A complete review of the storage systems, disc, NAND and DRAM markets. Read more »
Storage 2017 – growth at last!
HPE buys Simplivity – winners, losers and implications
A look at the implications of HP's acquisition of Simplivity Read more »
Dell Technology – a common hymn book for a big choir
Thoughts on the world's largest IT merger/acquisition Read more »
Red Bull Racing’s Malaysian win and its Milton Keynes IT
Formula 1 has much to show commercial IT how to run future systems. Read more »
IBM, Everledger and the market disruption of Blockchain
Exchanging assets for money can be a complicated – and sometimes expensive – process: for instance trading stock can happen in a millisecond, but settlement can take days to complete. Imagine a world in which such transactions can be handled in the digital realm in a system which creates an […] Read more »
IBM Edge 2016 – Tom Rosamilia on the need for innovation
An overview of IBM's systems activities to support its customers' challenges Read more »
HPE non-core software and Micro Focus combine – the matrix reloaded
How the new deal fits in with emerging organisational change in the IT industry Read more »
Cloud computing – whose resources and where?
Another attempt to define cloud computing and its adoption by medium and large organisations Read more »
Enterprise network sales slip 5.6% in Q1 2016
More market shares - this time on enterprise and service provider networks Read more »
Server spending grows 9.5% in Q1 2016 – driven up by ‘software defined’, down by cloud
Martin explains why server revenues grew by 9.5% in Q1 2016 Read more »
Storage systems down 2.5% in Q1 2016 – long term decline causes widespread consolidation
Storage systems markets continue to wane Read more »
The booming EU – and UK! – data center market
ITCandor launches it's new 'data center impressions' service for EU business planners Read more »
Verizon and Yahoo – what if?
Some thoughts on the proposed acquisition of Yahoo! by Verizon Read more »
Cloud Computing in EMEA reaches €29.9B in 2015
Some stats on cloud computing in EMEA with market shares and forecasts to 2020 Read more »
Storage systems down 5% in 2015
Some market stats on the storage systems and component markets Read more »
Network markets static in 2015
A look at service Provider and Enterprise market shares and developments Read more »
Cloud services grow 20% in 2015 to reach $107B
A look at cloud services market shares and forecasts 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 »
2016 prediction 7 – Cloud Computing continues to surge – SaaS is the star
Cloud computing will grow by 13% to reach $354B. The strongest growth will be in SaaS (26.3%), which we count as part of the software market. IT services engage to build and manage private, public and hybrid clouds will grow by 16.3%, PaaS by 7.7% and IaaS by 8.1%. The […] Read more »
2016 prediction 8 – Applications dominate in the shift towards a ‘Software Defined’ future
Cloud computing will grow by 13% to reach $354B. The strongest growth will be in SaaS (26.3%), which we count as part of the software market. IT services engage to build and manage private, public and hybrid clouds will grow by 16.3%, PaaS by 7.7% and IaaS by 8.1%. The […] Read more »