A look at the proposed acquisition of RedHat by IBM Read more »
IBM to buy RedHat for $33.4 billion to enhance its cloud, infrastructure software and Open Source businesses
IT services market – massive, profitable and growing well in Q2 2018
An overview of the IT services market in the year to June 2018 Read more »
The rise, rise, rise of cloud computing
An update on the growth and market shares of cloud computing by type, region and in context with other areas of enterprise IT spending Read more »
Canon top in peripherals, joint leader with HP Inc. in printer markets in Q2 2108
A look at the printer and overall peripheral markets in Q2 2108 Read more »
PCs in Q2 2108 – good growth in a market dominated by smart devices
PCs have been at the heart of access to the Internet and wider digital marketplace for many years. Despite falling behind smart phones in recent years it is still a major component of the ITC industry. In the year to the end of June 2018 236m PCs worth $163b were shipped, […] Read more »
Microprocessors – the $308b backbone of the $6.6T ITC market
A summary of developments in the Q2 2018 microprocessor market Read more »
Storage in Q2 2018 – ‘system’ stagnant, ‘raw’ booms with 2 Zetabytes shipped
A look at the on-going development of the storage market in Q2 2018 Read more »
Server revenues grow 13% in Q2 2018, but most vendors are failing to sell to CSPs
My review of the worldwide server market by region, vendor, processor, virtualisation status and operating system Read more »
Network Q2 2018 – Asia service providers drive growth
An overview of the network hardware market in Q2 2018 Read more »
Mobile devices in Q2 2018 – ‘smart’ dominates, but we need something more secure
An update on the Q2 2018 market form smartphones and some ideas about the need for more secure devices Read more »
Cloud computing services grow 19% in Q1 2018
An update on the success of cloud services in Q1 2018 Read more »
Network markets grow 10% in Q1 2018
A look at the network hardware market in Q1 2018 Read more »
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 »
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 »
3. UK the worst, Switzerland the best country for spending growth
My third 2018 prediction is about the prospects for spending growth among 43 separate country markets. Read more »
1. The global ITC market grows 1.8% to $6.7 trillion
My first 2018 prediction is about global ITC market growth. Read more »
Broadcom, Qualcomm, NXP – fish, chips and globalisation
Globalised consolidation of the semiconductor industry threatens customer choice Read more »