Africa also on HP’s agenda
Africa is almost continually touted by major IT vendors as the “next big hope” in a market seemingly handcuffed to low single-digit growth and, while HP differs little in this regard from its major competitors, it is taking a more cautious approach to the continent....HP pleases partners with channel tweaks
At its Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas last week, HP made some of its most comprehensive announcements around its partner programme in years – and the message has never been clearer: The more partners invest in HP, the more rewards they will reap. Among...Infrastructure spend on the up
The Middle East & Africa IT infrastructure market, comprising of servers, storage and networking equipment, is forecast to reach $3,9-billion in 2013, a 4% increase from 2012, according to Gartner. “IT leaders in the Gulf region are focused on business solutions...Ultrabooks set for 2013 take-off
Ultrabooks and other ultrathin PCs will triple their penetration of the notebook market this year as their once-stratospheric pricing comes down to earth and consumers warm to the flashy convertible form factor that allows the systems to transform into tablets,...IT spend shrugs off 2012 woes
IT spending remained broadly strong throughout a difficult end to 2012, as business confidence waned in the shadow of the “fiscal cliff”, economic growth declined in much of Europe, and economies in Asia struggled to cope with reduced exports. This is...