Desktop PCs continued to show weakness with a high-single-digit decline, while the segment that combines notebook PCs and premium ultramobiles (such as the MacBook Air and Microsoft Surface Pro) recorded a low-single-digit decline.
The vast majority of executives recognize the value of mobile apps for their business (87 percent), but very few are well-prepared to successfully deploy and maintain those apps, a new Accenture study has revealed.
A recent survey carried out by research firm IDC indicates that despite the continuous shift to mobility and the proliferation of portable devices such as ultra-slim notebooks, convertibles, and tablets, desktop PCs are still the main PC form factor for businesses.
Worldwide shipments of 3D printers will reach 496,475 units in 2016, up 103 percent from the predicted 244,533 units in 2015, according to research firm Gartner's latest forecast.
The worldwide network security market rebounded in the second quarter of 2015 from the seasonally-down first quarter to post quarter-over-quarter (+9 percent) and year-over-year (+13 percent) growth, according to research firm IHS.
A growing list of vendors, a proliferation of devices, experiences, and price points, and steady consumer adoption will fuel growth in the worldwide market for wearable devices.
Most of the overall decline is attributed to slowing growth in liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs, which now account for 99 percent of all television shipments.
Driven by strong 3G W-CDMA capacity projects in Europe and Middle East as well as unabated LTE activity in China, the global macrocell mobile infrastructure market was up 2 percent in the second quarter of 2015 from the prior quarter, and up 2 percent year-over-year.
Analyst firm Gartner said that 3D printing (3DP) technology has progressed rapidly in recent years, and that medical applications are leading to some of the most significant deployments of 3DP technology.
