A look at Nexsan - a growing storage systems supplier Read more »
Nexsan – a UK hardware storage systems vendor
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 »
Mobile devices – the battle between East and West for a $545 billion market
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 »
Spending in the Americas grows 8%, Asia Pacific 6% and EMEA 2%
ITC spending in the Americas will grow the most (by 8%to $2.8 trillion) largely due to the USA’s more interconnected economy, greater wealth and an easier path to ‘building back better’ and the strength of the dollar. Read more »
Smart phones, global warming, suppliers and nations
A look at the mobile device market and its carbon consequences Read more »
PC sales rebound due to lockdown and home working
Why is the PC market resurging? Where is it going? Read more »
Mobile devices and international politics
A look at the annual changes and future challenges of the mobile device and smart phone market Read more »
BlueChip – putting the ‘International’ into Service Express
A look at the acquisition of BlueChip by Service Express International Read more »
Apple – how much bigger can it grow?
Apple is the largest IT company in the world. It’s revenues were $294 billion in 2020 – the equivalent of everyone alive on the planet spending $26.52 on its offerings. It’s business grew substantially on the introduction of the iPhone, expanded as we recovered from the Credit Crunch and has […] Read more »
Exchange rates v $US in Q3 2019 – Egypt best, Venezuala worst
Some thoughts on changes in the value of international currencies against the $US in Q3 2019 Read more »
Europe ITC – €1.6T revenue, €160B net profit, 6m workers
More stats on ITC in Europe Read more »
Europe ITC market – €2.1 trillion, 9% growth in 2021, but still falling behind
My annual overview of IT and coms markets in Europe by country - uodated! Read more »
Brexit uncertainty hits UK IT and comms spending
ITC spending declines due to Brexit uncertainty with forecast scenarios for what might happen when a decision on how to leave or stay is made Read more »
Huawei at the centre of the global/national 5G battlefield
5G mobile communications will be faster, deeper and wider than 4G, enabling new applications and is being tested in many countries planning to deploy in the next few years. Huawei is the world’s biggest supplier of Service Provider networks and leading developer and supplier of 5G base stations used by […] Read more »
Download the UK ITC market post-Brexit presentation
To download the pdf of the slides I used at IPExpo Manchester to discuss the effects of Brexit on the IT and comms market in the UK please give your name, email address and company name and then click the send button. Once the file name appears right click and ‘Save […] Read more »
Huawei v Cisco vie for control of the $181b network market
A look at the enterprise and service provider network markets Read more »
The EU suffers post-Brexit blues
My 4th prediction gives growth for Africa, the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe Read more »
European and Japanese suppliers fall behind US and Chinese ones
In my 8th prediction for 2019 I discuss the continued fall of Japanese and European suppliers as global players Read more »
Europe ITC markets – €1.5 trillion, 0.8% growth, divided
A look at ITC markets in Europe and their potential 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 »