Research Reports

Worldwide purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) factory revenues posted a 9.7% year-over-year increase, totaling $859.5 million, in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Worldwide factory revenue for the high performance computing technical server market increased by 7.7% year-over-year in 2012 to a record $11.1 billion, up from $10.3 billion in 2011.

Second-screen devices combined with customized content, interactive apps, and loyalty programs will fuel the behavior of social TV consumers over the next 24 months.

A predicted surge of smaller, lower-priced devices in the tablet market has led research firm IDC to increase its 2013 forecast for the worldwide tablet market to 190.9 million, up from its previous forecast of 172.4 million units.

After a few years of experimentation and early adopter successes, 2013 will be the year of larger scale adoption of big data technologies.

The consumer market declined 32 percent quarter-on-quarter in 4Q 2012 with 208,000 units recorded. Windows 8 failed to boost PC shipments as anticipated prior to its launch.

Despite intense industry efforts to overcome market inertia, 2012 nonetheless ended on a sour note with global PC shipment volume shrinking 3.7% on the year.

According to research firm IDC, vendors will ship 918.6 million smartphones this year, or 50.1 percent of the total mobile phone shipments worldwide.

A report notes that the age of Big Data creates new opportunities and risks, especially as they relate to the privacy of individuals.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, worldwide server shipments declined 0.2 percent year-on-year, while revenue increased 5.1 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011.