IDC

Worldwide page volumes printed from office and home devices will see a sharp decline in 2020 as Covid-19 changes where and how work is done.

IDC said the Covid-19 pandemic is contributing to this figure by causing an abrupt increase in the number of work from home employees and changing the mix of data being created to a richer set of data that includes video communication and a tangible increase in the consumption of downloaded and streamed video.

The drop comes as no surprise as Q1 marked the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and the peak of the lockdowns in China, which extended to the rest of the world by the end of the quarter.

In 2019, Asia-Pacific spending on AI systems will be led by the banking industry with 10.7% share of the total, followed by retail with a 10.2% share.

Now on its third year, IDC’s DX Awards honors the achievements of organizations that have successfully digitalized one or multiple areas of their business through the application of digital and disruptive technologies.

There are now “use cases” throughout Asia for edge computing, according to IDC.

Despite a lot of uncertainty surrounding Huawei, the company managed to hold its position at number two in terms of market share

The overall AR/VR market has begun to grow again thanks to a surge in shipments of standalone head-mounted displays (HMDs) and tethered HMDs that helped to offset the decline in the low-end, screenless viewer segment.

Worldwide spending on telecom services and pay TV services totaled $1.615 billion in 2018, an increase of 0.8% year over year, according to research firm IDC.

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