/PRZOOM - Newswire/ - Report Buyer has added a new report analysing the top ten hardware vendors.

London, United Kingdom, 04/27/2008 – Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report analysing the top ten hardware vendors.

“The Top 10 Hardware Vendors: Positioning, Performance and SWOT Analyses”, which is available at reports that in 2006, the global hardware market grew by 4.9% to reach $1.32bn.

The report shows that the top ten hardware vendors have a market share of 32%, driven by a strong focus on Research and Development (R&D) and innovation. However, the rapid evolution of technologies, shorter product lifecycles and the establishment of both new markets and manufacturers in developing economies will serve to make the hardware market much more competitive in the future.

This new report provides SWOT analyses of the top ten companies and assesses their market positioning, financial performance and growth strategies. Additionally, it assesses the world's leading hardware vendors and anticipates future trends.

Some of the key findings in this report are:

• HP leads the global industry with a 5.6% market share, followed by Nokia and Dell, each with 3.9% share.
• Toshiba hardware revenues increased at a CAGR of 8% from 2005 to 2007, mainly driven by strong growth in the digital product segment and electronic devices segment.
• Intel plans to increase its output and help to optimize ASPs using its new 'tick-tock' product development strategy.
• Motorola has strong R&D capabilities, with about 41% of its total employees engaged in research activities.

This report will not only enable you to benchmark your performance against leading hardware vendors with its ranking of the top ten hardware vendors and their financial performance, market share by company and category, it will also identify and target future growth areas from its analysis of the acquisitions and divestments made by leading hardware vendors, and their strategies for growth.

“The Top 10 Hardware Vendors: Positioning, Performance and SWOT Analyses” is available from Report Buyer. For more information, see website.

Report Buyer product ID: RBI00207

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