Western Europe’s HCP market slides again

Western Europe’s HCP market slides again

New research by IDC has shown a 5.8 percent decrease in the region’s printer and MFP market in the second quarter of 2018, compared to the same period of 2017. The new data means that for the first half of the year overall, the market had fallen by 3.6 percent...
3D Print spend to hit $23 billion

3D Print spend to hit $23 billion

An update to the IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual 3D Printing Spending Guide has revealed that global spending on 3D printing, including hardware, software, and services, will grow to $23 billion (€19.9 billion) by 2022. Furthermore, IDC forecasts that in 2019, worldwide...
Chinese ICT hit by trade war

Chinese ICT hit by trade war

IDC China has published research showing the impact of the USA’s new tariffs on $34 billion (€29.4 billion) worth of Chinese imports, and the escalating trade war that followed. The recently-enforced additional tariffs are having a particular hit on the Asian...
Nuance named IDC market share leader

Nuance named IDC market share leader

Nuance Communications has been recognised by IDC as the global market share leader in print and device management for the fourth successive year. Nuance was named as category leader in both US and worldwide revenues in the IDC’s recent report, ‘Worldwide and U.S....
European 3D print spend rising

European 3D print spend rising

IDC has published its latest 3D printing spending guide, in which the total spend in Europe on printers, materials, software and services is forecast to total $3.6 billion (€3.08 billion) for 2017. According to the latest update to the Worldwide Semiannual 3D Printing...