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 »
PCs – big $30b market, good 4.8% growth in Q2 2017
My latest sizing and market shares for the worldwide PC market. Read more »
Brexit and Trump – gloablisation gets a bashing
My presentation for IP Expo on 4th October 2017 Read more »
ITC markets down 2% in Q2 2017 – growth worst in the UK (again), best in India
A précis of ITCandor's quarterly tracking of the ITC market in Q2 2017 and the year to the end of June. Read more »
Russia best, UK among the worst in Q2 currency movements
Tracking the value of currencies is an important and continuous process for market researchers working across international regions. You may want to know more about how values have changed in the last year. Read more »
Global ITC Q1 2017 – US strong, UK tanks
Insight into regional and major country growth in ITC spending in Q1 2017 Read more »
Cloud 2016 – $133b and growing
ITCandor's latest sizing, market share and forecast for cloud computing by type and region Read more »
Storage 2017 – growth at last!
A complete review of the storage systems, disc, NAND and DRAM markets. Read more »
Brexit spreads to the US – new ITC forecasting parameters
Like most market researchers I’m both liberal and international in my outlook and can’t hide my unhappiness about the UK’s decision to leave the EU. It’s too late in Britain to wish the referendum at the end of June had gone the other way, but we need to consider how market […] Read more »
Brexit – selling UK IT assets by the pound
Source: ITCandor from OANDA historical data Part of my methodology each quarter is to look at currency movements of international currency against the $US. My Figure shows the movement of the average value of each local currency in Q2 2016 compared with their rates in Q2 2015. Those on the […] Read more »
PC Market down 3.8% in 2015
A look at developments in the PC market in 2015 Read more »
Printer sales fell 14.5%, peripherals by 12.1% in 2015
A look at printer and peripheral markets in 2015 Read more »
Mobile devices – 3% revenue growth, 6% unit decline in 2015
Some sizing of the mobile device market in 2015 Read more »
Apple – running out of new customers
Apple's revenues will decline in 2016, but it remain at the head of the industry Read more »
2016 prediction 2 – EMEA and the Americas outgrow Asia Pacific – at least in constant dollars
The slackness of the market will also be apparent in region spending growth. In particular: The Americas will outperform the others, growing by 0.5% to $2.3T; vendors will need to offer innovative products to persuade these sophisticate users to buy yet more technology EMEA will grow by 0.3% to $1.7T; […] Read more »
2016 prediction 3 – The USA grows faster than other American countries
The USA is by far the largest country market worldwide and within the Americas: in 2016 it will spend $1.7T – 28% of the world total. Growth will be 1.2% – better than other countries in the region. We need the US to grow in order to make up for […] Read more »
Enterprise networks up 3.7% in Q3 2015
My latest on sizes and shares in the network markets Read more »