Category: Computer Equipment
Computer Equipment market research reports by IDC
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The Impact of AI on Printing Volumes in Europe: Accelerating Efficiency, Digitalization, and Workflow Automation
This IDC Market Note discusses how the increasing adoption and integration of AI will impact printing volumes in office and home environments. ... Read More
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Worldwide Tablet Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents the forecast data for the worldwide tablet market for the 2025–2029 period."The 2024 tablet market made up about half of what the 2023 tablet market lost," says Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays at IDC. "Looking forward, with inventory, pricing, and mi ... Read More
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The Building Blocks of a Sustainable Datacenter
This IDC Market Perspective defines the IDC framework for sustainable datacenters based on five pillars: goals, commitment, and transparency; design and construction; natural resources sourcing; natural resources efficiency; and circularity. To provide a context over the life cycle of a datacenter, ... Read More
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Worldwide Workstation Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the worldwide workstation market."In the 1990s and aughts, it was commonly said that every company was becoming a web company," states Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays, IDC. "Likewise, it felt like every company was becoming a ... Read More
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Western Europe Printer Market Shares, 2024: Market Remains Sizeable Despite Decline
This IDC Market Share discusses the dynamics and vendor share development of the single-function printer market in Western Europe in 2024.Although the single-function printer market in Western Europe has been declining over the last 10 years, it remains of significant size and offers manufacturers a ... Read More
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U.S. Business Use Tablet Forecast, 2025-2029
This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for the U.S. business use of tablet shipments by operating system and user type (consumer, individual liable, and corporate liable). It is part of IDC's continuing research with respect to mobile devices. Findings in this document are based on informati ... Read More
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Japan Datacenter Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study forecasts the number of sites, total floor footprint, and power capacity (IT load) of datacenters (DCs) installed in Japan by DC size, location area, and year of building completion."The demand for the installation of AI servers is contributing to increased power capacity at datacente ... Read More
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Western Europe Hardcopy Forecast, 2025-2029
This IDC Market Forecast study quantifies the Western European hardcopy market in detail, analyzing details, issues, trends, and product advances. This report contains IDC's review and forecast of the Western European hardcopy market for 2025-2029."Growth opportunities are becoming more difficult to ... Read More
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Western Europe Hardcopy Market Shares, 2024: Print Is Still in Demand
This IDC Market Share report will examine dynamics of the Western European hardcopy industry in 2024, the winners and losers, and the technologies that are emerging as major opportunities. ... Read More
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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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U.S. Printer and MFP Market Shares, 2024: Shipments Decline for Most Vendors as Economic Uncertainty Reigns
This IDC study provides vendor market shares for the printer and MFP market in 2024."Print vendors saw another year of declining shipments and value in 2024, as the return to office continued to slow while economic uncertainty continued to suppress business growth. ASPs, which were boosted by return ... 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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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 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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New HP PageWide Presses Raise the Bar
This IDC Market Note provides details on two new HP Inc. presses. These new HP PageWide presses are set to raise the bar for production printing systems with a combination of speed and quality that rivals offset printing. ... 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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Top 5 Trends for Colocation Services for 2025
This IDC Market Perspective provides insights into the latest emerging datacenter technology trends that are shaping the datacenter colocation industry. New and emerging trends will change datacenter colocation facilities in terms of architecture design, cooling, storage, security, and sustainabilit ... 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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