Global thin client market declines

The global thin and terminal client market deteriorated during the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), declining -12,4% year-over-year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker. This followed a strong first...

Thin clients see long-delayed slowdown

After four consecutive quarters of year-over-year volume growth, worldwide thin and terminal client shipments totalled 1,35-million units in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), a decline of -1,8% from the same quarter a year ago (2Q13). This is markedly lower than the...

Windows XP end of life drives thin clients

In Western Europe (WE), end of support for Windows XP was one of the main driving forces of thin-client shipments in Q1 2014, according to the EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker published by global IT market research firm International Data Corporation...

Thin client adoption on the increase

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker, worldwide thin client and terminal client device shipments totalled 1,28-million units in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14). This isĀ an increase of 7,1% from the...

Thin clients under pressure in 2014

Thin client shipments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) increased by 2,9% year-on-year in 2013 to 1,85-million units, according to the EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker published by International Data Corporation (IDC). After a gloomy start of...