Global PC market declines again

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 76,6-million units in the first quarter of 2014, a 1,7% decline from the first quarter of 2013, according to preliminary results by Gartner. The severity of the decline eased compared with the past seven quarters. “The end of XP support...

SA security appliances show healthy growth

The South African security appliances market declined 10,3% in value year-on-year during Q4 2013 to total $12,25-million, according to the EMEA Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker published recently by International Data Corporation (IDC). The Tracker further...

HPC market dips after 2012 record

Worldwide factory revenue for the high performance computing (HPC) technical server market declined -7,2% to $10,3-billion for the full year 2013, down from a record $11,1-billion in 2012, according to the newly released International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...

Not a rosy outlook for SA storage market

The South African external storage market value declined 32,4% year-on-year to $38,11-million in Q4 2013, according to the EMEA Quarterly Storage Tracker published by international marketing and research agency IDC. On an annual basis, market value declined 26,5% to...

EMEA server revenues look to bottom out

According to the latest EMEA Server Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC), factory revenue in the EMEA server market reached $3,7-billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), a decrease of 5,2% when compared with the same quarter of 2012. Shipments...