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To support your commercial strategies and procurement planning, we will be sharing the following market insights regarding current challenges in the technology sector:
- Persistent price escalation: OEM price increases that began in late 2025 are projected to continue through 2026 and 2027.
- Component scarcity: High demand from AI and cloud sectors is exhausting RAM and SSD stocks, while a projected 80% decline in DDR4 production creates further uncertainty for DDR5 availability.
- Rising costs: Memory now accounts for 30–40% of a laptop’s total cost, up from the historical 15%.
- Supply volatility: Rapid price fluctuations may result in outdated procurement bids or suppliers withholding quotes due to instability.
- Extended lead times: Scarcity is increasing delivery times for end user devices, with similar trends expected for networking and infrastructure.
- Broad impact: While laptops and desktops are immediately affected, these pressures will extend to all categories reliant on memory and flash storage, including public cloud services.
- Geopolitical factors: Ongoing tariffs on earth minerals and regional labor shortages continue to drive market volatility.
We are committed to helping you navigate these dynamics to ensure sourcing certainty and value for money.
What you will learn
We will discuss what actions the GCA has taken or is planning to take to minimise the impact to the Government. Also, we will talk about plans and strategies that local authorities can deploy to help to reduce the impact
Who should attend
This webinar is essential for government technology and commercial leaders, and anyone responsible for planning or buying IT hardware specifically laptops and desktops