Optical networking spend declines

Global optical networking (ON) spending versus the year-ago quarter receded for the fourth consecutive quarter in 4Q12, finds Ovum.  While some pockets of growth remain, spending in 4Q12 versus the year-ago quarter was down in every region, and the market remains...

Global server shipments decline

In the fourth quarter of 2012, worldwide server shipments declined 0,2% year-on-year, while revenue increased 5,1% from the fourth quarter of 2011, according to Gartner.  For year-end results, worldwide server shipments grew 1,5% in 2012, and server revenue declined...

Fourth quarter decline for colour MFPs

Despite a 10% year-over-year increase for the full year 2012, the colour laser multi-function peripheral (MFP) market declined 1% in the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12) as ongoing weakness in the global economy finally caught up with this segment.  This marks the first...

Mobile phone sales decline in 2012

Worldwide mobile phone sales to end-users totalled 1,75-billion units in 2012, a 1,7% decline from 2011 sales, according to Gartner. Smartphones continued to drive overall mobile phone sales, and the fourth quarter of 2012 saw record smartphone sales of 207,7-million...

HDD revenue set to decline

Facing a relentless onslaught from tablets, smartphones and solid state drives (SSD), global hard disk drive (HDD) market revenue in 2013 will decline by about 12% this year, according to an IHS iSuppli Storage Space market brief from information and analytics...