Prague, October 17, 2014 — The overall consumables market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) declined by 6.4% year on year in the first half of 2014. Inkjet consumables shipments dropped by 9.2% during this period, in line with the volume contraction of the overall inkjet market across nearly all CEE countries in H1 2014.
Prague – October 10, 2014 – IT managers in Poland are probably more relaxed than their international counterparts in Central and Eastern Europe. The main reason: trust. A recent IDC survey creates an informal trust index that indicates IT managers in Poland, relative to managers in other CEE countries, are less worried about staff messing up carefully configured systems or leaking data. (TZ)
Prague/Moscow, October 7, 2014 — In the second quarter of 2014, the Russian market for hardcopy peripherals (HCP) contracted almost 15% in volume and more than 13% in value compared to the same period last year. For the specified period, more than 735,000 SF printers and MFPs were shipped. (TZ)
Prague, October 3, 2014 – Delayed large projects in Russia and revived activity of the SMB segment across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) pushed external storage market value up 8.2% year on year to $244.38 million in the second quarter of 2014. The corresponding capacity soared, with growth of almost 50% to reach 212.5PB. These results can be found in the Q2 2014 Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker, recently published by global market research firm IDC. (TZ)
Dubai/Prague, September 2, 2014 – IT spending by manufacturers in the three core manufacturing countries of the Middle East and Africa (MEA) – Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa – is set to grow almost 40% over the next five years, according to newly released data from IDC Manufacturing Insights.
Prague, September 10,2014 – In Q2 2014, the x86 server market in the Czech Republic declined for the fourth consecutive quarter in volume terms. The Czech economy grew in the last three quarters (almost 3% in Q1 and Q2), and although the local server market could be expected to perform in accordance with the economy as a whole, it did not – which was predicted in IDC’s Server Forecast.
Prague, September 9, 2014 – The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) thin-client market posted double-digit growth in Q2 2014 for the second quarter in a row, according to the EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker published by global IT market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC).
Prague, September 4, 2014 – Workstation shipments in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region increased 12.7% year on year in first half of 2014. Global research and advisory company IDC expects this healthy performance to continue in the second half of the year, with 11.2% growth forecast compared to the same period of 2013.
Prague, September 3, 2014 – The Czech machine-to-machine (M2M) market is expanding, with revenue climbing by 15% year on year in 2014, according to a new report by global IT market research company IDC. This growth is one of the few positive highlights of the year for telecom service providers, but it is also a boon to a wide range of other equipment vendors, software developers, and solution providers that are also generating tremendous growth from this emerging opportunity.
Prague, September 2, 2014 ─ The server market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) remained on a downward trajectory in the second quarter of 2014, shrinking in value by 10.0% year on year to $349.95 million. According to market research and advisory company IDC, shipments totaled 72,728 units, representing an 8.2% volume decrease from the same period in 2013.