Jul 12, 2013
Worldwide PC shipments dropped to 76-million units in the second quarter of 2013, a 10,9% decrease from the same period last year, according to preliminary results from Gartner. This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of declining shipments, which is the longest...
Jul 4, 2013
The business climate continues to affect business confidence negatively, with the SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) remaining at a depressed level of 90.2 in June 2013, compared to 90.4 in May 2013. In June 2012 the BCI was 4.7 index points higher at 94.9 while...
Jul 3, 2013
The external storage market in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew only 2% in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest data from International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, the research firm has...
Jul 2, 2013
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,7-trillion in 2013, a 2% increase from 2012 spending of $3,6-trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Last quarter, Gartner’s forecast for 2013 IT spending growth in US dollars was 4,1%. The 2,1...
Jul 1, 2013
Contract manufacturers of notebook computers suffered a worse-than-expected first quarter, after shipments to clients like Apple and Hewlett-Packard tumbled to the lowest level in three years, according to a PC Dynamics Market Brief from HIS. Global shipments of...
