IBM LinuxONE – beats x86 servers for environmental sustainability

The way data centers are built, populated with equipment and run is key to the world’s attempts to combat climate change. The pandemic has made more of our financial, social and work interactions digital, which can be witnessed in worldwide spending trends (my Figure above gives the trends and my […] Read more »

Could Brexit increase the taxation of the ITC industry’s £35b profits?

The IT and Communications industry is highly profitable for successful companies, with the smallest and largest enjoying the greatest profitability. In the UK we spent £146B on its products which created profits before tax of around £35B in 2015: an extra 10% of that collected by UK government could help out the […] Read more »

HP – The African Market Leader Invests For Growth

Africa is a focus for ITCandor in 2012. We interviewed HP's senior management to find out what it's recent activities and plans. Read more »

ITCandor 2011 Expectations – A Big Year For Cloud, BRIC, High Definition And Water

2011 is going to be a great year for the ITC market. Read ITCandor's 10 'Expectations' for how the market will develop, including detailed views of offerings, countries, channels and vertical markets. Read more »

NGD’s Data Centre Goes 100% Alternative Energy Supply With SmartestEnergy

NGD has signed a deal with SmartestEnergy to provide electricity only from renewable generation at its data centre site in Wales. ITCandor looks at this from government and CSR perspectives. Read more »

Chilled Out HP Cuts CO2 Emissions With Fresh Air Cooling In Its New Wynyard Data Centre

HP is in the process of installing its very first customer at its brand new Wynyard data centre. Martin had a look round and thinks fresh air cooling is a valuable contribution to CSR. Read more »

BT Global Services Approach To Sustainability – A British Mix Of CSR And Business

Having visited BT's sustainability experts, Martin takes a look at BT - placing Global Services in context with other European telecoms players. Read more »

Corporate And Social Responsibility – An Essential Theme In A Downturn

Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) is very important - especially in an economic downturn. In introducing this theme Martin is hoping to help suppliers and users concentrate on those aspects of the strategy which will help most to build better business when the recovery comes. Read more »

Welcome to my Blog!

Blogging about ITC eventually… I’m going to cover subjects such as Cloud Computing, Corporate and Social Responsibility, Market Forecasts, Digital Content, Convergence, etc. There’s so much happening in the industry today – and not all bad. Looking forward to discussing themes, trends, opportunities with anyone who’s interested. Everyone suggested WordPress as a […] Read more »