Dell and HP continue their battle for market leadership. The workstation market continues to be the shining start of the computer market, setting a quarterly sales record in the second quarter of 2016. The new market report from Jon Peddie Research says 1.1 million name-brand computer workstations were sold in the quarter, up 21.7% from the previous quarter and up 7.8% from … [Read more...] about Workstation vendors set sales record in second quarter
Alex Herrera
Reviewing HP ZBook Studio G3 mobile workstation
An elite 15’-inch model designed to lure MacBook Pro users in media and entertainment. By Alex Herrera As 2015 came to a close, HP Inc. was busy following on the heels of Intel’s Skylake launch with a broad product refresh of its own, both upgrading and expanding on its line of ZBook mobile workstations. When it did, the company made it clear where it was focusing its new … [Read more...] about Reviewing HP ZBook Studio G3 mobile workstation
Review: HP new entry-class Z240 workstation
Intel Skylake processors give a lot of bang for the buck. By Alex Herrera The big news in the workstation market in the fourth quarter of 2015 was the arrival of Skylake. Workstation vendors had been champing at the bit, waiting on the first release of Intel’s 14-nm processor generation and eager to refresh two key segments of their product offerings: mobile workstations … [Read more...] about Review: HP new entry-class Z240 workstation
Review: Boxx Apexx 4 Performance Edition workstation
Powerhouse workstation gives excellent, balanced, top-end performance. By Alex Herrera Boxx may not be a Tier 1 workstation supplier by a measure of unit volume, but Boxx certainly qualifies as top-tier when it comes to the performance and quality of its workstation products. Boxx is a supplier of workstation-class products to professional markets. It’s developed a … [Read more...] about Review: Boxx Apexx 4 Performance Edition workstation
Webinar to explore 3D virtual workstations
JPR’s Alex Herrera to lead free webinar on how to deploy virtual workstation solutions. Virtual workstation solutions are finally ready for prime time across a vast spectrum of graphics-intensive applications—but not so many IT departments are ready for the transition. Jon Peddie Research Senior Analyst Alex Herrera will lead a technical Q&A webinar panel on … [Read more...] about Webinar to explore 3D virtual workstations
Webinar to explore workstation mobilization with virtualization
JPR’s Alex Herrera to moderate free webinar on how virtualization can empower high-performance visual computing. Jon Peddie Research Senior Analyst Alex Herrera will lead a webinar panel tomorrow, to discuss key business drivers and enabling technologies for graphics-rich remote visualization. The session, “Mobilize workstation users in an everywhere connected world,” … [Read more...] about Webinar to explore workstation mobilization with virtualization
Workstation market slow but steady in first quarter
Dell and AMD find new opportunities in workstations, but competition remains fierce. “Cautious and tentative, but still headed in the right direction” is how Jon Peddie Research (JPR) senior analyst and JPR Workstation Report author Alex Herrera sums up 2014’s first quarter workstation market results. The JPR report paints a picture of a market that has more going for it than … [Read more...] about Workstation market slow but steady in first quarter
Workstation market ends 2013 on a high note
Latest Jon Peddie Research report shows Dell gaining ground on the competition. Jon Peddie Research says 2013 proved to be a good year for the tandem markets of workstations and professional GPUs. In the fourth quarter, the market continued onward and upward, holding on to the substantial gains of the previous two quarters, closing out a healthy 2013. Worldwide, the … [Read more...] about Workstation market ends 2013 on a high note
Workstation market not feeling same pain as broader PC market
Latest market report from Jon Peddie Research shows a modest decline in workstation sales explainable in context. Stakeholders in the workstation market didn't get the best news out of the first quarter's sales figures, but it could have been a lot worse. Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has concluded its tabulation and analysis of market results and reports the tepid quarter was … [Read more...] about Workstation market not feeling same pain as broader PC market
AMD FirePro R5000 pursues resurgent remote graphics market
AMD is teaming up with Teradici to offer an end-to-end solution for desktop workstation replacement and VDI deployment. Alex Herrera takes a close look. By Alex Herrera AMD has released the FirePro R5000 remote graphics card, and in the process is building out a growing family of products targeting a partly new, partly rehashed take on the client/server computing … [Read more...] about AMD FirePro R5000 pursues resurgent remote graphics market