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 »
ITC spending reaches $1.865 trillion in Q2 2024 – the highest ever total
It may seem a long time ago, but it takes time to assess market movements. In this post I’ll pass on our findings about the size and growth of the ITC market in the second quarter (April to June) 2024. Read more »
Cloud computing – omnes nimbi divisa sunt in partes tres
Cloud computing spending declined for the first time in 2023. It's time to look at its future 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 »
The ITC market in first quarter 2024 – moving on up
A look at the size and growth of spending, revenue and net profit across the whole ITC market in first quarter 2024 Read more »
Storage systems 2023 – the continuous disaggregation of a stable market
My analysis of the vendor market share and major trends in the storage systems market Read more »
Server market 2023 – a virtualized, x86, Windows driven world
Have a look at how the server market is evolving and is likely to change in years to come Read more »
The raw storage market returns to growth… will it be ‘exponential’?
My forecast for hard disk drive, NAND and DRAM markets following two ywars of steep decline Read more »
ITC regional and category forecasts – the small growth of a massive, but disaggregating, market
Top level ITCandor's 2023 sizing and 2024-25 forecast for the ITC industry, discussing regions, categories and vendors. Read more »
Nexsan – a UK hardware storage systems vendor
A look at Nexsan - a growing storage systems supplier Read more »
The AI Alliance – values, nationalities and absentees
My look at the foundation of the AI Alliance Read more »
Cisco to acquire Splunk for $28 billion
Analyis of Cisco's porposed acquisition of Splunk for c. $28b Read more »
Q2 2023 ITC spending – declines in memory and devices, growth in AI hardware
A look at the major spending movements in the UTC market workdwide in Q2 2023 Read more »
The gaming market – a cloudy future?
My look at the gaming market in 2023, the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft and the UK regulator's opposition Read more »
Softness in client device and raw storage sales creates challenges for IT spending in 2023
A look at the downturn in the ITC market in Q1 2023 Read more »
Cloud computing grows up – $413 billion and counting…
Cloud computing has been one of the fastest growing and exciting IT markets over the past decade. Typically bought by enterprises wanting to avoid the complexity of setting up, deploying and managing applications them in their own data centers, cloud services come in three flavours – software, platform and infrastructure […] 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 »
Storage systems – sales steady, but uncoupled from raw storage growth
A look at the size, growth and major suppliers of storage systems in 2022. Read more »
Dell heads the slowly evolving server market in 2022
A round-up of the worldwide server market in 2022 and its opportunities in 2023 and beyond Read more »
The Apple king of mobile devices
How has the mobile device market changed since the pandemic? Can Apple maintain its leadership as we enter the era of consumer IoT? Read more »