Craig Durr, The Collab Collective: Why the Device Market Forecast Dropped From 6% to 3%
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Craig Durr, Chief Analyst and Founder at The Collab Collective, discusses his revised five-year video conferencing device market forecast and why he has taken his compound annual growth rate prediction down from roughly 6% to just under 3%. • The "triple replacement wave": Windows 10 to 11, Android 10 to 12, and ageing BYOD devices are driving room refresh priorities across enterprises • Budget compression: rising DRAM costs are pushing device prices up, meaning IT teams can refresh fewer r...
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