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region: worldwide  Hardware Platforms Trends and Markets Asia/Pacific
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1. How do vendor unit shipments and revenue compare with previous quarters in the Asia/Pacific region?
2. Which technology and form factors are showing the greatest market success? That is, will small form factor PCs be as big as predicted?
3. How are the various market segments performing?
4. What changes in distribution are vendors implementing?
5. What is the extent of vendor consolidation in the region's hardware (PC, server, workstation and printer) market?

 
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Change is the only constant in the hardware technology market in Asia/Pacific today. The Asia/Pacific hardware market consists of PCs (desktop and portable), servers, workstations and printers. Understanding how each market is responding to Asia's volatile economic climate and which vendors are winning the battle for supremacy is the key for exploiting the best market opportunities while continuing to make successful business decisions. The quarterly data provide clients with tactical guidance for development and marketing decisions.
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large square scope of coverage Hardware Platforms Trends and Markets Asia/Pacific
If you are someone that sells, markets, distributes, invests or makes policy on hardware platforms in the Asia/Pacific region, then understanding the size, share, growth, changes and trends within the hardware market place is key to your success.

The Hardware Platforms Trends and Markets Asia/Pacific Cluster provides market share information and estimates for unit shipments and vendor revenue. These are provided for the total market and by product family (PCs, servers, workstations and printers) for each of the vendors at a regional and individual country level. PC estimates for unit shipment and vendor revenue are provided on a quarterly basis.

With this insight into hardware platforms, you can make marketing strategic and tactical decisions that will affect the running of your hardware business.
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large square market coverage Hardware Platforms Trends and Markets Asia/Pacific
small square bullet   Market Segmentation
  • System platform
    • PCs - Desktop, all-in-one, small form factor, notebook, ultraportable
    • Workstations - Entry-level, midrange and high-end
    • Servers - Entry-level through midrange to enterprise-class systems plus mainframe
    • Printers - Serial impact, inkjet, page laser, serial thermal, line thermal, line impact
small square bullet   Metrics
  • Units
  • Vendor revenue
small square bullet   Channels
  • Direct
  • Indirect
small square bullet   Geographic Coverage
  • Asia/Pacific
    • Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Taiwan, India

Note: Interactive quarterly statistics databases are available in addition to this Cluster that allow the user to perform detailed customized data cuts and analysis depending on specific requirements. An application known as MarketView is used to perform these.
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Statistics: Forecast and Market Share
Detailed five-year market/product growth forecasts and detailed market share estimates with historical year-to-year market size comparisons identify the market leaders and the products/services that are driving the market.

Market Trends
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User Studies
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Gartner Dataquest Market Databook
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Focus Reports
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