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The NZ PC market for 2Q20 saw shipments of commercial and consumer PC devices grow by 61.5% YoY and 13% YoY respectively.

Seagate's global survey of SMBs shows resilience of IT infrastructure during the pandemic and the importance of data in recovery plans.

Network as a service adoption to accelerate by 38% within two years as businesses adapt, with APAC in the lead, according to a survey by Aruba.

The 'New Wave SaaS Marketplaces' report analyses the top eight players and provides analyst insight on who is excelling, or trailing, in 10 criteria.

The Chinese vendor has managed to nab 20% of the market, taking out Apple and Samsung after years of trailing in second or third place.

Almost all products/solutions categories are expected to witness reduced demand in 2020, as compared to the high growth projections before the outbreak.

Frost & Saullivan say that adoption in Asia-Pacific will be driven by key developments in policies, business models, and technology innovations.

IDTechEx has released research that looks at the growth of the wearables market and the growing innovation in health and medical technologies.

While the global SD-WAN market grew by 24% in 1Q20, this marks a significant slowdown from 2019's 64% growth, says Dell'Oro Group.

All industry verticals will eventually be impacted to some degree, says F&S, but four areas are likely to see the biggest changes.

IT spending to decline 5.1% to $2.25tn this year due to COVID-19 impact, but IT infrastructure spending to grow 4%, says IDC.

The semiconductor market, battered by trade disputes and COVID-19, sees no recovery in sight. IDC predicts a 4.2% decline in 2020 revenue.

Futuresource Consulting predicts that the LCD panel market may not recover for some time due to a lack of demand for professional products.

Acquisition may be inevitable for smaller vendors of meeting room control vendors as remote working becomes the new norm, according to Futuresource.

Analyst firm GlobalData says that revenue across APAC will grow to US$29.3 billion by the same year, driven by growing government acceptance.

The 12.4% year-over-year growth in 4Q19 brought the full year into positive territory with annual growth of 2.1% and total spending of $66.8 billion.

Versa Networks has been named the top Secure SD-WAN vendor by Dell'Oro Group's report, leading among pure-play vendors amidst a booming USD $1 billion market.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the IT economy hard and IDC says that pessimistic scenarios are now playing out – and may get worse.

AR and VR headsets will see shipments decline in the near term due to COVID-19, but the long-term outlook is positive, according to IDC.

IDC report analyses a range of factors that will affect the semiconductor market this year and presents the most likely scenario.