Information Technology and Communications research
Coverage of IBM's new ESS3500 storage product and its Spectrum Protect and Protect Plus partnership with Predatar for backup cybersecurity practices Read more »
A look at the total market for enterprise IT encompassing hardware, infrastructure software, outsourcing, managed service and cloud computing with market trnds and shares Read more »
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 »
It’s been a long time since we were able to protect our computer environments just through purchasing and running ant-virus software. We now have safeguarding, monitoring and counter-measures to address the many threats – helping to create a preparedness to handle, isolate and recover from attacks. Cyber criminals have grown […] Read more »
Spending on IT services (the largest of the four categories) will grow by 5% to reach $2.6 trillion in 2022. Read more »
I’m proud to have seen the potential of cloud computing way back in 2008. Spending growth has been continuously high in every year since then; it will reach a new high of $430 billion in 2022 Read more »
Each generation of enterprise computing (centralized, client-server, Internet, managed services, cloud) has created disruption and inefficiencies in integration of the new with the old. Leading suppliers such as Cisco, IBM, Oracle, HPE, Huawei, Atos, Fujitsu and Hitachi will attempt to hang on to their customers’ budgets by promoting ‘as a […] Read more »
IBM’s storage group’s strategy seeks to support customers in their use of multiple data centers, whether on premises or in public clouds – and whether using IBM products or others. It wants to make it easier and more efficient for them; but to do so it has mastered a number […] Read more »
A look at the status of the cloud services market complete with market shares and forecasts Read more »
The printer market entered yet another phase of decline as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 customers spent $33 billion (down 10%) on 143 million printers (down 11%), while the total installed base dropped 4% to 577 million. Read more »
A look at the role of OpenShift as an anchor for enterprise IT infrastructure Read more »
A look at IBM's strategy - undergoing big changes this year Read more »
A look at the acquisition of BlueChip by Service Express International Read more »
A quick look at Cisco's historical success and future challenges Read more »
Some ideas - with market data and forecasts - on IBM's intention to split itself into 2 companies Read more »
A look at changes in ITC spending by category in Q2 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic surged Read more »
A look at cloud computing spending growth, market shares and forecasts in Q1 2020 Read more »
A review of the things the top ITC suppliers are doing to help during the COVID-19 pandemic Read more »
A look at growth and market shares in the 2019 cloud service markets Read more »
If we look at the long-term development of the ITC market by broad categories of offerings (see my Figure) we see that both IT Service and Software have been growing faster than Telecom Service and Hardware. In 2020 I expect this trend to continue; the strongest growth will be in […] Read more »