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2 unusual facts about International Data Corporation


History of hard disk drives

In 2011, based on market research firm IDC, the biggest hard drive makers were Seagate Technology and Western Digital Corp., but the largest national producer was China, followed by Thailand which makes about a quarter of the world's hard drives.

Patrick Joseph McGovern

McGovern started International Data Corporation (IDC) with a friend, Fred Kirch, in 1964, which produced a computer industry data base and published a newsletter, EDP Industry & Market Report.


IBM Global Services

GTS is the leading e-business on demand and hosting services provider, according to IDC, Forrester Research, Gartner/Dataquest and Meta Group; the leader in providing high-availability services, networking services and storage services, according to Gartner Group and IDC; the leader in the emerging wireless services market, according to IDC.


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