Not a great year for integrated systems

The integrated systems market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) saw weak growth in 1Q15, reporting $593,66-million in user value to account for year-on-year growth of 9,3%, according to IDC’s latest Quarterly Integrated Infrastructure and Platforms...

Smartphone maturity hits cover glass sales

With screen sizes increasing, smartphones continue to lead total area demand in the cover glass market; however, as the markets for smartphones and tablets mature, cover glass industry revenue growth is declining from 39% year-on-year growth in 2013 to 11% in 2015....

Massive decline for thin client sales

The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) thin client market faced a severe contraction in Q1 2015. The shipments declined at -10,2% year-on-year, and resulted in 438 000 units shipped, according to the EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker published by...

Why children are driving touch screen sales

The biggest growth in touch screen sales is being driven by children. Graham Braum, GM of Lenovo Africa, asks why. Renowned educator, Maria Montessori once said, “The hands are the instruments of a man’s intelligence.” Given that she lived around the turn of the 20th...

Smartphones to outsell everything in 2015

A total of 1,4-billion smartphones will be sold in 2015, with sales topping US$ 300-billion. This will outstrip the sale of all PCs, televisions, tablets and game consoles, says Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company.Riley says his company is “positively...