesses were unsolicited. The time we spend deleting or defeating spam costs an estimated $8.9 billion a year in lost productivity...
...payoff--Look, Ma, here I am in the Big Apple!--can be addictive. Imagine all the day-to-day situations in which it would be nice to show someone what you're seeing at the moment you see it: house hunting, grocery shopping, bar hopping. The research firm IDC says that by 2004 there will be more cell-phone cameras sold worldwide than digital cameras...
...payoff - Look, Ma, here I am in the Big Apple! - can be addictive. Imagine all the day-to-day situations in which it would be nice to show someone what you're seeing at the moment you see it: house hunting, grocery shopping, bar hopping. The research firm IDC says that by 2004 there will be more cell-phone cameras sold worldwide than digital cameras...
...leaves IBM gunning for her other flank in higher-end corporate computer systems and services. IBM retained its market share in servers through this year's second quarter, while Compaq's share has eroded slightly, enabling IBM to pull to a tie in terms of global revenues, according to IDC. IBM CEO Sam Palmisano recently said the company would invest $10 billion to enable clients to purchase computing power "on demand," signaling to HP and other rivals that Big Blue is planning a war of attrition. With its $3.5 billion purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting earlier this year, IBM acquired...