With the US and other mature economies mostly heading in the right direction and a significant commercial PC refresh cycle already underway, improvements in business confidence are set to drive a moderate infrastructure upgrade cycle over the next 12-18 months, while investments in software and services will continue to accelerate.
Analyst firm ABI Research has completed a number of performance and power tests on the first tablet designed with the China?s Rockchip RK3288 application processor ? the first to ship with the new ARM Cortex A17 core.
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.
