The introduction to ITCandor's predictions and forecasts for 2025 Read more »
ITCandor’s 2025 Predictions – profits surge in a stable market
1. ITC net profits surge 13%, total spending level at $7.5T
The first prediction is about revenue, net profit and industry headcount Read more »
2. ITC spending will grow in Asia Pacific, but decline in the Americas and EMEA
My second prediction concerns spending growth at a regional level Read more »
3. ITC spending in China will grow most in 2025
My third prediction concerns ITC spending growth at a country level Read more »
4 Hardware spending will stay ahead of Software in 2025
My fourth prediction concerns spending growth by category 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 »
The world ITC market grows 5% to reach $1.9 trillion in Q3 2024
As I predicted last quarter the Information Technology and Communications market continues to grow. In total revenues reached $1.9 trillion (the highest of any quarter in history) in the quarter and $7.4 trillion in the year to the end of September – up 5% and 3% respectively. Net profit, however […] Read more »