Canalys stories
Despite the disruption caused by COVID-19, cloud infrastructure services spending reached US$3.9 billion for the first quarter of 2020, according to Canalys.
China's cloud giants—Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and Baidu AI Cloud—quickly expanded services to fight COVID-19, boosting the cloud market by nearly 67%.
Global smart speaker market set to reach 163 million units in 2021, with Mainland China leading the way, according to Canalys.
PC market shipments grew 13% in the third quarter of 2020, breaking a 10-year record, according to new figures released by Canalys.
Global 5G smartphone shipments to reach nearly 280 million units in 2020, with 62% in Greater China, according to Canalys.
Google Cloud has ranked as the number one cloud service provider to the retail sector, outpacing overall market leader AWS and second-placed Microsoft Azure.
Global shipments of tablets reached 37.5 million units in Q2 2020, a 26% year-on-year increase, according to new figures from Canalys.
Apple defied the impact of COVID-19 on the smartphone market, as sales dropped for all vendors except them, says Canalys.
Cloud infrastructure spending reached $34.6bn in Q2 2020, as cloud-based services played a crucial role during lockdown, according to Canalys.
Champions receive generally positive partner feedback, have a large share of shipments, maintain growth and show improvement in channel management.
Accounting for 21.1% of global shipments, Asia Pacific overtook Europe to become the third largest sub-region, after North America and Greater China.
Even if the global economy worsens and IT budgets suffer, the cybersecurity market will still grow by at least 2.5%, according to a new report by Canalys.
New research from GlobalData found that the industry will recover after this initial slump to be worth almost US$238 billion by 2030.
A new report from Canalys indicates investment in cybersecurity has increased 9.7% - but worsening economic conditions could turn the statistic around.
Global shipments of smart audio devices hit 96.2 million in Q1 2020. Canalys reports a 19.4% rise in smart personal audio, while smart speakers saw a 1.9% drop.
Despite the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, worldwide smartwatch shipments reached 14.3 million units in the first quarter 2020, up 12% year on year.
Several big names have been revealed as underperforming compared with the market average with low partner sentiment.
PC market expected to improve in Q2-Q4 despite COVID-19 impact, with smaller YoY declines than Q1, says Canalys.
Of the top five PC vendors, Apple was hit hardest in Q1 as its shipments fell by over 20% to 3.2 million units.
Despite COVID-19 fears, smart speaker shipments surged in Q4 2019. Amazon, Google, and Chinese vendors hit record highs, says Canalys.
