FET sets up first IDC Farm in Taiwan

Aug 2, 11:52

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has established an IDC (Internet data center) Farm to provide cloud computing services to business users in Taiwan.

Acer, Asustek rank second, sixth globally in 2Q10 notebook shipments

Jul 28, 16:09

Acer shipped 8.1 million notebooks in the second quarter globally, the second largest next to Hewlett-Packard (HP) with 8.51 million units, while Asustek Computer ranked sixth with...

PC rebound continues with growth over 22%, says IDC

Jul 15, 14:46

Despite rising worries over sovereign debt and the pace of economic recovery, the global PC market grew 22.4% in the second quarter of 2010, in-line with forecast growth of 22.9%,...

Western Europe mobile phone market grows, dominated by unprecedented growth in smartphones in 1Q10, says IDC

Jul 2, 16:22

The mobile phone market in Western Europe grew 8.1% on year to 42.7 million units in the first quarter of 2010, according to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker. Shipments of smartphones...

Worldwide media tablet PC shipments to reach 7.6 million units in 2010, says IDC

May 24, 09:39

The nascent market for media tablets, fostered by the launch of Apple's iPad, will be driven by the device's attributes as a content consumption platform and the compelling applications...

Taiwan market: Short-throw projector share to go up in 2010, says IDC

May 21, 15:50

Short-throw models' share of Taiwan's front projector market is expected to increase to 15% in 2010, up from 9.2% in 2009, while the overall projector market in Taiwan is expected...

Taiwan market: Projector shipments drop 55% sequentially in 1Q10, says IDC

May 17, 16:28

Projector shipments in Taiwan reached 26,000 units in the first quarter of 2010, a decrease of 55% sequentially but an increase of 28% on year, according to figures from IDC.

EMS providers to see share in notebook OEM/ODM market rise in 2010

May 11, 14:35

Electronic manufacturing service (EMS) providers are expected to see their share of the notebook manufacturing market rise from 2.95% in 2009 to 8.25% in 2010, according to sources...

Enterprise cloud server hardware offers increased efficiencies for IT industry, says IDC

May 10, 14:58

The breaking dawn of economic recovery combined with an aging server installed base and IT managers' desire to rein in increasingly complex virtual and physical infrastructure is...

HP sees drop in Asia Pacific notebook market share in 1Q10

May 6, 14:49

Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) notebook market share in Asia Pacific market (excluding Japan) in the first quarter dropped 3pp sequentially to only 17% with shipment volumes also down from...

Mobile phone recovery continues with nearly 22% growth in 1Q10, says IDC

Apr 30, 17:17

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 21.7% in the first quarter of 2010, a strong rebound from the market contraction in the first quarter of 2009. Growth was fueled by increased...

Global PC processor shipments see sequential decline in 1Q10, says IDC

Apr 29, 15:31

Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments in the first quarter of 2010 declined 5.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the latest PC processor study from IDC. A decline...

Market watchers differ with the leader of notebook brands for 1Q10

Apr 27, 14:05

Market watchers IDC and Gartner had have reported different result of who was the largest notebook brand in the first quarter of 2010, according to sources from notebook makers.

Worldwide EMS will return to steady, but uneven growth in 2010, says IDC

Apr 26, 15:44

The EMS industry contracted by 11% in 2009, less than expected due to a resurgence of consumer spending late in the year. According to a new forecast from IDC, the EMS industry will...

PC growth passes 24% 1Q10, says IDC

Apr 19, 10:50

The worldwide PC market grew 24.2% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to one year ago, when the market declined by almost 7% – the lowest growth since 2001, according to...

Taiwan market: Asustek ranks top in enterprise desktop market in 2009

Apr 9, 16:50

Asustek Computer ranked top in Taiwan's enterprise desktop market in 2009 with a 27% market share, mainly due to significant orders from government and enterprise projects, according...

Gigabyte and Asustek aim for strong USB 3.0 product shipments in 2010

Apr 2, 15:48

Gigabyte Technology vice president of motherboard business Henry Kao, at the recent USB-IF forum, pointed out that the company expects to ship a total of five million USB 3.0 motherboards...

Asustek and Fujitsu see no change in 2009 notebook ASPs, says IDC

Mar 29, 15:17

Some global top-10 notebook vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell in 2009 dropped their notebook ASPs by over 8%, while Acer only had a less than 6% drop. But Asustek Computer...

PC market rebound to drive double-digit growth through 2014, says IDC

Mar 16, 13:52

After a severely constrained first half, steeply discounted PCs along with improving economic conditions steered the global PC market back into the black in the latter half of 2009...

More than one billion mobile workers worldwide by 2010, says IDC

Feb 22, 11:50

The world's mobile worker population will pass the one billion mark this year and grow to nearly 1.2 billion people - more than a third of the world's workforce - by 2013, according...

Samsung trails behind Sony as the ninth largest notebook vendor worldwide in 2009

Feb 4, 14:25

Starting from the second quarter of 2009, the market share gap between Sony and Samsung Electronics was less than 0.2pp each quarter, and Samsung finished the year ranked the ninth...

HP widens notebook shipment gap with Acer in 4Q09

Feb 3, 15:57

While Acer posted global shipments of 9.5 million notebooks in fourth-quarter 2009, Hewlett-Packard (HP) shipped 11.38 million units, widening the gap between the two from their narrowest...

Asia Pacific demand for notebooks forecast to surpass US in 2010, Western Europe in 2012

Feb 2, 14:05

There will be 48.85 million notebooks shipped to the Asia Pacific market (excluding Japan) in 2010, surpassing shipments to the US market, but still lower than Western Europe's 53.46...

Worldwide PC processor shipments rise 31.3% on year in 4Q09, says IDC

Jan 28, 15:57

Worldwide PC processor shipments in the fourth quarter of 2009 rose modestly, compared to the third quarter, but still achieved all-time record levels for a single quarter, according...

Android to be number-2 mobile OS by 2013, says IDC

Jan 28, 12:16

By 2013, worldwide shipments of smartphones will surpass 390 million units, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.9% for the 2009-2013 forecast period, and Andriod...

SSD market to grow at 54% CAGR by 2013, says IDC

Jan 25, 10:06

Global solid state drive (SSD) shipments grew 14% to surpass 11 million units in 2009, according to IDC. Looking forward, the research firm said SSD adoption will continue to experience...

PC shipments in Asia Pacific rebounded by 32% in 4Q09, says IDC

Jan 21, 17:06

IDC's preliminary results show that the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market fell 3% sequentially, but grew 32% on-year in the fourth quarter of 2009, beating forecasts by 4%...

Taiwan market: 2010 total IT spending to exceed US$6 billion, says IDC

Jan 20, 12:24

The 2010 total amount of expenditures on information technology (IT) products and services in the Taiwan market is projected to be US$6,135.7 million, rising by 4.3% from 2009, according...

Global PC market leaps back to double-digit growth in 4Q09, says IDC

Jan 15, 15:35

Led by a holiday season featuring price cuts of unprecedented duration, the US PC market established a new record of nearly 20.7 million units shipped in the fourth quarter of 2009,...

PC market returns to growth with double-digit gains through 2013, says IDC

Dec 22, 13:59

Worldwide PC shipments returned to positive growth in the third quarter of 2009 buoyed by strong back-to-school demand with an increase of 2.3% after three consecutive quarters of...

Taiwan market: IT security, system & network management software sales drop in 1H09, says IDC Asia/Pacific

Dec 17, 11:04

The Taiwan market saw sales of information security software products (including licensed use and maintenance, but excluding service) drop 16.2% on year to US$19.0 million in the...

Taiwan market: 3Q09 shipments of laser, inkjet printers up on quarter, says IDC

Dec 11, 11:45

There were 47,180 laser and 193,014 inkjet printers/MFPs (multi-function peripherals) shipped in the Taiwan market during the third quarter of 2009, increasing by 14.1% and 27.4%,...

Number of mobile devices accessing the Internet expected to surpass 1 billion by 2013, says IDC

Dec 10, 16:23

There were more than 450 million mobile Internet users worldwide in 2009, a number that is expected to more than double by the end of 2013. Driven by the popularity and affordability...

Lenovo expected to ship more than 13 million notebooks in 2009

Dec 10, 14:27

Lenovo's notebook shipments in 2009 are expected to surpass 13 million units as demand for enterprise notebooks is rising. The company will also have a chance to surpass Toshiba to...

Dell expected to see its gap against Acer widen to 10pp in 4Q09

Nov 27, 16:55

Dell is expected to see its share in the global notebook market continue to decline in the fourth quarter of 2009 and its gap against rival Acer widen to over 10pp as demand for enterprise...