HPE's acquisition of Juniper is finally over the line. I look at the consequences for the network market Read more »
HPE finally acquires Juniper for a livelier enterprise network business
3. ITC spending in China will grow most in 2025
My third prediction concerns ITC spending growth at a country level Read more »
5 Spending on servers will grow most – on peripherals least – in 2025
My fifth prediction cconcerns spending growth by offering in 2025 Read more »
6 Trade tariffs reduce the growth of the ITC market
My sixth prediction concerns the negative effects new trade tariffs will have on the world ITC market Read more »
7 Generative AI bites into the white-collar workforce
My seventh prediction is about the negative effect generative AI will have on employment in 2025 Read more »
8 Users rush to adopt quantum-safe code as criminals hack AES-256 encryption
My eighth prediction concerns the reaction to the adoption of quantum computing by criminals Read more »
9 Data center carbon emissions surge – can we eliminate spurious workloads?
My nineth prediction concerns potential counter measures to data center carbon emissions from spurious workloads Read more »
10 Governments begin to restrict and even ban social media companies
My tenth prediction concerns the restriction and/or banning of social media when used for evil Read more »
ITCandor’s 2024 predictions – a self-assessment
An assessment of ITCandor's predictions for 2024 Read more »
EMEA suppliers fail to take advantage the – no longer global – network market.
My latest stats on the service provider, enterprise and overall network market Read more »
Cisco to acquire Splunk for $28 billion
Analyis of Cisco's porposed acquisition of Splunk for c. $28b Read more »
Networking – converged, converging or eternally independent?
Some sizing and ideas about the networking market and the convergence beyween telecoms and IT markets 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 $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 »
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 »
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 »
Cisco’s long-lasting first-mover advantages
A quick look at Cisco's historical success and future challenges Read more »
IP telephony surges in the politicised network market
Service Provider and Enterprise Networks have been extremely important during the pandemic; nevertheless most Telcos and organizations have been relying on those already installed to keep people, governments and businesses connected. In total the market grew by 1% to $187 billion in the year to the end of March, but […] Read more »
Networks – $185b, 2.1b ports shipped in 2019
A look at network equipment sales and market shares in 2019 Read more »
Servers – $75.6 spent on 21.3 systems in 2019
A look at the server market in 2019 including shares for suppliers, operating systems and virtualization status. Read more »