Outperforming analysts and Wall Street's expectations in most of the financial metrics, Microsoft reported on April 18, 2013, 18% year-over-year revenue growth for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, settling at $20.5 billion, with gross prof ...

This IDC study presents an updated look at the worldwide PC marketplace going forward. It incorporates 4Q12 data, with the forecast out to 2017. It is valid as of March 2013 and provides forecast and growth figures for PC shipments at th ...

This IDC update presents findings from IDC's latest research and analysis. In March, IDC released its worldwide quarterly PC forecast for 4Q12 (see Worldwide PC Market: 4Q12 Review and 2012 Summary (IDC #...

This IDC update presents findings from IDC's latest research as well as analysis of key industry events. In February, IDC released its historical data for 4Q12. The worldwide PC market contracted by 8.3% YoY, and shipments fell short of ...

Switzerland-based Logitech, a major supplier of accessories for computing, communication, and entertainment platforms, is the latest victim of weak demand for PCs and an abrupt consumer shift to tablets and smartphones. Its negative perform ...

Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 first quarter ended December 29, 2012, with many impressive announcements but also with some areas of concerns. Although the company shipped significant volumes of iPhones and iPads, its ...

This IDC update presents IDC's latest research and includes analyses of the global PC industry in 2012 and our outlook heading into 2013. In 2012, PC makers struggled with a weak global market characterized by economic malaise across mos ...

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective Presentation summarizes some of the main issues affecting the global PC market. The slides list the market's fundamentals, including drivers and inhibitors influencing growth and outlook.

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This IDC study looks at the worldwide and U.S. markets for PC client sub form factors and forecasts them out to 2016. Twenty sub form factors from the desktop and portable PC form factor categories are tracked, and their growth rates and ...

This IDC update presents findings from IDC's latest research as well as analysis of key industry events that occurred in October. In October, IDC released its tracker figures for 3Q12. PC vendors shipped 88.4 million units into the globa ...

Consistent with IDC's projected and preliminary PC market performance for the third quarter of 2012, Microsoft reported on October 18, 2012, an 8% year-over-year revenue decline for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, settling at $16.008 ...

This IDC update presents findings from IDC's Worldwide PC 2012–2016 Forecast Update: September 2012 (IDC #...

This IDC update presents findings from Worldwide PC Market: 2Q12 Review (IDC #) as well as analyses of HP's fiscal third-quarter and Dell's fiscal second-quarter earnings reports. The worldwide PC market remained sof ...

This IDC update presents findings from IDC's U.S. PC Market Top 10 Update: 2Q12 (forthcoming) as well as analysis of major industry activities that occurred in the month of July. In July, Apple's earnin ...

Apple announced financial results for its fiscal third-quarter 2012 ended June 30, 2012. The company posted quarterly revenue of $35.0 billion (23% Y/Y growth) and quarterly net profit of $8.8 billion (21% Y/Y growth).These results indicate ...

This IDC study reviews the performance of the worldwide PC market during the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12). It looks at the market performance of desktop and portable PCs in major geographies — the United States, Western Europe, Japan, As ...

This IDC study reviews the performance of the worldwide PC market during the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11). It looks at the market performance of desktop and portable PCs in major geographies, including the United States, Western Europe, ...

This IDC study provides IDC's top 10 predictions for the worldwide personal computing and mobile connected devices markets in 2012. Each prediction is followed by analysis and the rationale behind it. This document offers the views of ID ...

This IDC study reviews the performance of the worldwide PC market during the third quarter of 2011 (3Q11). It looks at the market performance of desktop and portable PCs in major geographies, including the United States, Western Europe, ...