sales a year
Mobile sales to hit a billion per year by 2009
News Sales of mobile phones are on pace to reach a billion annually by the end of the decade, when nearly 40 per cent of the world's population will own a mobile handset, according to... [20 Jul 2005]
PDA sales take a dive
News During the full year in 2000 the market grew by 123 per cent. The Western European PDA market experienced slow shipment growth during the second quarter of 2001. According to a survey by Gartner... [03 Aug 2001]
iMac sales shudder to a halt
News Last week analysts said they have lost hope for a rebound in the languishing PC market this year, as recent profit warnings from AMD, Apple and Intel continue to demonstrate the weakness of the desktop... [26 Jun 2002]
Mobile sales boom - Asia-Pac take a bow
News Global mobile phone sales have increased by 21.5 per cent during the third quarter of 2006 compared to the same period a year ago, hitting 251 million units. The Asia Pacific region... [22 Nov 2006]
Brocade SAN sales triple in one year
News Brocade Communications has reported record third quarter (Q3) revenues of $92m, seeing sales triple over the same quarter last year. The company, which manufactures switching equipment for Storage Area... [17 Aug 2000]
IBM server sales take a leap
News Worldwide sales for IBM were up 10.4 per cent from the same quarter last year, according to research from Dataquest HP saw its sales drop 10.6 per cent from the same period last... [07 Aug 2001]
Slow growth for PC sales next year
News Global personal computer sales are projected to grow at 10.5 per cent in 2006, compared to 15.8 per cent growth seen in 2005, according to new data from IDC. Fewer replacements and slower economic growth will slow down... [20 Dec 2005]
PC decline means chips are down - for now
News Demand for microprocessors fell dramatically last year, down 32 per cent on 2000 - a year which saw record sales of $205bn. The SIA remained cautiously optimistic about... [05 Feb 2002]
Laptop sales growth peters out in Europe
News After a year of surging growth, sales of laptops in Europe are slowing down abruptly. The latest figures measuring the seven largest markets in Europe show sales up 17.5... [22 Jul 2004]
External disk storage revving up, says IDC
News Worldwide sales of external disk storage systems hit $3.5bn in the second quarter, up 8 per cent from the same period a year ago, according to research firm IDC. In the same period... [06 Sep 2004]
Dell has best-ever quarter - UK shines
News Strong sales across a range of products - and increasingly services - have propelled Dell to its best ever three months, reporting $13.5bn in revenue for its fourth quarter ending 28 January and... [11 Feb 2005]
Linux servers on the up in the US
News Sales in the US of servers running Linux nearly doubled in last year's fourth quarter from a year earlier, according to new statistics from market researcher Gartner... [12 Feb 2003]
Poor Xbox sales hit Microsoft results
News Microsoft has posted profits of over $2.7bn for its latest quarter - a 12 per cent rise on the same period a year ago - but nevertheless has taken a hit on the back of... [19 Apr 2002]
iPods have sown the seed of Apple growth
News The product, along with the eMac, accounted for $620m in revenue, up 187 per cent from iMac sales in the prior quarter and up 147 per cent from a year ago. Buoyed by a... [13 Jan 2005]
Google rakes it in as paid search booms
News Google's third-quarter profit nearly doubled from a year ago as sales of keyword-related advertising continued to grow for the world's top web search engine. During the quarter, Google... [20 Oct 2006]
