Worldwide PC shipments totaled 74.4 million units in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), a year-on-year decline of -1.7 percent, according to research firm IDC.
Research firm IDC has released the latest results of its new study, which showed that the worldwide public cloud services reached a total market size of $45.7 billion in 2013.
The physical location of data still matters, but will become increasingly irrelevant and will be replaced by a combination of legal location, political location, and logical location in most organizations by 2020, according to a report from Gartner.
The digital signage industry is facing a formidable challenge from cheaper, conventional TV panels that replace specialized custom products that long have differentiated the professional displays market, according to a new report from research firm IHS.
The enterprise application software market in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) grew by 6.5 percent in 2013 to reach $12.6 billion, slightly lower growth than in 2012, according to the latest worldwide software market share results from research firm Gartner.
Worldwide smart connected devices (SCD) are forecast to grow 15.6 percent year over year in 2014, reaching close to 1.8 billion devices according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Connected Devices Tracker.
ABI Research has reported that activity trackers dominated sales of wearable devices in Q1 2014, outselling much-hyped smartwatches by 4 to 1, with 2.35 million devices shipped.
Worldwide shipments of flat-panel televisions rose convincingly in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last year, a stronger-than-expected showing that puts the industry on firm footing for the year, according to a new report from research firm IHS.
Worldwide security software revenue totaled $19.9 billion in 2013, a 4.9-percent increase from 2012 revenue of $19.0 billion, according to research firm Gartner.
