ITCandor data center and cloud service sizing and forecasts for those providing third party maintenance Read more »
Service solutions providers –changing landscape, new challenges
Servers – new processor growth and the American bias
a new look at the global server market Read more »
Storage – the raw v system dichotomy
Some 2017 sizing, shares and forecast from ITCandor's storage research Read more »
Networking – a 2-horse Huawei and Cisco market with an Asia Pacific bias
ITCandor's latest data for the network markets Read more »
Peripherals – the Asia Pacific bias
Spending on peripherals is moving towards Asia Pacific. Read more »
IBM Research Labs Zurich – neural, neuromorphic, quantum, crypto, blockchain, lattice computing… help!
A visit to IBM research labs - food for thought! Read more »
The regional PC market’s American bias
In 2017 spending on PCs increased by 5% to $153 billion – the first annual growth since 2012. The same is not true of annual shipment growth, which has typically been stronger due increasing competition and declining average values. This trend was reversed in 2017 when the popularity of machines based on new […] Read more »
The gaming market – open v proprietary lessons for all ITC suppliers
Although the gaming console market is small and about ‘entertainment’, there are a number of issues it can help us with when trying to work out what’s going on in other, larger and more important areas of the IT and communications industry. As always my statistics published here are from […] Read more »
IBM leads the shift from server… to cloud… driven data storage
Martin looks at the latest storage announcements from IBM Read more »
The expanding scope and success of IBM Spectrum storage software
A look at the enhancements to IBM' Spectrum storage software offerings. Read more »
AMD expands its x86 embedded processor lines – a targeted market approach
A look at AMD's target markets for its new embedded processors. Read more »
The profitability of Qualcomm and Broadcom/Avago
Decision time on the acquisition of Qualcomm by Broadcom/Avago may rest on calculations of profitability; however there's no simple way to work out a comparison Read more »
US tax cuts reveal the huge off-shore funds held by ITC vendors
More on the effects of the US Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the global ITC industry Read more »
US tax and the global ITC industry – digging and filling holes
A discussion of the effects of US tax changes on the ITC market Read more »
9. Oracle makes strong headway as an enterprise supplier
Our ninth 2018 prediction is that Oracle will do particularly well in the year. Read more »
Broadcom, Qualcomm, NXP – fish, chips and globalisation
Globalised consolidation of the semiconductor industry threatens customer choice Read more »
Cisco, HP, Dell – cloud service laggards, falling enterprise IT market shares
Hoe leading cloud vendors are positioned Read more »
If Apple were a country…
Apple continues to get bigger Read more »
The 2025 enterprise computing forecast – cloud wins hands-down
My enterprise computing forecast including a masive victory for cloud computing. Read more »
Storage systems down, disk drives up, solid state booms in Q2 2017
A post on the latest Q2 2017 market growth, shares and successes of the raw and systems storage. Read more »