Unfulfilled PC demand sees shipments surge
The global traditional PC market shot up 55.2 per cent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2021, with unfulfilled demand from last year driving the surge.
The global traditional PC market shot up 55.2 per cent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2021, with unfulfilled demand from last year driving the surge.
Last year saw 64.2 ZB of created or replicated data, with “unusually high growth” occurring due to a significant increase of people staying home.
The Australian PC market grew last year by 11.8 per cent, with a significant lean towards notebooks and away from desktops.
Global revenue from server and external OEM storage systems fell flat during the fourth quarter of 2020 in just about all regions around the world.
The vast majority of businesses in Australia and New Zealand are prioritising cyber security as a must-have this year, with spending in the space planned to increase by as much as 20 per cent year-on-year.
Global PC supply and manufacturing issues are forecast to be resolved by the middle of the year, assuming no more supply disruptions take place.
The global smartphone market's latest surge shows signs of a market moving past COVID-19 in 2021, even with the market's overall decline last year.
Cognizant’s recent acquisition of Servian’s entire workforce shows just how important Australian and New Zealand businesses are for the expansion plans of global services companies.
IT infrastructure has reached a tipping point, with spending on cloud expected to account for a greater share of spending than non-cloud environments.
Annual growth in the global PC market has hit a 10-year high, driven by consumer demand stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.
Collaboration tools will remain an enterprise priority in the coming year as many offices expect to remain largely closed until at least mid-2021.
This year may have been a doozy for the IT and business services market in Australia and New Zealand, but 2021 could bring with it renewed vigour.
Think the PC is dead? Not right now. In fact, notebook PC sales are expected to grow by a whopping 26.4 per cent during the fourth quarter.
Blazeclan Technologies is powering ahead with plans to up-skill employees on all-things AWS, achieving 100 certifications within the space of 10 months.
The community around the open sourced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) NOS has got a little stronger through Apstra.
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By Kalyan Madala, CTO, IBM ASEANZK