In the worldwide PC market, global shipments were above expectations, reaching 58.5 million during the last quarter.

“The Asia/Pacific region recognises that its no longer “under-the-radar” as far as breaches, hacks, and legislation is concerned.”

Despite a drop in router and wireless LAN, ethernet switches are quickly gaining popularity, according to the latest statistics from IDC.

New research from the International Data Corporation (IDC) has found the global converged system market to be in good stead because of one category.

Smart speakers have moved into people’s homes and are ready to pay off as smart networks begin to spread throughout the household.

Soon, manufacturers who have not kept up with the advances in AI technologies will be vastly outstripped by those that have.

While the unprecedented growth of the infrastructure systems market last year was shared by both non-cloud and cloud segments, IDC says there is change in the air.

IDC has released its latest findings surrounding India’s server market – and the news isn’t great for the market as it has fallen significantly.

According to IDC, the Australian smartphone market suffered a record 9.0% decline in unit shipments in 2018.

The Australian PC monitor continues to grow at near double digits each quarter, hitting an impressive 10.4% for 2018 calendar year.

After two quarters of near 10% growth, the Australian PC market dipped -2.5% in 4Q18 - a trend that looks set to continue in 2019.

Despite the growth witnessed at the end of 2018, IDC predicts that New Zealand’s traditional PC market in 2019 will decline by -4.4% YoY.

Managed security services will be the largest technology category in 2019.

Wristbands are set to lose their dominance as hearables and industrial applications keep the wearables market moving forward.

The smartphone market in Australia is going through some tough slog at the moment, but there is some good news on the horizon.

IDC's recent analysis on the external storage market in EMEA has shown healthy results - with some countries performing better than others - largely fuelled by all-flash arrays.

A recent Dell EMC blog post celebrates IDC naming it number one in a myriad of storage and systems markets.

"Economies and businesses that have yet to embark on their AI journey run a real risk of missing out on the competitive benefits that are enjoyed by leaders.”

Spending on AI will hit close to US$36 billion with retail leading the way, followed by banking, according to IDC.

Detachables are the only saving grace for a market that is still slowly but surely losing its appeal.

Global market revenue grew 7.4% during the fourth quarter of 2018, with Dell Inc taking the number one spot for market share.

While New Zealanders are spending per device on smartphones than ever before, sellers should be wary that we will only go so fare.

No matter where in Asia Pacific you look, almost all SMBs are barely scratching the surface of digital maturity.

The latest data from IDC shows the market experienced substantial growth in the fourth quarter of 2018.