On a regional level (see my Figure) I expect the Americas to do best with a 1.6% growth to $2.659 trillion, followed by Asia Pacific (+0.8% to $2.187 trillion); I expect business in EMEA to decline slightly by 0.1% to $2.006 trillion. Americas’ rise in the chart is due in […] Read more »
Exchange rates v $US in Q3 2019 – Egypt best, Venezuala worst
Some thoughts on changes in the value of international currencies against the $US in Q3 2019 Read more »
Computer peripherals – new strategies for a maturing market
A look at the market for computer peripherals and printers in the year to the end of June 2019 Read more »
PC market maturity drives new supplier business models
A report of the state of the PC market in Q2 2019 with market shares and evidence of maturity Read more »
Server market takes a pause in 2019 – still dominated by Windows and x86
A look at the server market in the first half of 2019 from ITCandor's research Read more »
Network spending at $186b – service providers beat enterprise customers
A look at ITCandor's latest findings for the service provider and enterprise network markets to Q2 2019 Read more »
The gaming market waits for new Sony and Microsoft consoles
A look at the gaming console market worldwide at the end of June 2019 Read more »
Mobile device market down 8% to $392b – what’s the next big thing?
We look at the state of play in the mobile device market in Q2 2019 Read more »
Cloud services $246 billion and still growing at 25%
I look at the latest market developments for cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS and PaaS) Read more »
Microprocessor chip sales $317 billion – highly profitable, but sluggish
I have a look at the microprocessor market in Q2 2019 Read more »
Huawei at the centre of the global/national 5G battlefield
5G mobile communications will be faster, deeper and wider than 4G, enabling new applications and is being tested in many countries planning to deploy in the next few years. Huawei is the world’s biggest supplier of Service Provider networks and leading developer and supplier of 5G base stations used by […] Read more »
Lenovo battles HP for leadership of the $163b PC market
A look at PC market shares in shipment units, revenue and installed base in the Americas, Asia Pacific and EMEA Read more »
Huawei v Cisco vie for control of the $181b network market
A look at the enterprise and service provider network markets Read more »
The market grows by just 0.8% worldwide – EMEA continues to fall behind
My 1st prediction concerns market growth worldwide and by region Read more »
European and Japanese suppliers fall behind US and Chinese ones
In my 8th prediction for 2019 I discuss the continued fall of Japanese and European suppliers as global players Read more »
IBM to buy RedHat for $33.4 billion to enhance its cloud, infrastructure software and Open Source businesses
A look at the proposed acquisition of RedHat by IBM Read more »
IT services market – massive, profitable and growing well in Q2 2018
An overview of the IT services market in the year to June 2018 Read more »
The rise, rise, rise of cloud computing
An update on the growth and market shares of cloud computing by type, region and in context with other areas of enterprise IT spending Read more »
Canon top in peripherals, joint leader with HP Inc. in printer markets in Q2 2108
A look at the printer and overall peripheral markets in Q2 2108 Read more »
PCs in Q2 2108 – good growth in a market dominated by smart devices
PCs have been at the heart of access to the Internet and wider digital marketplace for many years. Despite falling behind smart phones in recent years it is still a major component of the ITC industry. In the year to the end of June 2018 236m PCs worth $163b were shipped, […] Read more »