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Europe Tops World In PC Growth
News Worldwide, PC shipments grew 12 percent to 15 percent in the fourth quarter and about 11 percent for 2003 as a whole, according to, respectively, Gartner and IDC; substantially more than predictions from a year ago.
[January 16, 2004, 10:45]
Big PC Players Increase Market Pressure
News Tier two and three PC vendors are under most threat despite worldwide PC shipments growing by 17 per cent during Q2. For 1997, the company is expecting a 19 per cent growth to shipments of 84.3 million units.
[August 1, 1997, 11:38]
PC Market Edges Towards Recovery
News HP also posted good results, with worldwide shipments increasing by 13.3 percent compared with the same period a year ago, giving it a 16.2 percent share of the market, according to IDC. Worldwide, Dell's shipments increased by 28.9 percent, giving...
[July 17, 2003, 8:34]
HP Keeps Grip On European Server Market
News Overall, the server market in Europe looks looked sluggish in comparison with the rest of the world, with server shipments increasing 9 percent in the second quarter of 2006 and revenue dropping by just 0.1 percent in contrast to a worldwide...
[August 25, 2006, 14:20]
HP Regains Number-one PC Maker Crown
News Meanwhile, HP performed well in all regions, with its global PC shipments increasing 15.4 percent since the third quarter of last year, according to Gartner. Dell had its lowest year-over-year growth ever, with its global PC shipments growing 3.6...
[October 19, 2006, 9:35]
Dell Cements Global Domination
News IBM ranked third in worldwide shipments, followed by Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens and Toshiba, according to IDC. In separate reports released on Monday, Gartner and IDC both found that the Texas-based company had increased shipments of PCs by more than...
[October 19, 2004, 13:55]
Dell Expecting More From Second Quarter
News Dell has again outpaced rival Hewlett-Packard in PC shipments; during the second quarter, Dell extended its share of the worldwide PC market to 18.3 percent from 17.2 percent during the same period last year, according to IDC, which released...
[July 16, 2004, 15:20]
Server War Declared Between Dell And Compaq
News Dell was able to boost its share by increasing unit shipments 32 percent. Compaq's shipments plummeted 17 percent. IBM's shipments decreased 8 percent to 31,000. Apple Computer, whose server shipments were dwarfed by those based on Intel or Intel...
[April 30, 2001, 8:11]
PC Sales Buck The Downward Trend
News Poor demand for desktops from consumers and businesses will limit Europe's PC recovery in the future, IDC said, while increasing unit shipments in Japan won't be enough to stave off an overall yearly decline for 2002, the firm said.
[June 13, 2002, 15:27]
New Palm OS Handhelds Look For A Niche
News According to research firm Gartner, worldwide handheld shipments declined in the second quarter by 3.5 percent compared with the second quarter of 2001, dropping to 2.7 million units. It accounted for 9.6 percent of the worldwide PDA unit shipments...
[August 20, 2002, 8:28]
Dell Joins Blade Server Fray
News An increasing number, it seems, are willing to take the risk, as IDC's own figures show Dell experienced a 34 percent unit growth for server shipments in the UK and Ireland last year, with similar figures reported for the rest of Europe.
[November 15, 2004, 14:05]
Sun's Unix Market Position Slips
News Sun prefers to steer market-watchers toward unit shipments rather than revenue, arguing that "volume begets volume": Large quantities of servers mean large numbers of customers who become candidates for future sales.
[August 30, 2005, 17:00]
Chip Sales Down, But Not Completely Out?
News Cahners In-Stat Group, on Tuesday, released a report that predicts worldwide semiconductor shipments will decline by nearly 11 percent in 2001. The semiconductor market, on the other hand, had one of its best years ever in 2000, with revenues...
[May 16, 2001, 11:07]
Flash Memory Flares Up
News Camera shipments are expected to increase 27 percent to about 55 million this year from 43 million worldwide last year, according to research firm IDC. By 2007, shipments are projected to reach 81 million.
[January 16, 2004, 16:05]
Gartner: Asia Leads Semicon Recovery
News Strong consumer product shipments such as DVD players and digital TVs in Japan and Asia-Pacific have boosted revenues for Japanese vendors like Matushita, Sanyo and Sharp, Lai added. Following a drastic decline in 2001, research firm Gartner...
[December 18, 2002, 12:30]
IBM: A Wearable World Beyond Your Clamshell
News IBM in the fourth quarter captured the top spot in worldwide notebook shipments, pushing ahead of Toshiba and beating back Dell Computer. What you're seeing from IBM is an increasing focus on how technology is used, rather than releasing the same...
[February 8, 2001, 10:11]
Red Hat Shares Jump On Dell Pact
News Our shipments of Red Hat Linux have more than doubled over the past quarter and we expect this trend to continue and even accelerate," he said. Red Hat and Dell extended their strategic alliance with a worldwide service and support agreement.
[December 6, 1999, 16:59]
Microsoft Adds Wireless To Pocket PC
News In the first quarter, Dell shot up to the No.spot, with 6.5 percent of worldwide shipments, from No.and Toshiba picked up 3.6 percent of the market. The handheld market has seen shipments slide over the last couple of quarters, partly as a result...
[June 12, 2003, 9:03]
Microsoft And AOL Time Warner Settle Antitrust Suit
News In the first quarter, 55.8 percent of worldwide shipments came from PC makers not among the top five, according to research firm Gartner. Considering that AOL has 32 million subscribers worldwide, Microsoft is gaining access to a large portion of...
[May 30, 2003, 7:34]
IT Departments Strapped For Cash
News IDC said last week that it expects 2003 PC shipments -- which include desktops, notebooks and servers priced at less than $25,000 -- to grow by 8.4 percent globally and by 7.2 percent in the US, up from an earlier prediction of 6.3 percent...
[September 9, 2003, 16:25]
