Chinese slowdown drives PC contraction

The economic slowdown in China has driven International Data Corporation (IDC) to lower its expectations for worldwide IT spending growth this year. The IDC Worldwide Black Book Query Tool now forecasts IT spending growth of 4,6% in constant currency for 2013, down...

China drives consumables growth

IDC’s China Quarterly Consumables Tracker (Q1 2013) shows that the total shipment of printing consumables in China in Q1 2013 was nearly 29,96-million units, declining by 8,2% compared with Q4 2012 and flat year-on-year. The revenue of printing consumables in Q1...

Mild growth for X86 servers in China

The total shipment of X86 servers in China reached nearly 286 000 units in Q1 2013, indicating a mild market growth of 3,9% year-on-year. Vendor factory revenue for X86 servers reached US$870-million, with a year-on-year growth rate of 9,5%. According to IDC, in terms...

IDC IDs China’s smart cities

China’s smart city market is expected to reach $10,8-billion in 2013, representing an increase of 18,5% compared to the previous year, says IDC This is one of the key findings of IDC’s China 100 Smart Cities Evaluation and Recommendation: Penetrating the...

China software market set to soar

IDC says that China’s software market is expected to grow to US$13,1-billion by 2017 at a CAGR of 11,3%, as the four pillars of the Third Platform (big data, cloud computing, mobility and social networks) are gradually integrated into the development of software....