653 news items tagged IDC
Tencent leads in AI deployments, says HK expert
Thursday 19 April 2018While global tech giants including Amazon, Google and Microsoft are aggressively developing AI (artificial intelligence) applications, China's web giant Tencent has actually outperformed...
Worldwide spending on cognitive and AI systems to grow to US$19.1 billion in 2018, says IDC
Tuesday 27 March 2018Worldwide spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems will reach US$19.1 billion in 2018, an increase of 54.2% over the amount spent in 2017, according to IDC....
Foxconn top smartphone manufacturer in 4Q17, says IDC
Thursday 15 March 2018Foxconn Electronics outperformed Samsung Electronics to take the top ranking for the manufacture of smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2017 thanks to orders for iPhone 8 and iPhone...
Worldwide Ethernet switch and router revenues see growths in 4Q17, says IDC
Wednesday 7 March 2018The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded US$6.9 billion in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 3.2% on year. For the full year 2017, the market...
Mobile workstations becoming new enterprise trend
Wednesday 7 March 2018Mobile workstations are becoming a new business opportunity in the worldwide enterprise sector with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer both having recently released corresponding produc...
Global wearable market grows 7.7% in 4Q17 and 10.3% in 2017, says IDC
Tuesday 6 March 2018The worldwide wearables market continued its upward trajectory in both the fourth quarter of 2017 and full year 2017 with total shipment volumes reaching new records. Moreover, thanks...
Southeast Asia smartphone shipments flat in 2017, says IDC
Monday 5 March 2018Total smartphone shipments in the emerging Southeast Asia (SEA) region recorded approximately 100 million units in 2017, declining by less than 1% on year, according IDC, which categorizes...
APeJ public cloud services spending to reach US$15 billion in 2018, says IDC
Wednesday 21 February 2018Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) spending on public cloud services and infrastructure is forecast to reach US$15.08 billion in 2018, an increase of 35.66% over 2017, according...
Dell EMC introduces latest all-flash storage solutions to Taiwan
Friday 9 February 2018Dell EMC has released its latest all-flash storage products and other cloud datacenter solutions including software-defined storage, data protection, and hyper-converged infrastructure...
Worldwide spending on robotics and drones to reach US$103 billion in 2018, says IDC
Thursday 25 January 2018IDC forecasts worldwide spending on robotics and drones solutions will total US$103.1 billion in 2018, an increase of 22.1% over 2017. By 2021, IDC expects this spending will more...
Seasonality and increased commercial investment keep EMEA PC market positive, says IDC
Wednesday 24 January 2018The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) recorded slight growth in the fourth quarter of 2017, with the market's shipments...
PC market sees first positive holiday quarter growth in 6 years, says IDC
Friday 12 January 2018Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled 70.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, recording slightly positive (0.7%) on-year growth,...
Global shipments of wearable devices to nearly double by 2021, IDC says
Friday 22 December 2017The global shipments of wearable devices are expected to grow from 113.2 million units in 2017 to 222.3 million in 2021 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.4%, according...
Africa's smartphone market bounces back in 3Q17, says IDC
Friday 15 December 2017Africa's smartphone market bounced back from two consecutive declines to post a sequential growth of 4.4% to 21.7 million units in the third quarter of 2017, spurred by ongoing economic...
Global large-size LCD panel shipments to slow down in 4Q17, says IDC
Wednesday 13 December 2017Global shipment momentum of large-sized LCD panels is expected to slow down in the fourth quarter of 2017 after experiencing a 5.7% sequential growth to 220 million units in the third...
India tablet market sees 46% sequential growth in 3Q17, says IDC
Wednesday 6 December 2017According to IDC, 1.1 million tablets were shipped in India in the third quarter f 2017 with a healthy 46% growth from the previous quarter and a marginal 3% growth from the same...
Personal computing device market to see -2% CAGR through 2021, says IDC
Wednesday 29 November 2017Global shipments of personal computing devices (PCDs) - composed of traditional PCs (desktop, notebooks and workstations) and tablets (slate, detachable) - are expected to decline...
Western Europe printer market declines in 3Q17, says IDC
Thursday 23 November 2017The Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) market decreased by 3.2% on year in unit terms in third-quarter 2017, accordinng to IDC. There were negative sales performances...
India traditional PC market recovers in 3Q17 on strong consumer demand, says IDC
Monday 20 November 2017The overall India traditional PC shipments for the third quarter of 2017 stood at 3.03 million units, with a strong growth of 72.3% on quarter and 20.5% over the same period last...
Top-5 smartphone vendors occupy over 75% of China market, says IDC
Tuesday 7 November 2017While the smartphone market in China declined 1% on year in shipment volume in third-quarter 2017, the share of the top-five smartphone vendors there grew from 65.2% in second-quarter...
VR headsets to drive near-term growth, but AR headsets to gain momentum by 2020, says IDC
Monday 2 October 2017IDC is forecasting the combined augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headset market to reach 13.7 million units in 2017, growing to 81.2 million units by 2021 with a compound...
Education IT spending in APEJ to surpass US$11.8 billion by 2020, says IDC
Monday 25 September 2017Education IT spending in the APEJ (Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan) area will increase from US$9.8 billion in 2015 to US$11.8 billion by 2020, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...
Dell sees solid on-year growth in worldwide monitor market in 2Q17, says IDC
Tuesday 19 September 2017Worldwide PC monitor shipments totaled 28.5 million units in the second quarter of 2017, according to IDC. While the shipment total represented a decline of 6.4% over the prior year,...
Global AR/VR headset shipments maintain solid growth in 2Q17, says IDC
Monday 11 September 2017Global shipments of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headset shipments, excluding Google Cardboard and other Cardboard-like devices, grew 25.5% on year to 2.1 million...
Basic trackers take back seat as smartwatches accelerate in 2Q17, says IDC
Friday 1 September 2017The worldwide wearable market was once again graced with positive growth as shipments grew 10.3% on year, reaching 26.3 million during the second quarter of 2017, according to the...