Aug 6, 2013
Following three years of growth, thin client shipments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have declined by 4,2% year-on-year in Q1 2013 to 406 138 units, according to results published by IDC in its EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker. Despite...
Aug 6, 2013
Despite a major surplus in the light-emitting diode (LED) market, top suppliers are increasing their capital spending and production because of government incentives, and are hoping to cash in on an expected boom in the lighting business. Global shipments of metal...
Aug 6, 2013
Total year-end IT spending by Western European utilities is expected to be $10,4-billion in 2013, with the majority (62,9%) of IT spending being dedicated to IT services. A new report from IDC Energy Insights, “Western Europe Utilities IT Spending 2012-2017 Forecast,...
Aug 5, 2013
More than 78 000 people have applied to join a one-way trip to Mars to establish a colony on the Red Planet by 2023 – and organisers expect 500 000 to have applied by the closing date of 31 August 2013. The Mars One astronaut selection programme has received...
Aug 5, 2013
Rectron and Mustek have announced their appointment as Microsoft Volume Licensing (VL) distributors. Microsoft Volume Licensing is a cost-effective, flexible, and manageable way to acquire Microsoft software and cloud services. Microsoft offers several Volume...
Aug 5, 2013
More than 34-million tablets were shipped in the second quarter of 2013 – a 43% year-on-year increase. Tablets now account for 31% of worldwide PC shipments, according to research by Canalys. But Apple’s performance faltered in the quarter, with the company’s...
