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		<title><![CDATA[Chip sales to grow 28.6% in 2004, DRAM to grow 55.8%]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5770]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Semiconductor Industry Association SIA said it expects 2004 chip sales to grow 28.6%, to $214 bil, topping the $204 bil the industry recorded at the height of the dot-com boom in 2000. But the agency also reiterated that chip sales are expected to grow only 4.2% in 2005 to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:12:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Semiconductor equipment maker orders are at 3-year high]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5522]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[North American semiconductor capital equipment makers saw orders rise 6% from January to February, reaching their highest levels in three years. Orders for equipment reached $1.31 bil, up 6% from the revised January level of $1.23 bil, and up 72% last February, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International. Shipments...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:40:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM mainframe revenues increased 30%]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5423]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the market for servers costing $250,000 and up, IBM's mainframe revenue increased 30% to $1.8 bil from Q4 2002 to Q4 2003, according to Gartner. In contrast, the overall market for servers of that price grew 8% to $4.9 bil. For this price range, Gartner said mainframes dominated IBM's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:12:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gartner lists 2003 server market leaders: IBM, HP, Sun, Dell]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5407]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Server revenue for IBM grew 10% to $14.8 bil from 2002 to 2003, outpacing the overall market's 5% growth, market research firm Gartner said Wednesday. IBM increased its share 1.7% to 32% of the $46.1 bln total market. In contrast, #3 server seller Sun saw its revenue decline 15% to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:38:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chip equipment orders up 66% YTY in January]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5368]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[North American manufacturers of microchip-making gear reported their sixth straight month of increasing orders in January, demonstrating a broad recovery in capital spending by chip makers, a U.S. trade group said on Thursday. Orders rose 66% from last January to $1.22 bil, and rose 4% from a revised December level...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:34:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US online sales to reach $117 bil in 2008]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5198]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. online retail sales are expected to reach $65 bil in 2004, and will continue to grow by a compound annual growth rate of 17% through 2008 to top $117 bil, according to a report issued from Jupiter Research. Jupiter expects that the online buying population will grow by 14%...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:03:53 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business process outsourcing will grow]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5007]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A final verdict released by research firm Gartner on Wednesday prophesized that by 2005, the number of enterprises that enter into new outsourcing relationships, will increase 30%, while the number of IT providers that claim outsourcing relationships, will grow by 40%. Through 2004, despite the potential human resource backlash, 80%...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:24:38 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Online sales statistics and forecasts: compilation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=4991]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Forrester Research estimated that online sales from Thanksgiving weekend to Christmas will increase 42% over a year ago to $12.2 bil. The results include travel and auction sites. Jupiter Research, a division of Jupitermedia Corp., projects that online sales will be up 21% to $17 bil for the November and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2003 08:49:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IDC on server shipments in Q3 2003]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=4979]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Growth: Server sales gre by 2% in Q3 2003 YTY. Worldwide server revenue, which includes the costs of server hardware, operating systems and initial storage shipments, reached US$10.8 billion, up from $10.6 billion in the year-ago quarter.Top vendors: IBM, HP, Sun, Dell and Fujitsu. IBM Corp. retained its lead of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:09:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DoC: Online sales up 27%]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=4959]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Online retail sales rose by 27% during the third quarter of 2003, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Commerce. E-tail sales rose to $13.3 bil during the quarter, compared with $10.5 bil for the same period last year. While significant, the growth still lags behind the sector's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:19:35 -0800</pubDate>
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