4. Software spending growth will be stronger than in IT Services; Telecommunications and hardware sales will decline

In my research I split ITC offerings into 4 mutually exclusive categories. In 2024 I expect that IT Services will remain the largest (39% of the total) with growth in the year of 1.7%. Software (now larger than both Telecommunications and Hardware) will see the strongest growth (5%). I expect […] Read more »

My 360° insight into the $7.3 trillion post-pandemic ITC market

A multi-dimensional look at the worldwide IT and communications market Read more »

The ITC market’s top suppliers – a 10-year perspective

Having made my predictions for the year, I wanted to follow up with the long-term vendor share developments in the ITC industry. In the Figure above I show market shares for the top 12 suppliers in the years to then of September in 2009 and 2019. There have been a […] Read more »

6. The only hardware spending growth will be on solid state disks and processors

The hardware market will decline by 2.0% overall and only two product types – solid state drives and processors – will grow in 2020 (please note that I have excluded OEM sales from this forecast). Mobile device will be the one on which we spend most, but it will be […] Read more »

2016 predictions 1 – The world ITC market declines by 1.2% to $5.8 trillion

In 2015 the market declined by 5.1%, so its unlikely to see a recovery in the year. My forecast is for a 1.2% decline, with the market reaching $5.8T. Performance by category will vary. In particular: Software will grow 4.2% to $916B: although it lags in revenues, it will continue […] 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 »

IBM’s Q109 Results – The Benefits Of Big Customers and Long Contracts

Martin analyses IBM's latest financial results and concludes that its relative success is down to its customer and contract types. Outsourcing, cloud computing and CSR get a look in too. Read more »