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Market Guide for Enterprise Desktops and Notebooks
Summary
Device evolution and new ways to procure and provision it are changing enterprise PC decision making. Infrastructure and operations leaders responsible for endpoint computing procurement should use this research as a guide for making effective PC purchasing decisions in 2019 and beyond.
Published: 24 June 2019
ID: G00366449
Analyst(s): Stephen Kleynhans , Stephen Kleynhans , Federica Troni
Table Of Contents
Market Definition
- Market Description
- Additional Requirements of Global Enterprises
Market Direction
Market Analysis
- Component Shortages Are Affecting Pricing and Availability
- Procurement Behavior
- PC Form Factor Changes Are Enabling Digital Workplace Initiatives
- Notebooks Are Evolving to Support Greater Mobility and Fewer Trade-Offs
- Desktops Are Focusing on Compact Designs to Ease Deployments and Improve Costs
- Life Cycles Are Stabilizing and Could Start to Trend Shorter Again
- Interest in Leasing PCs Is Growing and Device-as-a-Service Is Emerging
- Endpoint Security Is Becoming a Greater Focus in Hardware Procurement
- Consumerization of Devices Is Shifting BYOD to CYOD Initiatives
- Single-Vendor Strategies Continue to Dominate, but Homogeneity Is Weakening as the Channel Regains Some Strength
Representative Vendors
- Market Introduction
- Vendor Profiles
- Acer
- Apple
- Dell
- HP Inc.
- Lenovo
- Microsoft
Market Recommendations
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