Category: Computer Equipment
Computer Equipment market research reports by IDC
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Datacenter Energy and Carbon Emission Projections and the Drive to Net Zero, 2025
This IDC Market Perspective details how the rapid expansion of datacenters, driven by digitalization and AI workloads, is leading to significant energy consumption and carbon emissions increases. Datacenter operators are prioritizing sustainability to manage costs and meet net-zero goals, investing ... Read More
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Worldwide Workstation Market Shares, 2024 and 4Q24: 7.0% Rebound as the AI Era Kicks Off
This IDC study looks at worldwide workstation market shares in 2024.“The workstation market rebounded nicely in 2024,” states Linn Huang, IDC research vice president of Device and Displays. “Considering we’re only at the tip of the spear of the inbound AI era and in lieu of how important workstation ... Read More
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Worldwide PC Market Shares, 2024 and 4Q24: PC Market Holds Steady at 1.1% Growth
From a vendor perspective, Lenovo finished the calendar year in first place for the sixth consecutive year, extending its lead over HP Inc. by 100 basis points. HP Inc. and Dell remained firmly second and third, respectively. Lenovo and HP Inc. fielded positive growth, while Dell saw market contract ... Read More
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Worldwide Tablet Market Shares, 2024 and 4Q24: +12.3% as Market Claws Back Half of 2023's Losses
This IDC study presents the worldwide tablet market shares for 2024 and 4Q24."Tablet shipments rebounded nicely in 2024 after a disastrous 2023," states Linn Huang, research vice president of Devices and Displays at IDC. "More refresh, China subsidies, and incoming AI era could keep this party going ... Read More
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Worldwide Document Workflow Automation and Optimization Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study provides the worldwide forecast for the document workflow automation and optimization market for 2025–2029.“Managing intricate workflows across different departments, systems, and locations can be a major challenge for many organizations,” says Robert Palmer, research vice president f ... Read More
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Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine Simplifies the Migration and Management of VMs
This IDC Market Note examines Red Hat’s recently announced OpenShift Virtualization Engine. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine offers a solution for migrating virtual machines (VMs) from competing hypervisor platforms without the requirements of immediate containerization. It integrates with Re ... Read More
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Worldwide and U.S. Outsourced Document Services Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study analyzes the outsourced document services marketplace that is made up of in-house production print services, mailroom services, print sourcing and procurement services, and imaging and document archival services. This document updates Worldwide and U.S. Outsourced Document Services Fo ... Read More
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Worldwide and U.S. Managed Print and Document Services and Basic Print Services Forecast Update, 2024–2028
This IDC study provides our updated 2024–2028 forecast for the managed print and document services and basic print services market. Considering the tumultuous conditions of the past few years, the market for print and document services appears to have stabilized. Total worldwide MPDS/BPS market reve ... Read More
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Worldwide Document Imaging Scanner Forecast, 2024-2028
This IDC study provides the worldwide market forecast for document imaging scanners for the 2024–2028 period, with historical data for the 2019–2023 period."2023 was a turbulent year for the document imaging scanner market. Some geographic markets saw significant shipment declines and some segments ... Read More
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Managed SPs: Adapting Business Models to Support Modernizing Mainframes with Managed Cloud Services
This IDC Market Perspective discusses different approaches that enterprises consider when using managed SPs to support modernization of mainframe environments as part of managed cloud services and the impact in modernizing mainframes on future opportunities for managed SPs and how managed SPs should ... Read More
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Xerox to Acquire Lexmark — An IDC Perspective
This IDC Market Perspective discusses Xerox’s acquisition of Lexmark. On December 23, 2024, Xerox Holdings Corp. (Xerox) announced that it had agreed to buy Lexmark International Inc. (Lexmark) from a consortium consisting of Ninestar Corp., PAG Asia Capital, and Shanghai Shouda Investment Centre. T ... Read More
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U.S. and Worldwide Production Printer Forecast, 2025–2028
U.S. and Worldwide Production Printer Forecast, 2025–2028 This IDC study quantifies the U.S. and worldwide production printer market.“The production printing market is undergoing a lot of change, with pressure from digital display and transfer of information reducing demand for print overall,” said ... Read More
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Datacenter Providers Are Leading a Renaissance of Alternative Energy Led by Nuclear
Datacenter Providers Are Leading a Renaissance of Alternative Energy Led by Nuclear This IDC Market Perspective looks at datacenter providers’ demand for alternative energy sources. The datacenter industry‘s growing energy demands, driven by AI and cloud computing advancements, are pushing for a shi ... Read More
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Worldwide Server DRAM DIMM by Workload Forecast, 2025–2029
Worldwide Server DRAM DIMM by Workload Forecast, 2025–2029 This IDC study presents an outlook for the server DRAM DIMM market for the 2025–2029 period. The DRAM industry dynamics and the server workload changes are aggregated, analyzed, and applied to this long-term DIMM forecast in terms of units a ... Read More
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U.S. Printer and MFP Page Volume Forecast, 2025-2028
U.S. Printer and MFP Page Volume Forecast, 2025-2028 This IDC study quantifies the U.S. printer and MFP page volume market opportunity. It provides an in-depth look at the U.S. installed base and page volume forecasts for the inkjet and laser MFP segments as well as the total page volumes for these ... Read More
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Fujifilm Expands Revoria Production Portfolio
Fujifilm Expands Revoria Production Portfolio This IDC Market Note highlights the new additions to the Fujifilm Revoria production printer lineup. The new models have high resolution (2,400 x 2,400dpi) and productivity enhancing features that should drive turnover of older equipment in the commercia ... Read More
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U.S. Production Page Volume Forecast, 2024–2028
U.S. Production Page Volume Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study forecasts the U.S. production page volume market for 2024–2028.“While equipment market share always gets a lot of attention, vendors that capture page volume and the revenue derived from page volume are always the most profitable and suc ... Read More
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Open Mainframe Project Zowe Gets No-Cost Enterprise Support from Broadcom
Open Mainframe Project Zowe Gets No-Cost Enterprise Support from Broadcom This IDC Market Note explores the implications of Broadcom’s recent announcement that it is offering free enterprise support for the Zowe open source project. “Broadcom’s no-cost enterprise support for the Zowe open source pro ... Read More
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Worldwide Hard Disk Drive 4Q24 Preliminary Shipment Results
Worldwide Hard Disk Drive 4Q24 Preliminary Shipment Results This IDC Market Perspective provides a preliminary unit shipment range for worldwide hard disk drive (HDD) units by HDD drive class and estimated supplier market share for 4Q24."HDD demand remains strong and continues to outpace supply to ... Read More
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Hardcopy Vendor Financials, 3Q24: The Return of Modest Growth
Hardcopy Vendor Financials, 3Q24: The Return of Modest Growth This IDC Market Perspective contains excerpts from public financial disclosures by leading hardcopy vendors and details the impact of inflation, economic uncertainty, and other issues facing hardcopy vendors on performance and forecasts. ... Read More
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HPE Jumps into the Virtualization Market
HPE Jumps into the Virtualization Market This IDC Market Note discusses the details of HPE Discover Barcelona conducted by HPE. HPE has introduced VM Essentials, a virtualization solution within its GreenLake cloud portfolio, leveraging assets from Morpheus Data. This move aims to compete with VMwar ... Read More
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Worldwide Tablet Market Shares, 3Q24: 20.9% Growth Marks Second Consecutive Quarter of Strength
Worldwide Tablet Market Shares, 3Q24: 20.9% Growth Marks Second Consecutive Quarter of Strength This IDC study provides an analysis of the worldwide tablet market for 3Q24."The global tablet market continued its strong trajectory from the preceding quarter, just in time for what is shaping up to be ... Read More
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Worldwide Workstation Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Workstation Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the worldwide workstation market.“Workstations will play a critical role in the emerging AI era,” states Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays at IDC. “Consequently, we have them more than ... Read More
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Worldwide Server Infrastructure Workloads by Virtualized Environment Forecast, 2024–2028: AI Demand Drives Major Growth in Spending Supporting Containerized Environments
Worldwide Server Infrastructure Workloads by Virtualized Environment Forecast, 2024–2028: AI Demand Drives Major Growth in Spending Supporting Containerized Environments This IDC study provides an overview of the market size and forecast from 2024 to 2028 for global spending on enterprise servers b ... Read More
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Grimco to Acquire GSG
Grimco to Acquire GSG This IDC Market Note looks at some of the issues related to the recent announcement that Grimco is acquiring Graphic Solutions Group. ... Read More