Legend hits third rung for PC sales in region

Red chip Legend Holdings became the third-biggest seller of personal computers in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, in the third quarter, according to a market research firm.

International Data Corp ranked Legend fourth in the previous quarter.

Legend continued to be top seller in the mainland with a 15.2 per cent market share by unit shipment, up from 12.2 per cent in the first half.

Chairman Liu Chuanzhi said corporate strategies of providing specialised but user-friendly functions and integrated hardware and software designs led to the improvement.

With the launch of a series of new products this month, the company was confident it could sell 780,000 units in the financial year to March.

To prepare itself to enter the global market competitively, parent Legend Group yesterday signed an agreement with Deloitte Consulting to become the first private hi-tech firm in the mainland to use enterprise resource planning (ERP).