The Modular Data Centers Market is expected to reach $40.41 billion by 2018 at a CAGR of 37.41% from 2013 to 2018.

Manufacturing firms responding to the monthly Business Outlook Survey suggest that regional manufacturing activity weakened this month. All of the survey’s broadest current indicators were negative this month, indicating weaker conditions compared with April.

The converging and mutually reinforcing social, cultural, and technological factors in the Nexus of Forces (cloud, mobility, social, and information) are driving a radical power shift away from the culture of the enterprise and toward that of the consumer.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that the medical market earned revenue of more than $16.43 billion in 2012. Rising demand for engineering support as well as improving EMS competencies in product introduction, manufacture design, and value-add services will boost EMS growth in the medical industry.

With monetary policy likely to remain supportive of economic expansion for an extended period of time, BNY Mellon Chief Economist Richard Hoey expects a prolonged multi-year global economic expansion, according to his most recent economic update.

As a result, worldwide IT spending is forecast to reach $2.06 trillion in 2013. Worldwide ICT spending, which includes telecom services spending, will increase by 4.5% to $3.7 trillion.

PCs, tablets and smartphones are vying for market share. Experts from Intel, Microsoft, and Lenovo will address business and technical issues at IPC ESTC later this month.

China's portion of America's trade deficit has nearly tripled--from 22% in 2000 to 60% in 2009 and 52.7% in 2011. In the 11 years since China joined the WTO, the U.S. trade deficit with China has grown by 330%.

On the eve of the EIPC Winter Conference in Berlin, Guest Editor Stuart Hayton met up with old friend and recently-appointed EIPC Chairman Alun Morgan to get his thoughts on the state of the European market and plans for the organization now that he's at the helm.

Market guru and president of Custer Consulting Walt Custer joins Editor Ray Rasmussen at IPC APEX EXPO 2013 to offer his latest industry prognostications. Custer's very upbeat comments set the stage for a great couple of years for the industry.

Market reports and studies seemed to have been obsessed with China in the past few years, but what about Mexico or Brazil? IPC Market Research Manager Sree Bhagwat shares the findings of her recent study of the Latin American electronics market with Guest Editor Stuart Hayton.

China's portion of America's trade deficit has nearly tripled--from 22% in 2000 to 60% in 2009 and 52.7% in 2011. In the 11 years since China joined the WTO, the U.S. trade deficit with China has grown by 330%.

Many electronics manufacturers have released revenue targets for fiscal year 2012. Consumer electronics giants Panasonic, Sony, and Sharp cut their full year forecasts, and predict historical losses for the upcoming fiscal year. The total dollar amount from all three companies (including subsidiaries) could be over US $15 billion--the largest loss ever posted.

Bruce Johnston illustrates why social media marketing isn't a fad by telling you a fable. This fable is about someone selling something viewed as a (shudder) commodity. Our heroine in the fable is Sandra, who sells cars for a living.

Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and charismatic chief executive passed away October 5, 2011 from pancreatic cancer. In his latest column, Dominique Numakura of DKN Research discusses the many reasons he admires the man and the company.

The Federal Register contains 81,405 pages of the federal rules and regulations. These regulations strain the economy by creating huge costs that business are obligated to meet and serve as a hidden tax on the economy. Michele Nash-Hoff says it's almost impossible to find a way through the maze of government regulations.