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4.2 mln Taiwanese PDAs shipped in Q4 2005

Market Intelligence Center indicated that the Taiwanese PDA industry is expected to ship 4.2 mln units in Q4 2005, up 20% QTQ, pushed by the peak retail season. For the full year of 2005, shipment volume is forecasted at 13.7 mln units, representing annual growth of 52%. The production value...

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Blog posts 2006-03-08

Taiwanese digital still camera shipments grew 51% in 2005

In spite of the slack growth of worldwide DSC Digital Still Camera shipment, the Taiwanese DSC industry has been expanding rapidly in 2005. According to the Market Intelligence Center, total shipment volume of the Taiwanese DSC industry is expected to hit nearly 10.4 mln units in Q4 2005 and approximately...

Tags: Taiwanese DSC industry, DSC, Taiwanese DSC, TAIWANESE

Blog posts 2006-02-05

Global handheld market down 16.7% in 2005

The worldwide market for handheld devices swelled to its largest quarterly shipment volume all year, reaching 2.2 mln units during Q4 2005, growing 37.6% QTQ. According to IDC, growth was driven largely by a combination of holiday sales and larger shipment volumes of devices that were introduced earlier in the...

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Blog posts 2006-02-02

Motherboard shipments up 5.8% in 2005

According to Market Intelligence Center, worldwide motherboard shipment volume is forecasted to grow 5.8% YTY to 145 mln units in 2005, mainly due to brisk demand in emerging markets such as India, Russia and Brazil. In addition, market demand in North America has remained slightly upward, while the Western European...

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Blog posts 2006-02-01

68 mln motherboards shipped out of Taiwan in the first half of 2005, 5.3% growth

In Q2 2005, motherboard makers rode the continuing momentum caused by growth in emerging markets in Q1 2005, as shipments to China, the Asia-Pacific region and Eastern Europe remained strong. According to the Market Intelligence Center MIC, the industry thus withstood the effects of a traditionally weak season, as shipment...

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Blog posts 2005-08-14

Taiwanese notebook exports grew 40% in the first half of 2005

Although Q2 is a traditional weak season for notebook PCs, in Q2 2005 worldwide shipment volume saw a larger increase than forecasted as major brands tried to increase their market share by using low-price strategies, strengthening the desktop replacement effect. Taiwanese notebook PC ODM/OEM makers profited from this trend as...

Tags: notebook computer, TAIWANESE, shipment volume

Blog posts 2005-08-14

Residential VOIP shipments up 30% in Q3 2005, up 24% in Q4 2005 in Taiwan

Taiwanese IP phone shipment volume for the enterprise market will hit about 850,000 units and one mln units in Q3 and Q4 2005 respectively, marking roughly 20% sequential growth in each quarter, according to Market Intelligence Center MIC, an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei. Enterprise IP Gateway shipment...

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Blog posts 2005-08-13

South African printer market up 17.8% in shipments in 2004

After a modest 6.2% expansion in 2003, the South African printer market grew by 17.8% in shipment volume in 2004, with low-end machines accounting for the jump in growth. According to IDC, revenue growth last year was a healthy 20.1%. IDC expects shipment volume to grow a further 8.8% in...

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Blog posts 2005-07-24

Additional Resources

Netflix lands Sony PS3 distribution deal; Bolsters streaming footprint

Netflix's streaming movie and TV service will be made available to Sony's 9 million PlayStation 3 customers under a distribution partnership announced Monday. Netflix said it will begin streaming through the PS3 next month (statement, Techmeme, PlayStation blog). The move gives Netflix another leading game console for...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, DVD, TVs, Consumer Electronics, Game Players, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Palm's Pre launch: Assessing the risks

Palm's corporate savior---the Pre---arrives June 6 and Sprint and other retailers are expecting a hit. However, there are multiple looming questions ahead. Here are the items to watch ahead of the Pre's lift-off Techmeme.  Will shortages be a problem? Sprint has said it expects...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Sprint Communications, Palm Pre, Walkley, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Pricing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Kichler Lighting Reduces Call Center Volume by 38% With Web-Based, Self-Service Dealer Portal

As business grew, Kichler's customer service call centers faced large volumes of calls from individual dealers requesting information. Dealers would often call to check the status of an order, the availability of an item, or an estimated time-to-delivery for a recently scheduled shipment. The telephony-based call centers restricted customers' access...

Tags: Web, Oracle Corp., Dealer, Call-center, Kichler, Portals, Call Centers, Web Technology, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Internet, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-02-01

Scammers introduce ATM skimmers with built-in SMS notification

The bust of the notorious ATM scammer going under the handle of Cha0 in early September, once again puts ATM skimming in the spotlight. Among the main insecurities scammers face while embedding an ATM skimmer, is the retrieval process of the device that is now containing the credit card details...

Tags: Device, Credit Card, built-In, SMS, Scammer, ATM, Network Technology, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Australian Manufacturer Increases Efficiency Five Fold and Supports Exponential Growth With HighJump Warehouse Advantage

Pirtek faced unique challenges as a distributor of hose. As pickers cut custom-ordered lengths of hose for shipment, there was no system in place to track how much was left on each spool. Furthermore, Pirtek's product line and order volume were growing, creating complexities in the distribution center that the...

Tags: HighJump Software Inc., Exponential Technology, Transportation, Manufacturing

Case studies 2008-05-01

Delivery of Microsoft's Virtual Machine Manager beta adds credibility to virtual story

On April 16, 2006, I wrote in another unnnamed tech pub about Microsoft's plans for a virtual machine management platform , then code-named "Carmine," which was being designed for Microsoft's much touted virtulization hypervisor under development, then code named "Viridian." These product promises were downright ethereal at a time when market leader VMware was printing...

Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Beta, Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, prooney

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Exclusive: Pictures of Psystar's corporate home; Clone maker's store is open

As this Psystar saga turns--the alleged Mac clone maker is either an overwhelmed legitimate business, a scam or something in between--it's helpful to have some feet on the street. A reader--an local IT guy in Miami--visited the last address for Psystar and verified two things: There's activity and inventory on...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Payment, Psystar, Payment Processor, Orders, Desktops, Operational Accounting, Hardware, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-19

Global PC shipments to grow by 12.8% in 2008

Worldwide PC shipments are projected to grow by 12.8% in 2008 to reach 302 mln units, according to IDC. Growth will continue at above 11% in 2009 followed by high single-digit growth through 2012, boosting annual shipments to over 426 mln in 2012. The total value of PC shipments is...

Tags: Growth, PC, Shipment, Desktops, Hardware, NB

Blog posts 2008-04-01

HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?

On the face of it Toshiba's HD DVD format had a lot going for it. What went wrong? They had parity - or better - with Blu-ray: First to market with a high-def player by 3-6 months A great movie experience with plenty...

Tags: HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Toshiba Corp., Mempile, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, NetWare Services and Xen

I've been following the market for system software for quite some time and have watched Novell's efforts, which include the venerable NetWare and SUSE Linux, with some interest since the 1980s. The company's announcement of Open Enterprise Server 2; an amalgam of one part Linux, one part NetWare services, one...

Tags: Novell Inc., Xen, Novell NetWare, Novell Open Enterprise Server, Operating Systems, Linux, Servers, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-10-19

Motorola, Qumranet Closer To Shipping Mobile, Virtual Linux Products

Motorola is close to releasing its much anticipated, first Linux-based Razr2 V8 handset in the U.S, " said Christy M Wyatt, vice president of ecosystem and market development for Motorola during a LinuxWorld press conference. Showing off her own Linux Razr2, Wyatt was prevented by the company's communications...

Tags: Mobile, Motorola Inc., Qumranet, KVM, Virtualization, Storage Management, Linux, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-08-08

SAP CEO: We are not arrogant, we are the market leader

SAP CEO Henning Kagermanns Sapphire keynote see ZDNet coverage of the event didnt reveal any surprises. SAP is riding high after a good quarter and feeling confident in its ability to deliver on its ambitious strategy to establish enterprise SOA across its product line and enter the on demand application...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, SAP, Salesforce.com, SaaS, Oracle, NetSuite, IT Management, General, Enterprise 2.0

Blog posts 2007-04-25