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6.3m PELS Devices Shipped in EMEA in 2Q14
Research from International Data Corporation (IDC) has found that the personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) was down by 1.4% year over year with almost 6.3 million units shipped in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), according to the latest IDC Worldwide Personal and Entry Level Storage Tracker.
Shipment values decreased slightly along with unit shipments by 1.9% from a year ago to $511 million.
The PELS market includes storage hardware products embedding from one to twelve disk bays, manufactured and marketed for consumers, small offices/home offices (SOHO), and small businesses.
Major vendors tracked in this IDC report include Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba, Buffalo Technology, D-Link, Netgear, and Lenovo/EMC (Iomega) among others.
Western Europe
The personal and entry level storage market in Western Europe grew 3.5% YoY in 2Q14, with 4.7 million units shipped during this period. Shipment value also increased 2.5% YoY 2Q14.
“The increase in both the entry-level and higher end of the personal storage market can be credited to improved customer consciousness of data storage and increased vendor offerings, but also to a positive lift from PC spending in SMB environments — up 3.5% in 2Q14 in Western Europe,” said Jimena Sisa, senior research analyst with the IDC EMEA storage group. “We are seeing the increase coming mainly from personal level storage, which increased 3.5% YoY in unit shipments in 2Q14 in Western Europe. The increase came mainly from single-bay devices, as disk capacity continued to grow.”
“Average selling prices that more closely align with personal storage than enterprise storage and features such as WiFi connectivity for mobile device access are keeping this product category relevant, despite the hype around cloud storage lockers,” said Giorgio Nebuloni, research manager with IDC EMEA. “Hard disk vendors such as WD or Seagate continue to push in this space, but initial signs of renewed focus from enterprise players such as Lenovo point to interesting quarters ahead.”
CEMA
The personal and entry level storage market in Central Eastern Europe and Middle East and Africa (CEMA) accounted for the 13% YoY decline in units shipped and revenue.
The PELS market as well as the overall economic situation in the Central Eastern European region continues to be affected by the Ukrainian crisis and sanctions towards Russia.
Some of the minor contributing factors could be the slow adoption of personal storage devices due to the low number of people working remotely and the bandwidth capability of some countries in the region.
The Middle East and Africa alone recorded a 17% YoY drop during this second quarter, as the region was also destabilized by the difficult political situation and civil unrest in most countries.
The PELS market includes storage products and solutions with a single bay through twelve bay configurations that are manufactured and marketed for individuals, small offices/home offices, and small businesses.
IDC defines personal storage as having 1–2 bays and entry-level storage as having 3–12 bays. HDD vendors are suppliers that manufacture their own hard disk drives, in addition to branded external storage.
IDC defines a Mainstream non-HDD vendor as a major PELS vendor that does not manufacture its own hard disk drives.
Data for the PELS market is reported for calendar quarters. It includes vendor type, bays, capacity range, interface, and form factor.
EMEA PELS research covers 16 Western European countries, the Czech Republic, Poland, and the Rest of Central Eastern Europe, South Africa, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the Rest of Middle East and Africa.
Gartner predicts that by 2028, 75 percent of enterprise software engineers will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) code assistants, up from less than 10 percent, currently.
According to a Gartner poll of 598 global respondents conducted in the third quarter of 2023, 63 percent of organisations are now testing, deploying, or have previously implemented AI code assistants.
AI code assistants provide for more capabilities than only code development and completion, notes the research firm.
According to Gartner, the use of AI code assistants can lead to higher work satisfaction and retention, resulting in lower turnover costs.
Philip Walsh, senior principal analyst at Gartner, comments: “Software engineering leaders must determine ROI and build a business case as they scale their rollouts of AI code assistants.
“However, traditional ROI frameworks steer engineering leaders toward metrics centred on cost reduction. This narrow perspective fails to capture the full value of AI code assistants.”
Gartner notes that software engineering leaders must “reframe the ROI conversation from cost reduction to value generations”.
Walsh adds: “Calculating time savings on code generation is a good place to begin building a more robust value story. To convey the full enterprise value story for AI code assistants, software engineering leaders should connect value enablers to impacts, and then analyse the overall return to the organisation.”
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the planned national ID card will be issued to applicants by their banks.
NIMC said it is working with the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) to deliver the cards to applicants.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards,” the agency said at the weekend update on its official X handle.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW GENERAL MULTIPURPOSE NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD
- The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multipurpose card (GMPC) , eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
- The single GMPC has multiple use cases:…
— NIMC (@nimc_ng) April 12, 2024
It said applicants need to request their cards with their NIN “through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks”.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS,” NIMC said.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated center or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” the update read.
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the new national Identity card, powered by AfriGo Card, is a single card with multiple services.
NIMC made the clarification against the confusion and criticisms that have trailed the AfriGo Card , touted as a National Domestic Card Scheme.
NIMC is launching the AfriGo Card, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS), and has had appointed SecureID, a Lagos headquartered company to manufacture the Card Scheme
Making clarification on the card, Kayode Adegoke, head of Corporate Communications of the NIMC, said the General multipurpose card (GMPC) will eliminate the need for multiple cards.
“The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multi-purpose card (GMPC), eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
“The single GMPC has multiple use cases: Payments/Financial, Government intervention/services, travel, etc.
“The National Identity Management Commission is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System to deliver the payment and financial use cases.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS. Applicants for the card will have to request with their NIN through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks, in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated centre or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” he said.
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