EMEA thin clients grow "marginally" in Q2 2013 IDC reports-- shipments reach 407417 units with just 0.1% Y-o-Y growth due to the market struggling against contracting demand.
The region sees "moderate" 4.5% Q2 2013 growth (on shipments reaching 340331 units) in W. Europe, but CEMA and the rest of MEA offset it with see extremely weak shipments. However the analyst still hopes for thin clients recovery in during H2 2013, leading to 2013 growth of 1.9%.
HP and Dell dominate the market, with respective market share of 30.5% and 24.1%. Meanwhile NComputing sees 31.7% Y-o-Y growth in shipments and finishes in 5th place with 6.2% market share, its highest yet according to the analyst.
All-in-One (AIO) thin clients grow in popularity, with Q2 2013 share of around 5.3% (from 2.7% in Q1 2012) and shipments reaching 21556 units. Samsung and LG control the segment, with combined market share of nearly 80%.
"Despite the moderate volume growth in EMEA in H1 2013, we expect thin clients shipments to increase in H2 2013, boosted by demand from the education sector and end-of-year PC replacements resulting from the end of support for Windows XP," IDC says. "In 2013, the EMEA thin client market will grow in value by about 10% Y-o-Y, due to robust demand for new, more expensive models and accelerating shipments of AIO thin clients."
