Tag Archives: Market Share
The war for dominance in the usage share in the browser market place has never been dull. From the day Internet Explorer vanquished and replaced Netscape’s navigator as the dominant browser, things have been heating up. First Firefox came and …more >>>
This year 2012 started off on a good note for Microsoft, in particular Internet Explorer 9. As it was being expected earlier, IE9 is on a roll, constantly increasing its worldwide user base on Windows 7. Presently, IE9 is used by …more >>>
Netscape browser once ruled the Internet controlling over 86% of the browser market. However once Microsoft decided to integrate Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system, not surprisingly, they took over the browser market and dominated it for years. Until …more >>>
Almost all Softies proudly beam that they are ‘BING’ guys. And by BING, they mean ‘Best Is Not Good’. They get into an argument if one says BING is only a search engine. For its also a decision engine. And …more >>>
Market Analysts at IDC are forecasting that Windows Phone could well be the second most popular mobile operating system in the world, after Android, overtaking iPhone’s iOS and Blackberry RIM.
Microsoft has said that it has shipped more than 2 million copies of the Windows Phone 7 operating system in the last quarter.
OPSWAT has released its quarterly market share reports for several sectors of the security industry. This quarter’s report includes both worldwide and North American market share and usage data for antivirus software and Windows Operating Systems.
According to StatCounter, Windows 7 market share now stands at 25.12%, while Windows Vista has been steadily declining and now stands at 15.9%.
Microsoft Internet Explorer browser has fallen below 50% of the worldwide market for the first time according to StatCounter. The company’s research arm, StatCounter Global Stats finds that Microsoft IE fell to 49.87% in September followed by Firefox with 31.5%.
Internet Explorer 8 has gained market share all over. However while Internet Explorer 6 has been dropping off everywhere, it is still going strong in China.
Linux has lost the 3rd spot, which it held for many years, to iOS. On the other hand Windows has increased its market share to over 91% thanks to the sale of Windows 7.
Oesis OK has released a report on the world-wide market share of the antivirus security software currently available in the market.
Internet Explorer ahs increased its market share from 59.8 percent to 60.3 percent, according to new statistics.
Windows 7 appears to have gained market share. On the other hand Windows Vista & Windows XP have lost market share in September 2009; Vista, for the first time in 2 years.
StatCounter is reporing that the global desktop market share of the yet to be publicly released Windows 7 is almost double that of Linux.
Worldwide security software market revenue totalled $13.5 billion in 2008, an increase of 18.6 per cent from 2007 revenue of $11.3 billion, according to Gartner, Inc.
Windows 7 Release Candidate has taken an overall market share of around 0.47%.
