My analysis of IBM's Fusion HCI and other storage offerings announced today Read more »
IBM announces Spectrum Fusion and Fusion HCI – easier enterprise container computing
IBM Storage launches the FlashSystem 5015, 5035 and 5200
A look at IBM's introduction of the FS5015, FS5035 and FS5200 storage arrays Read more »
HP – is it better off disaggregated?
What can we learn from HP's disaggregation? Read more »
IBM to split – spinning off its managed service business
Some ideas - with market data and forecasts - on IBM's intention to split itself into 2 companies Read more »
IBM Storage – advanced support container-based applications in its Q4 2020 announcements
A look at IBM Software announcements on October 27th 2020 Read more »
IBM dives into data lakes with the Elastic Storage System 5000
A look at IBM storage system announcements on July 9th 2020 Read more »
Cloud computing – 18% growth to $260b in the year to March 2020
A look at cloud computing spending growth, market shares and forecasts in Q1 2020 Read more »
How IBM’s DS8900F and TS7770 storage systems enhance its z15 mainframe’s functionality
A look at how IBM's mainframe storage and tape systems compliment its z15 server line Read more »
IBM introduces air-cooled z15 T02 and LinuxONE III LT2 – more security, more cloud
A first look at IBM's latest 2 z15 models - smaller, more modular designs Read more »
How the top ITC suppliers are helping during the pandemic
A review of the things the top ITC suppliers are doing to help during the COVID-19 pandemic Read more »
Storage systems – 1.8ZB shipped, $33.4b spent in 2019
A sizing of the storage systems and raw storage markets 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 »
Cloud services grow 18% to reach $253 billion in 2019
A look at growth and market shares in the 2019 cloud service markets Read more »
SAP certifies IBM Power9 for its HANA Enterprise Cloud
SAP's certification of IBM Power9 servers for its HANA Enterprise Cloud data center Read more »
IBM radically simplifies its storage offerings in Q1 2020
ITCandor's assessment of IBM storage announcement on Feb 12th 2020 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 »
Google Sycamore achieves ‘Quantum Supremacy’, but what does that mean?
A look at Google's achievement of 'quantum supremacy' Read more »
IBM’s Q4 2019 announcements – storage for the AI and container workloads you want to run
Following closely on the heels of the DS8900 launch last month, IBM announced some major storage products (both hardware and software) today at the TechU conference in Prague. My analysis here is based not only on briefing material from Eric Herzog and his team, but also from my visit to […] Read more »
Storage systems – calm in a stormy storage sea
Some stats and thoughts about the storage systems market in the first half of 2019 Read more »
Server market takes a pause in 2019 – still dominated by Windows and x86
A look at the server market in the first half of 2019 from ITCandor's research Read more »