Sep 5, 2013
Factory revenue in the EMEA server market reached $2,9-billion in the second quarter of 2013, a decrease of 3,3% when compared with the same quarter of 2012, according to the latest EMEA Server Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). In euro terms, revenue...
Aug 14, 2013
Worldwide mobile phone sales to end-users totalled 435-million units in the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 3,6% from the same period last year, according to Gartner – and smartphone sales overtook feature phones for the first time. Smartphone sales to...
Jul 24, 2013
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region’s PC market experienced another quarter of steep decline in Q2 2013 as the proliferation of mobile technology continues unabated. According to preliminary results released last week by International Data Corporation (IDC),...
Jul 15, 2013
A new study on toner cartridges from IDC has revealed that up to 20% of cartridges sold in Western Europe and 22% sold in Russia in 2012 were new built compatible (NBC) toner cartridges, newly manufactured print consumables conceived to fit into specific printers or...
Jun 28, 2013
It appears that the June sales of notebooks have been hard hit by the weakness of the rand, as buyers hold back on purchases, hoping the exchange rate might improve. This is the opinion of Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company, who says: “The rand/dollar...
