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.
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues fell -5.2 percent year-over-year to $5.6 billion during the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), according to research firm IDC.
The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) or printer market grew for the third quarter in a row to 26.4 million units shipped in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14) resulting in 2.1-percent year-over-year growth, according to research firm IDC.
Based on a greater decline in demand than predicted in the first quarter and concerns that tablets and 2-in-1s will face additional market challenges the rest of the year, research firm IDC has lowered its 2014 worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 forecast to 245.4 million units, down from the previous forecast of 260.9 million units.
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) reached $5.2 billion in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), representing year-over-year growth of 0.4 percent and a significant seasonal decline of -12.3 percent quarter-over-quarter.
According to research firm IDC, factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased -2.2 percent year-over-year to $10.9 billion in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14). This is the fifth consecutive quarter that the server market has experienced a year-over-year decline in worldwide revenue.
The top five-ranked organizations in 2014 include four that topped the list last year ? Apple, McDonald's, Amazon, and Unilever ? plus another familiar leader, P&G.
