The number of smart cities worldwide will quadruple within a 12-year period that started last year, proliferating as local governments work with the private sector to cope with a multitude of challenges confronting urban centers, according to a new report from IHS Technology.
The worldwide smartphone market grew 23.1 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), establishing a new single quarter record of 295.3 million shipments, according to preliminary data from research firm IDC.
The worldwide tablet grew 11 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), with shipments reaching 49.3 million units according to preliminary data from research firm IDC.
Ultra-high-definition televisions (UHD TVs) continued to make slow and steady inroads throughout the world, but their share of the overall flat-panel TV market remained minimal by the end of May, suggesting that UHD TV pricing in the market remains too high to gain meaningful share, according to a new report from IHS.
Following a relatively flat three-year period, the global set-top box (STB) market managed to achieve the highest annual revenue total in its history in 2013, setting the stage for continued growth through 2015, according to research firm IHS.
Preliminary results from IDC showed that the Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market increased 2 percent from last quarter and declined 10 percent year-on-year in Q2 2014 to reach 24.3 million units, coming in marginally higher than IDC's initial forecasts.
Coupled with uncertainties in the macroeconomic landscape and moderate expansion rates in the two large emerging Asian economies -- India and China -- the business process management (BPM) and middleware market in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) grew by just 2.2 percent to $1.4 billion in 2013.
The Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) Enterprise Applications (EA) software market posted a mediocre growth of 5.1 percent in 2013. Unlike 2012, when the EA market grew 9 percent, Asian enterprises were more cautious about their investment in 2013.
The global market outlook for AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies is set for healthy expansion starting this year until at least 2018, with revenue during these four years projected to grow by $3.5 billion, according to a new report from research firm IHS.
