look at this ! The Japanese market for Windows NT-based workstation computers
is expected to increase by about 47% in calendar 1999 to 83,000
units, IDC Japan, the Japanese unit of International Data Corp,
said on Monday. IDC said the Japanese workstation computer market
in 1998 had risen a steep 123% to 56,200 units from 25,200 in
1997. The increase is due to strong demand for computer-aided
design (CAD) at manufacturing industries, for computer graphics at
software makers, and for trading systems at financial institutes.
IBM Japan, the Japanese unit of IBM CORP, topped the list with
sales of 11,100 units in 1998, up 428.6% from a year earlier, said
IDC. The Japanese unit of HEWLETT PACKARD CO ranked second with
sales of 9,600 in 1998, up 174.3%. NEC CORP was third with sales
of 6,800, up 195.7%. (Reuters 10:36 PM ET 03/07/99) |
