Personal computing devices slump
IDC figures
Augers working for IDC have been reading the liver of fat ram and come to the conclusion that global shipments of personal computing devices (PCDs) will decline 2.7 percent on year in 2017.
IDC has not given up on AR and VR
13.7 million units in 2017, growing to 81.2 million units by 2021
Beancounters at IDC have been shuffling their tarot decks and reached the conclusion that AR and VR are going to continue to grow like crazy – despite the fact that other analysts are not so sure.
There's life in the wearables market yet
IDC insists that the market is growing and changing
Beancounters at IDC think that despite no one is actually making money from wearables, there is some life in the market.
Server sales plummet
Businesses waiting for Skylake chips
It has not been an enjoyable time for server sales in Europe according to IDC beancounters.
PC market could start growing again in 2019
Latest prediction from IDC
Divination experts from IDC have been shuffling their Tarot cards and consulting the entrails of a particularly annoying toddler and reached the conclusion that the PC market will start growing again in 2019.
VR headset sales expected to pick up
IDC expects a 10-fold increase
Beancounters at IDC have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and reached the conclusion that global shipments of augmented and virtual reality headset devices are expected to reach 99.4 million units in 2021.
European server sales slump
IDC figures
Beancounters at IDC have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and reached the conclusion that European server sales have slid by 12.9 percent.
Cloud growing like crazy
IDC thinks there will be US $122.5 billion spent on it
Beancounters at IDC have been adding up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure will reach $122.5 billion in 2017.
PC shipments pulling out of the tarpit
Latest IDC report
While PC shipments are set to decline in 2016, beancounters at IDC think that the drop will be better than expected and there will be an improvement in 2017.
Tablet sales keep falling
Steve Jobs was completely wrong
Despite what Steve Jobs and his minions in the Tame Apple Press told us, the tablet was not a game changer, and was simply yet another fashion fad which is now going the way of the dodo and the iPod.