IDC

The winners were selected from over 1,000 entries submitted by over700 end-user organizations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Asia-Pacific spending on AI systems (including hardware, software, and services) will rise from $20.6 billion in 2022 to around $46.6 billion in 2026, according to analyst firm IDC.

Big tenders from LGUs and different division offices of the DepEd refueled the education segment, with local brand Cherry Mobile accounting for more than 60% of this segment.

Samsung dropped to fourth place, accounting for 11.8% of the smartphone market after the A-series fell 23.9% compared to previous quarter.

Persistent supply shortages continued to affect the printer market and full inventories are not expected until 2023.

Worldwide tablet shipments reached 40.5 million units during the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), posting year-over-year growth of 0.15%, according to preliminary data from research firm IDC.

What started out as a supply-constrained industry earlier this year has turned into a demand-constrained market.

This was the second consecutive quarter of lower shipments following two years of growth.

In particular, employees’ access to insecure devices, networks, and data resources poses significant challenges to organizations implementing a hybrid work model.

Spending continued to consolidate in 2021 with the combined revenue of the top 5 public cloud service providers (Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Salesforce, Google, and SAP) capturing nearly 40% of the worldwide total and growing 36.6% year over year.