High-performance sales see sharp decline

As expected, worldwide factory revenue for the high performance computing (HPC) technical server market declined sharply to $2,5-billion in the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), down from an exceptional $3,4-billion in the same period of 2012, according to the newly...

Modest growth for storage software in Q3

The worldwide storage software market increased 1,5% during the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13) compared to the same quarter of 2012. Revenue during the quarter totalled $3,47-billion, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Storage Software...

Employment tax incentive kicks in next month

The Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) initiative, devised by the Minister of Finance as part of the Wage Subsidy proposed in 2010, is being promulgated and will become effective from 1 January 2014. Developed with the objective of increasing employment for young people...

SA, Russia, Poland lead thin client boom

After a difficult first half of 2013, thin client shipments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) returned to double-digit growth in Q3 2013 and increased by 11,4% year-on-year to 462 479 units, according to the EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker...

HP goes ‘all in’ on cloud

By Mark Davison at Discover 2013, Barcelona – Having decided that a hybrid cloud model is the way forward, HP is now gearing itself up to take this market by storm, investing massively in R&D, new products and personnel. Margaret Dawson, vice-president, product...

HP looks to dominate the cloud

By Mark Davison at Discover 2013, Barcelona – Cloud computing will be HP’s single biggest investment next year as it looks to dominate a sector of the market where it is enjoying phenomenal success, reporting 60% year-on-year growth. And yesterday it launched a slew...