IDC says global PC market is slowing down
A gridlocked supply chain saw Q3 record a US slowdown in spending on PCs, as global PC shipments expand. Preliminary figures released by IDC show that sales into the channel rose by 3.9% to 86.652 million units, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of growth.
However, it is also the first time ... Read more
2023 will see a chip glut due to overcapacity
IDC reports that the global semiconductor industry is showing signs of potential for overcapacity in 2023 as large-scale capacity expansion plans take off. Many of the expansion plans should start churning out chips towards the end of 2022.
Speaking about the industry’s prospects, IDC said tha... Read more
Enterprises struggle to manage growing volumes of data
A suite of surveys find that companies are having trouble coping with the amount of data they need to manage and protect.
Dell has released its 2021 Global Data Protection Index. The survey spotlights the challenges organizations face arising from the threat of ransomware and complexities around... Read more
PC sales still booming in EMEA
Even with lockdowns easing and employees steadily heading back to office spaces and leaving their remote stations at home, PC sales show no signs of slowing.
IDC, the market intelligence firm, predicts that shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, will reach... Read more
Desktop PC sales rise due to laptop component shortages
The PC market saw another boom in Q2 of this year, according to findings by IDC, which also reported mixed signals, regarding future demand.
IDC's latest Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker announced that the worldwide shipment of traditional PCs, including workstations, notebo... Read more
‘Chromebook boom will not live beyond the pandemic’
2021 will continue to see a boom in PC sales, but as the pandemic recedes, analysts think that the market will start spending money on other things. Analyst firm IDC issued a forecast as part of its Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.
The firm predicts that Chromebooks will su... Read more
PC market continues to boom despite shortage of chips
Gartner and IDC say worldwide PC shipments grew by a surprising amount in first quarter of 2021.
Despite a global shortage of semiconductor chips, the PC industry had a strong first quarter, according to research firm Gartner. They estimate that shipments of laptops and desktops rose 32 percent... Read more
‘Most CEOs want to be agile, only a minority actually is’
Research shows that the vast majority of executives within European companies believe that an agile working method is important for their company's growth. In practice, however, only a minority actually apply the method.
This is according to a survey that IDC carried out on behalf of ServiceNow.... Read more
90% of enterprises plan to have fully autonomous data centers
Enterprise data centers were manned and manually operated by personnel, who had to be there for potential maintenance tasks. However, advancements in AI are changing things, according to an IDC report backed by Huawei.
The report talks about a new kind of datacenter where the automation levels a... Read more
‘Sales of laptops and desktop on the rise due to corona pandemic’
In 2020 there has been substantial growth in computer sales. This is largely due to the large number of people working from home during the corona pandemic.
After a long decline in popularity, many users appear to be buying new computers this year, according to a report from IDC. The total marke... Read more