Computer Industry Report articles from March 1995

Computer Industry Report archives from March 1995

Double-digit IT revenue growth supports net income turnaround; positive trends continue through 1995. (information technology) (Industry Overview)
March 17, 1995... By nearly any measure, 1994 was a good year for information technology. The approximately 200 publicly traded U.S. vendors in IDC's database recorded an impressive 13% increase in revenues in 1994 and a major turnaround in net income from -$9.7...

Computer systems. (Industry Overview)
March 17, 1995... Worldwide multiuser system sales slipped by over 3% in 1994 and are expected to flatten in 1995. However, the diversified product base of the U.S. system vendors in our database - and their ability to build worldwide market share - resulted in...

Personal computers. (Industry Overview)
March 17, 1995... The PC industry had an outstanding 1994. Our composite of seven publicly held companies reflects nearly 30% annual revenue growth and roughly five points of margin expansion over a year ago. The largest "payoff" came to suppliers that invested in...

Storage. (computer storage device industry) (Industry Overview)
March 17, 1995... Impressive growth in the PC market drove the storage industry to record levels for both CYQ4 and 1994 overall. Winchester drive manufacturers and component suppliers were able to add $3 billion to annual industry revenues based on 34%...

Data communications. (data communications equipment industry) (Industry Overview)
March 17, 1995... As we enter 1995, datacom industry market segments are at widely variant stages of their respective life cycles. At one end of the spectrum, virtual LAN, ATM, frame relay, and LAN switching markets are expanding rapidly, and at the opposite end,...

Software. (computer software industry) (Industry Overview)
March 17, 1995... According to IDC estimates, the overall software market grew 11% in 1994. The application segment performed better than expected, and the system-level software and tool markets finished slightly under IDC estimates for the year. Looking to 1995,...

Semiconductors components. (sales) (Industry Overview)
March 17, 1995... Semico Research, a partner of IDC specializing in semiconductors, notes that component sales continued to climb sequentially in the fourth quarter, driven by growth of the PC market and client/server architectures, Given worldwide semiconductor...

Services. (computer services industry) (Industry Overview)
March 17, 1995... Service providers that have been struggling to make a transition from government to commercial contracts over the past few years found the 1994 market to be very accommodating. Commercial demand, particularly from the financial services and...

The information highway - will you surf it or get pummeled into the sand?(Industry Overview)
March 31, 1995... The Internet - it's everywhere: nightly broadcasts, capitol hill, your daily paper, and the popular news weeklies. But what's the real (i.e., sans hype) impact of the Internet on IT suppliers today? It is twofold. Business opportunity today and...