According to the beancounters at the market in the first quarter of 2015 struggled to keep momentum amidst a lack of drivers and the impact of currency devaluation across regions.
Shipments slowed to 1.19 million units, with many projects delayed or scaled back. Outside of Asia Pacific excluding Japan few regions managed to see on-year volume growth.
IDC expects a stronger second half for 2015 as a number of delayed projects in Asia Pacific excluding Japan have to resume, but overall volume for 2015 has been lowered from 5.98 million units in the previous forecast to 5.71 million, with long term growth remaining modestly positive.
The figures appear to surprise IDC as the technology makes absolute sense in a modern business environment.
Jay Chou, senior research analyst, Worldwide Enterprise Client Device Trackers at IDC said that with IT and users alike increasingly more receptive to remote desktop computing, IDC maintains shipment volume should see steady single-digit growth annually through 2019.
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IDC: Worldwide enterprise client device shipments, (Units) |
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Vendors |
1Q15 shipments |
1Q15 market share |
1Q14 shipments |
1Q14 market share |
Y on Y |
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1. Dell |
354 |
29.7% |
355 |
27.4% |
(0.3%) |
|
2. HP |
302 |
25.3% |
394 |
30.5% |
(23.4%) |
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3. NComputing |
104 |
8.8% |
107 |
8.3% |
(2.6%) |
|
4. Centerm |
77 |
6.5% |
61 |
4.7% |
27.5% |
|
5. Igel |
67 |
5.6% |
70 |
5.4% |
(4.3%) |
|
Others |
287 |
24.1% |
306 |
23.7% |
(6.2%) |
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Total |
1,191 |
100% |
1,293 |
100% |
(7.8%) |
