My review of IBM i 7.5 announcements on May 3rd 2022 Read more »
IBM i 7.5 – database and security enhanced, applications modernized
The $207b network market – still haunted by issues of trust
A long term view of the enterprise and servic provider network markets with market data and analysis Read more »
Storage systems 2021 – stable spending in a sea of change
The worldwide storage systems hardware market grew by just 2% in 2021 to reach $34.8 billion, which proved yet again that the success of these products has become increasingly unconnected with that of raw storage, which grew by 19% growth in the year. My Figure above shows total spending by […] Read more »
Raw storage in 2021 reaches 3.6ZB capacity, $182B spending, 1B shipments
A look at the raw storage market for HDD, NAND and DRAM in 2021 Read more »
IBM launches the IBM z16 – the world’s first quantum-safe server with on-chip AI inferencing
An overview of IBM's z16 mainframe at announcement Read more »
Server market grows 4% to $91 billion in 2021 – could have been more
A review of the server market in 2022 and look ahead to 2023 Read more »
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 »
IBM’s new FlashSystems – better speeds, feeds, integration and cyber protection
IBM today launches a number of market-leading hardware products based on its new, third generation, FlashCore Module. Not content just to keep technically ahead of its competitors, it continues to work hard to integrate these offerings into its wider approach to hybrid multi-cloud computing, its cyber resiliency services and new […] Read more »
Global supply chain problems continue, extending hardware life cycles and second-hand sales
Many of us forgot how dependent the just-in-time delivery of IT and communications offerings was on a successful, growing economy. Disruptions in the last few years have largely been blamed the effects of the pandemic on component manufacturing, although we should also look at increased nationalism (Trump, Putin, Brexit, etc.) […] Read more »
Government counter-measures fight back against cyber crime
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 software grows 7%, IT service and hardware by 5% each, while spending on telecom service stays level
Spending on IT services (the largest of the four categories) will grow by 5% to reach $2.6 trillion in 2022. Read more »
Cloud spending growth flattens – SaaS will be (just!) 18%, IaaS 13% and PaaS 13%; in total these offerings account for $430b
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 »
‘as a service’ offerings and hybrid multi-cloud architectures become the norm in enterprise computing
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 »
Raw storage shipped capacity exceeds 4 Zetabytes in 2022
The capacity of raw storage shipped continues to grow exponentially (see my Figure above). In 2022 this growth will create 4 Zetabytes of capacity – a massive amount so large that it’s difficult to comprehend. Read more »
Networks – a tale of two cities and failing trust
A look at spending, changes and supplier market shares in enterprise and service provider networks Read more »
Smart phones, global warming, suppliers and nations
A look at the mobile device market and its carbon consequences Read more »
Storage systems hardware and software, raw storage trends and market shares
My latest shares, trends and analysis of the global storage market Read more »
IBM extends its deep storage capabilities to Microsoft Azure users
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 »
IBM Power10 – technical leader with big cloud opportunities
A look at IBM's Power10 and Telum chip announcements Read more »
The worldwide server market – hedged in by cloud, but still vital
The server market is vital for enterprise and SMEs, supporting vital workloads, but growth appears to have stalled. No doubt spending would be much higher if the self-built systems of the largest cloud computing weren’t continuing to eat up commercial workloads. Within the market the leading vendors – Dell EMC […] Read more »