Category: Computer Hardware & Networking
Computer Hardware & Networking market research reports by IDC
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How Ready Are European Channel Partners to Support Xerox's Reinvention Strategy?
This IDC Market Perspective examines Xerox's readiness to execute on its Reinvention strategy with a partner-led approach in Europe, factoring in its planned acquisition of Lexmark. It includes an extract from IDC's 2024 Western European Print Vendor Channel Support Program Assessment, comparing Lex ... Read More
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Worldwide Enterprise-Class WLAN Market Shares, 2024: Amid a Market Reset, Vendors and Enterprises Look Toward AI, Security, and Wi-Fi 7
This IDC study reviews 2024 vendor revenue and shipments in the wireless local area network (WLAN) infrastructure market (excluding WLAN NICs) and shows the market's changes from 2023. Year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter changes are also shown."Despite annualized declining revenue in enterprise ... Read More
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Worldwide Solid State Drive Market Shares, 2024: A Historic Rebound
This IDC study examines the market share for the worldwide SSD market for calendar year 2024 and reviews the forces and dynamics that influenced the market."The worldwide SSD industry saw a significant rebound in 2024 after a challenging 2023, with revenue surging by over 100% year over year to $40. ... Read More
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Navigating Current Business Challenges and the Future of Office Printing — Insights from Print Vendors
This IDC Market Perspective presents responses from a brief survey IDC conducted with all major print and copy OEMs in March and April 2025. The survey aimed to capture an overall market assessment of the hardcopy industry. We used 10 open-ended questions for respondents to elaborate their thoughts ... Read More
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Worldwide Enterprise WLAN Forecast, 2025-2029
This IDC study analyzes the key trends affecting the enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) market. This study provides the worldwide revenue forecast for both the enterprise and consumer WLAN markets. It segments the forecast into the following geographic regions: the Americas, EMEA, and Asi ... Read More
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Worldwide Content Delivery Networks Market Shares, 2024: Shifting Competitive Landscape Due to Security Services and Edge Compute
This IDC study provides the 2024 shares of the worldwide commercial CDN vendors. The document covers the market shares of key CDN providers and the "other" category. It includes information about revenue for key segments in the CDN market — namely, over-the-top (OTT) video, web, email and data, onli ... Read More
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Konica Minolta Adds White to AccurioPresses
This IDC Market Note highlights some of the advantages Konica Minolta‘s (KM’s) new AccurioPress production printing solutions offer. The new generation of KM’s AccurioPress adds a fifth color to Konica Minolta’s focus on quality and automation. ... Read More
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Generative AI's Impact on Data Generation and Storage
This IDC Market Perspective provides an analysis of generative AI's (GenAI's) impact on data generation and storage. While GenAI drives new forms of content creation, much of the resulting data is ephemeral, cached, or selectively retained. This document explores how different formats, workflows, an ... Read More
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Print Vendors Must Develop Stronger Channel Program Support to Ease Transformation
This IDC Market Perspective explores feedback from channel partners on the ability of print vendors to provide support for a transforming market. Transformation was just one of eight criteria on which channel partners were asked to rate their vendor partners as part of IDC's 2024 Western European Pr ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices to Develop AI Security Policies
This IDC PeerScape, which is based on interviews with CIOs and CISOs from global organizations representing diverse industries and geographies, offers guidance on how IT leaders can help their organizations develop security policies that address the unique challenges posed by AI.“AI may still feel n ... Read More
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HP Amplify: New Large Format Latex Printer and Software, AI, and Robot Tech for Print
This IDC Market Note highlights some of the new large format printer products and services HP Inc. announced at the recent Amplify event. The new products include the HP Latex R530, a new hybrid flatbed/roll-to-roll large format printer that should compete with UV hybrid printers. ... Read More
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Kaseya + Datto Connect Local: Rewiring MSP Growth in Asia/Pacific
This IDC Market Note provides an overview of the Kaseya + Datto Connect Local 2025 events held in Singapore, with a focus on partner enablement and managed services transformation in the Asia/Pacific region. The event highlighted Kaseya’s evolving strategy to support managed services providers (MSPs ... Read More
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EMEA Infrastructure Scope and Definitions, 2025
This IDC Market Perspective provides a comprehensive overview of the scope and definitions for IDC's EMEA Digital Infrastructure Strategies research, outlining market segmentations and measurement methodologies across servers, external storage systems, and networking infrastructure, including classi ... Read More
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Canadian Communications Service Provider Capex Spending, 2024–2025: Capital Intensity Keeps Falling
This IDC Market Perspective details Canadian communications service provider capex spending for 2024–2025. Canadian communication service providers total capex investments will fall for a third year in a row in 2025, nearing spending levels last seen in 2020 when capex spending was hampered by COVID ... Read More
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Raising the Bar: Hong Kong’s Upcoming Cybersecurity Law Sets a New Compliance Benchmark
On March 19, 2025, Hong Kong introduced a new cybersecurity law aimed at strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure across key sectors. The legislation mandates annual security risk assessments, independent audits, and rapid incident reporting within two hours. Covering the banking, ene ... Read More
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Worldwide Hard Disk Drive 1Q25 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 1Q25.“HDD shipments appear poised to be down in the 1Q25 period as a combination of supply chain issues, seasonality, and lumpy ... Read More
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Japan Datacenter Facility Forecast, 2025–2029: Investment and Spending
This IDC study estimates and forecasts the market size, primarily focusing on the new construction/expansion and maintenance/update markets in the Japan DC facility market. The DC facility market covered in this study includes buildings, electrical facilities, and cooling systems. The DCs covered in ... Read More
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Japan WAN Services Market Shares, 2024: Innovating for Future Growth Beyond Market Maturity
This IDC study provides vendor shares for the Japan WAN services market in 2024. We estimate the market share by type of closed line.“Companies are being forced to respond to a variety of requirements, such as employees returning to the office, increased traffic due to expanded use of the cloud and ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices for Avoiding New Risks in Cybersecurity Incident Reporting
This IDC PeerScape discusses practices for avoiding new risks in cybersecurity incident reporting. “In all cases, risk assessment should look at the business impacts of each threat and prioritize defenses in terms of how they protect business operations and processes and customer data,” says David W ... Read More
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HP Amplify Conference 2025: Taking AI to the Edge and Driving the Future of Work
This IDC Market Perspective discusses the HP Amplify Conference 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee, that showcased HP Inc.’s strategic vision, emphasizing AI integration across its product portfolio. Key initiatives discussed included AI transformation, supply chain regionalization, and evolving customer ... Read More
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Western Europe Business Inkjet Shares, 2024: Strong Performances from Market Leaders
This IDC Market Share will examine dynamics, the winners and losers, and technologies that are emerging as major opportunities in the Western European business inkjet market in 2024."Fast market growth in 2024 came on the back of increases in desktop ink tank systems. Ink cartridge systems still com ... Read More
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Retail Technology Show London 2025: Trends and Technologies Transforming Retail Operations
Retail Technology Show London 2025 highlighted how data analytics, AI, and RFID technologies are transforming retail operations. Retailers focusing on these integrated technologies will gain a competitive advantage through enhanced operational efficiency, loss prevention capabilities, and personaliz ... Read More
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Cyber-Resilience — Turning Every Crisis into an Opportunity to Emerge Stronger
This IDC Perspective emphasizes the critical importance of cyber-resilience in today’s digital landscape. With increasing cyber-risks and the adoption of AI, organizations must prioritize cyber-resilience to mitigate threats and ensure operational continuity. The document highlights the need for com ... Read More
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Fujitsu 2030: Targeting Revenue Growth Through Net Positive Innovations
The IDC Market Perspective discusses Fujitsu's European Analyst Day, highlighting Fujitsu's strategic shift toward becoming a globally driven business services leader, emphasizing its 2030 vision of trust, innovation, and sustainability. Key strategies include the Uvance solution portfolio, moderniz ... Read More
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Worldwide DRAM Demand and Supply Forecast, 4Q24–4Q25 and 2025–2029
This IDC study presents an outlook on the DRAM market for 2025–2029. The DRAM industry dynamics and the application forecast changes are aggregated, analyzed, and applied to the long-term DRAM forecasts in terms of units, revenue, and content per system for each application segment.“AI demand will l ... Read More
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