Lean storage techniques will keep a lid on storage investments over the next few years, though the world’s enterprises still are on track to buy 138 exabytes of storage system capacity in 2017, IDC said.
IDC: No end in sight for rising smartphone sales
Emerging markets and lower prices will push worldwide smartphone shipments close to the billion-unit level this year, according to the latest …
Dell scapegoats Windows 8 – again
Dell has once again thrown Windows 8 under the bus, saying the unpopular operating system contributed to a decline in …
Former Windows chief defends Windows 8, trumpets sales
Former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky on Thursday defended Windows 8’s performance in the market, saying, “It’s hard for me to …
IDC: Server market revenue down 7.7 percent in Q1
Server revenue worldwide was down 7.7 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, as weak economic conditions and server consolidation by …
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The concept of value-added reselling or distribution has reached its zenith in the Middle East. Since the economic crash of …
Logicom gains Cisco Distributor Accreditation
Logicom Dubai recently announced that it has been awarded Distributor Accreditation by Cisco EMEAR. The accreditation will help to drive …
Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 percent more battery life in laptops
Intel’s upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 percent more battery life in laptops than did their …
Lenovo’s net profit up 90 percent, smartphone shipments soar
PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo’s net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter …
Samsung sells over 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones in first month
Samsung Electronics has reported global channel sales of over 10 million units of the Galaxy S4 in less than a …