International Data Corporation (IDC) stories - Page 13

​Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs declined in the first quarter of 2017, but surprisingly the figures are more positive than expected.

IDC is forecasting IT spend to rebound from the second half of 2017, so what technologies are on the up - and which are dragging the market down?.

Big telco deals have bolstered India's external storage market in Q1, with other verticals also performing strongly. So which vendors are winning?.

High spending by public cloud providers is pushing India's server market revenues up, with IDC reporting a 14.2% increase in the first quarter of 2017.

LAN networking revenues are up, WLAN revenues are down. So who's winning the market share - and what's driving the changes?.

Server shipments may have been down in India in Q4, but it's not all bad news with high density servers driving revenue up and growth ahead.

HP has ousted Lenovo to take top spot in the PC shipment market, as global PC shipments see their first growth in five years.

India's external storage market has been bolstered by increased banking and government spend, while companies adopt flash 'like never before'.

Cloud services will drive much of the ICT spending story this year, with cloud now dominating the ICT market outlook.

Apple recorded the fastest growth in the quarter ended December 2016, making it into the top five despite the segment shrinking 3.1 percent.

The global smartphone market experienced growth in Q4 2016, with vendors shipping a total of 428.5 million units, according to IDC.

Asia Pacific PC market sees 5.5% YoY decrease in 2016, but commercial market contracts by only 1.4%, says IDC.

Worldwide PC shipments in Q4 2016 totalled 70.2 million units, with a 1.5% decline YoY, according to IDC's tracker.

IDC predicts that 4G smartphone shipments will reach 1 billion this year as emerging markets catch up, but growth is slower than last year.

Indian demonetization slows down devices market, with cash dominating transactions, says IDC. Q4 2016 expected to contract.

India's PC market saw a 17.3% rise in Q3 2016 shipments, thanks to festive consumer spending, despite a 22.5% year-on-year decline, IDC reports.

In the APeJ region, IDC forecasts tech spending in manufacturing will hit USD $36 billion by 2020, driven by industrial automation and efficiency gains.

India's smartphone market hits a record-high with over 30 million shipments, driven by festive sales and a strong online presence.

New statistics from IDC show that despite Samsung's Galaxy Note7 being removed from the market, this has had no effect on global smartphone shipments.

Overall spending on server has gone back to its usual average, and IDC expects the trend to continue in the coming quarter as well.