VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

India is the battel field of all leading mobile phone brands and India is the second largest smart phone market in the world, only next to China. According to Counterpoint Technology Market Research, India’s smartphone shipments grew 18% last year, far exceeding the global growth rate of 3%.  As per International Data Corporation (IDC) data shows that Samsung’s smartphone won the share of 24% with leading position in India market, Xiaomi ,Oppo and Vivo and Lenovo is following closely. Analysts estimate that Apple’s share of the smartphone market in India is only 3%, but this high-end smartphone manufacturers are increasingly concerned about India, the world’s second largest population country.... Read More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to International Data Corporation (IDC) APeJ server tracker; the x86 server market in India grew by 10% in terms of unit shipments in Q3 2014 as compared to Q3 2013. The major contributors to this growth were Professional Services, Communications & Media, Banking and Retail verticals. The non x86 server market, however, saw a decline of 58% in terms of revenue in Q3 2014 as compared to Q3 2013 due to large refreshes in the verticals like banking and telecom being on hold due to various factors. This market is expected to revive in the coming quarters as these verticals battle the need for more compute due to transitioning needs of their business teams. According to Janmaijai Dhyani, Server Market Analyst, "Large deals in professional services vertical that were on hold previously due to elections, are opening up now as there is a stable government at the centre. Continued investments by t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to the  International Data Corporation (IDC) , the overall India PC shipments for Q1 2014 stood at 2.03 million units, representing a year-on-year drop of -25.2% over Q1 2013. The overall India PC market continued to decline in Q1 2014, largely owing to poor end-user demand. The overall Commercial PC segment recorded total shipments of 1.02 million units, showing a marginal increase of 4.1% sequentially over Q4 2013.  Kiran Kumar, Research Manager of Client Devices, IDC India , comments, "The overall Commercial PC market showed first signs of improvement over the last 9-10 months as investment activities have improved in the Banking and Government verticals. Vendors are optimistic about the overall market sentiments and believe it will pick up gradually among other verticals too in the course of 2014." The top 3 vendors include Dell, HP and Lenovo. IDC India anticipates the overall sentiments to get a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The  India Hardcopy Peripherals (HCP) market  is reviving as seen in 2014 Q1, despite the slowdown in the consumer segment. The growth was primarily driven by the Government’s procurement and supported by the Medium and Large Enterprises in India. According to the  International Data Corporation (IDC) , the HCP market in India grew 1.5% sequentially in 2014 Q1 and reached 801,000 units in terms of shipments. This was largely driven by the Government’s buying in the Laser segment, which recorded a significant sequential growth of 12.8%. But, on the other hand, Inkjet segment performed weakly due to low consumer demand across all price band segments, resulting in a marginal growth of 1.5%. Mohammed Riyaz Ahmed, Market Analyst, IDC India , says, "Excluding the Government business, the demand of Laser printer is slowing among the Medium and Large Enterprises due to the combination of national and state elections where En...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to the  International Data Corporation (IDC) , the overall Unified Communications market in India has seen a marginal decline of 2.3% in 1H13 as compared to 1H12. 10% decline in Enterprise Telephony market has pulled down the overall UC revenues in 1H13, whereas other markets like Enterprise Collaborations and Contact Centre have seen a decent growth of 4-6% as compared to 1H12. Enterprise Telephony market is suffering due to a combination of market factors: Firstly, IP-PBX solutions are eating into the TDM-PBX solutions revenues as the former gives better RoI for end-customers. Secondly, all the major vendors have started offering Software-based IP-PBX solutions, which is cutting their hardware revenues. Dileep Nadimpalli, Senior Market Analyst, Unified Communications, IDC India , says, "IDC expects a recovery for India’s Unified Communications market in 2H13 and it will close 2013 with a marginal growth. Growth...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With fast-growing economies and a rapidly-expanding middle class,  Sri Lanka and Bangladesh  are on an IT adoption curve as evidenced by the IT market growth across various categories. Keeping this in mind, International Data Corporation (IDC)  has expanded its footprint in these countries. Eva Au, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, IDC Asia/Pacific , said, "According to IDC, the expected PC CAGR in the next five years for Bangladesh is 7% and Sri Lanka is 5%. It is a stark contrast against APJ and worldwide with an expected CAGR of 0.3% and -0.3%, respectively. The South Asia region compared to APJ and worldwide has seen some phenomenal growth. For instance, PC consumption in both countries is expected to grow in the near future as majority of the customers will buy it as a first-time purchase. While many users in both countries still prefer to own one device that is suitable for all computing activities either c...