High-performance sales see sharp decline

As expected, worldwide factory revenue for the high performance computing (HPC) technical server market declined sharply to $2,5-billion in the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), down from an exceptional $3,4-billion in the same period of 2012, according to the newly...

Global storage market down in 2013

Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted a year-over-year decline of -3,5%, totalling $5,7-billion during the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker....

Worldwide server market in decline

Factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased -3,7% year-over-year to $12,1-billion in the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), according to the International Data Corporate (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. This was the third consecutive quarter of...

Tablet shipments set for global slowdown

Worldwide tablet shipments are expected to reach 221,3-million units in 2013, down slightly from a previous forecast of 227,4-million but still 53,5% above 2012 levels. According to forecasts from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet...

MEA hard copy market returns to growth

After eight successive quarters of decline, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market finally returned to a state of positive growth during the third quarter of 2013, with shipments up 6,6% year on year to total 1,472-million, according to the...