It's not just research firm IDC that has a credibility problem, rather this whole so called research business in general has a huge problem. Gartner for example has lots of gullible IT management people eager to gooble up their tripe, which is passed off as objective reports. The people reading this crap never bother to examine who actually writes it. Assuming say Gartner or IDC's name is on the report the reader believes it must have been vetted. Fact is, these organizations rely on independent contractors to write the crap they sell, and provide little oversight on the validity of a report. Way too often a reporter never fully researches their subject matter, or simply plugs one side of a story source out of laziness or perhaps bias. Crazy! Way past time to stop relying on the IDC and Gartner's of the world for factual information.
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