What is PC as a Service?
PC as a Service is a device or hardware lifecycle management model in which an organization or company pays subscription price to rent or lease endpoint hardware, software, and services management. The subscription pricing generally includes services like staging, maintenance, logistics services, data backup, and recovery, etc. In terms of hardware PC as a service encloses everything from mobile to desktop, its can include predictive analytics to prevent device failure, security violations.
The market study is broken down by Type (Hardware {Dektop, Laptop, Tablet}, Software {Operating System/Imaging, Security, Factory Installed Software} and Services {Configuarion, Help Desk Support, Asset Management}), by Application (Small-medium Scale Enterprises and Large Scale Enterprises) and major geographies with country level break-up.
Established and emerging Players should take a closer view at their existing organizations and reinvent traditional business and operating models to adapt to the future.
Hewlett-Packard Company (United States), Dell (United States), Lenovo Group Limited (Hong Kong), Microsoft Corporation (United States), HCL Technologies Limited (India), Amazon Web Services (United States), StarHub Ltd (Singapore), CompuCom Systems Inc. (United States), Utopic Software, LLC (United States) and Bizbang LLC (United States) are some of the key players that are part of study coverage.
Segmentation Overview
AdvanceMarketAnalytics has segmented the market of Global PC as a Service market by Type, Application and Region.
On the basis of geography, the market of PC as a Service has been segmented into South America (Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America), Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Rest of Asia-Pacific), Europe (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Rest of Europe), MEA (Middle East, Africa), North America (United States, Canada, Mexico). If we see Market by Pricing Option, the sub-segment i.e. Monthly Subscription will boost the PC as a Service market. Additionally, the rising demand from SMEs and various industry verticals gives enough cushion to market growth. If we see Market by Industry Verticals, the sub-segment i.e. IT &Telecommunications will boost the PC as a Service market. Additionally, the rising demand from SMEs and various industry verticals gives enough cushion to market growth.
Market Leaders and their expansionary development strategies
On 10th January 2019, CompuCom Systems announced the launch of a Device-as-a-Service offering for Apple hardware, even as pioneers in the nascent category such as HP Inc. report strong traction.
On 4th June 2019, HP Inc. and Xerox Corporation announced an expansion of the companies’ business relationship. Xerox will source from HP certain A4 and entry-level A3 products with the majority running on Xerox’s award-winning ConnectKey controller software, and Xerox will supply toner to HP for these and other products.
Market Trend
- PC as a Service Adoption in IT &Telecommunications Industry and BFSI Sector
Market Drivers
- Need for the Reduction in Costa and Shortening of Refresh Cycles in Enterprises
- Growing Digitalisation in Every Industry
Opportunities
- Increasing Spending od Enterprises on PC as a Service
- Surging Demand for PC as a Service from Developed and Developing Industry
Restraints
- High-Cost Investment in PC as a Service
Challenges
- Growing Threats to Cyber Security
- Regulatory Compliances with PC as a Service
Key Target Audience
PC as a Service Providers, Industry Associations, Research and Development Institutes, Potential Investors, Regulatory Bodies and Others
About Approach
To evaluate and validate the market size various sources including primary and secondary analysis is utilized. AMA Research follows regulatory standards such as NAICS/SIC/ICB/TRCB, to have the better understanding of the market. The market study is conducted on basis of more than 200 companies dealing in the market regional as well as global areas with purpose to understand companys positioning regarding market value, volume and their market share for regional as well as global.
Further to bring relevance specific to any niche market we set and apply number of criteria like Geographic Footprints, Regional Segments of Revenue, Operational Centres, etc. The next step is to finalize a team (In-House + Data Agencies) who then starts collecting C & D level executives and profiles, Industry experts, Opinion leaders etc. and work towards appointment generation.
The primary research is performed by taking the interviews of executives of various companies dealing in the market as well as using the survey reports, research institute, and latest research reports. Meanwhile, analyst team keeps preparing set of questionnaires and after getting appointee list; the target audience are then tapped and segregated with various mediums and channels that are feasible for making connection that includes email communication, telephonic, skype, LinkedIn Group & InMail, Community Forums, Community Forums, open Survey, SurveyMonkey etc.