Despite flat PC sales worldwide, the Asia Pacific region is experiencing strong growth, according to IDC.
Computer sales in Asia are expected pick up this year but sales of printers, servers and workstations will lag, according to a report.
The economic slowdown has taken its toll on the Asian handheld market, resulting in the sector's first ever sales decline, said market researcher IDC.
Asia's success as a low-cost manufacturing base is causing a reluctance among its best-performing companies to look outside the region for profits, at a cost to long-term financial health, a senior tech analyst says.
Software-as-a-service pundits and analysts have hit back hard at Microsoft's criticisms of Google Apps Premier Edition as backwards looking and fear mongering.
Big Blue's plan to sell its PC unit to China's Lenovo Group (formerly known as Legend) would be the latest example of a move toward consolidation as the market reaches maturity.
Stephen Ward, general manager of IBM's Personal Systems Group, will lead the way as the new Lenovo sets its sights outside China.
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has engaged Legend Australia as a new distributor for the Australian territory.
Regional outsourcing, stronger government leadership and vendor consolidation are among the trends likely to dominate Australia's tech industry in 2003, a leading analysis company claims.
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