Once a year, Analysts like to issue their top predictions for their resepctive markets. This year, we will debut our own predictions for the IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) space, probably the first of its kind. But before we release our own projections, it is worth looking at what some leading Analysts are predicting in the brand new equipment market and see what the impact of these predictions could have on ITAD.
My former colleague at IDC, Bob O’Donnell, who currently heads up a new market research service called TECHnalysis has interesting things to say about the device market in 2014. Perhaps his most interesting predictions seem to provide some potential good news to the ITAD sector, but should also be considered predictors of how the sources of value in ITAD may be shifting from traditional computing platforms to new devices. Firstly,on the good news front is that powerful PCs may have a second chance in light of an erosion of demand for standard tablets. Up until now, many assumed, and with good reasons, that full-size tablets have been canibalizing on PCs. Many endusers may have dedicated some of their spending budget on tablets rather than on more expansive PCs. And so since 2010, when the firt iPad was released, the growth trajectories of PC and tablet shipments went the opposite way, with tablets growing exponentially and PCs dropping at a fast pace. This phenomenon is normal considering that tablets can peform many key coomputing tasks without the power that a PC features. With relatively large-enough screen of 10 inches, it is possible to write emails, papers, watch movies, etc. In reality, however, PCs remained central. What we saw was that while budgets for PCs eroded and shifted to tablets, tablet usage also took away from PC usage for popular tasks as checking email, visiting social networking sites, watching online streaming movies, etc.
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