Information Technology and Communications research
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 »
The mobile device market is massive – in 2021 there were 1.7 billion shipments worth $545 billion and an installed base of 3.7 billion. Growth in the year was 25% in spending and 8% in shipments, although the installed base didn’t grow. The number of non-Internet enabled basic phones and […] Read more »
A look at the annual changes and future challenges of the mobile device and smart phone market Read more »
A look at the market for peripherals (including printers) in 2019 Read more »
In my 8th prediction for 2019 I discuss the continued fall of Japanese and European suppliers as global players Read more »
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 »
My third 2018 prediction is about the prospects for spending growth among 43 separate country markets. Read more »
Insight into regional and major country growth in ITC spending in Q1 2017 Read more »
A complete review of the storage systems, disc, NAND and DRAM markets. Read more »
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 »
Japan and China will be the two largest IT and communications markets in Asia Pacific. For the first time in a number of years I’m not predicting that the region will outgrow the Americas and EMEA: in fact I expect we’ll see a decline in spending in most countries. Even […] Read more »
A note of dramatic falls in international currency values against the $US Read more »
A look at how Toshiba can rescue itself from its current woes. Read more »
In a complex, fragmented market with over 500 players IBM has a full and well thought out approach to IT security. We spent a day finding out. Read more »
The Japanese Cloud Computing market is different - less dominated by large US companies and with different cultural expectations. Read ITCandor's latest sizing, forecast and analysis. Read more »