Salesforce.com, with more than $3.8 billion in revenue during 2013, climbed two positions to capture the No. 10 slot of the worldwide enterprise software market, and it achieved the highest growth among the top 10 vendors at 33.3 percent.
Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are projected to reach 2.5 billion units in 2014, a 6.9 percent increase from 2013.
Propelled by the rising availability of products and partial resolution of standards conflicts, the global market for wireless charging hardware used for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets will surge to rise by almost forty-fold during the next five years.
Server revenues in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region grew a modest 1.3 percent to total $9,985 million in 2013, coming in just short of the magical $10-billion mark.
China?s consumer electronics market declined in 2013 as demand for products like televisions and digital still cameras decelerated, compelling the country?s manufacturers to devise new strategies for growth.
A fundamental paradigm shift in lighting technologies toward more efficient lamps and bulbs will significantly reduce global electricity demand for general illumination in the next few years.
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues increased year-over-year by 2.4 percent, totaling $6.9 billion, during the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13).
According to research firm IDC, the total tablet market, inclusive of both tablets and 2-in-1 devices, is forecast to grow 19.4 percent in 2014, down from a growth rate of 51.6 percent in 2013.
Global shipments of cellphones equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology will surge by more than a factor of four from 2013 to 2018, reaching 1.2 billion units
