Global PC shipment is expected to hit 6.4 million units in 2019 with a steady growth beginning from 2016.
According to the International Data Corporation, IDC, Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker the global thin and terminal client market deteriorated during the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), declining -6.7per cent yearly.
IDC said that over shipments continued to be hampered by strong deployments in 2014, but also ongoing economic and currency pressures in key parts of the market.
The report said that the emerging markets continued to lag behind mature markets in terms of shipments and projected growth rates noting that there are combined persistent factors that negatively affected the market, such as budget constraints, which delayed major shipments in Asia/Pacific.
The IDC Tracker observed that although the market is increasingly accepting virtualised client computing, devices such as repurposed PCs and even Chromebooks in some cases, pose viable threats to mainstream thin client purchases.
