Corporate PC Spending Declining

Computers just aren't selling like they used to, and many critics, analysts, and longtime Windows users point the blame finger at one culprit in particular: Windows 8. Nobody's using Windows 8, they say. It's worse than New Coke, they say. PC ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Global tablet shipments more than doubled in the first quarter and while Apple remained the top seller, Asian manufacturers making low-end gadgets accounted for a major chunk of the growth, according to a report. Tablet shipments ...

Since its origin in 1981, the PC market globally has seen just three years when its year-on-year growth declined—1985, 2001 and 2012. While 1985 was still early days, and in 2001 the markets tanked in the wake of the global recession, in 2012 the ...

Worldwide sales of personal computers slid 13.9 percent in the first quarter of 2013, research firm IDC said Wednesday, the worst contraction since it began tracking the market in 1994. IDC said global PC shipments totaled 76.3 million units in the ...

As global PC shipments fall, the tablet and mobile device market is growing at a fast pace, opening up a number of different avenues for IT businesses to travel down. Fading Mini Notebook shipments have taken a big chunk out of the low- end market ...

As tablets gobble up low-end sales, PC makers are turning to increasingly innovative designs to (hopefully) spur high-end demand. April 29, 2013, 1:56 PM As laptop and desktop sales plummet by record amounts, some PC manufacturers are wading out of ...

By Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M.McClatchy-Tribune Information Services April 21--LAS CRUCES -- Like the island of misfit toys, my computer desk at home has become the resting place for many wayward items in my house: shirts that don't ...

Trend towards mobility unstoppable, say experts, and mirrors global shift. -ST SINGAPORE - Sales of tablets and smartphones soared here last year but consumers seem to be pulling the plug on personal computers (PCs) and laptops. The remarkable ...

As smartphones and tablets slowly but surely replace desktops and laptops, companies can best prepare for the shift by adopting mobile BI. Recent figures from two research firms point to the eventual demise of the PC. IDC reported earlier this month ...