A look at the raw storage market for HDD, NAND and DRAM in 2021 Read more »
Raw storage in 2021 reaches 3.6ZB capacity, $182B spending, 1B shipments
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 »
American suppliers increase their combined global ITC market share to over 50%
American suppliers combined will increase their market share of the world market to over 50% for the first time in years in 2022. Read more »
Networks – a tale of two cities and failing trust
A look at spending, changes and supplier market shares in enterprise and service provider networks Read more »
Smart phones, global warming, suppliers and nations
A look at the mobile device market and its carbon consequences Read more »
The worldwide server market – hedged in by cloud, but still vital
The server market is vital for enterprise and SMEs, supporting vital workloads, but growth appears to have stalled. No doubt spending would be much higher if the self-built systems of the largest cloud computing weren’t continuing to eat up commercial workloads. Within the market the leading vendors – Dell EMC […] Read more »
Cloud computing at $344b – the Enterprise IT market squeeze continues
A look at the status of the cloud services market complete with market shares and forecasts Read more »
PC sales rebound due to lockdown and home working
Why is the PC market resurging? Where is it going? Read more »
Microprocessor shortages – reasons, data and solutions
A look at the causes of the shortages of microprocessors 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 »
Cisco’s long-lasting first-mover advantages
A quick look at Cisco's historical success and future challenges 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 »
How the pandemic is changing the PC market
Some notes on the important role of PCs during the pandemic with market shares and forecasts Read more »
IP telephony surges in the politicised network market
Service Provider and Enterprise Networks have been extremely important during the pandemic; nevertheless most Telcos and organizations have been relying on those already installed to keep people, governments and businesses connected. In total the market grew by 1% to $187 billion in the year to the end of March, but […] Read more »
Gaming software sales grow 4% during lockdown
A look at the gaming console hardware and software market in Q1 2020 Read more »
Supercomputers hunt for answers to COVID-19
A look at how superrcomputers are beingused to combat COVID-19 Read more »
Networks – $185b, 2.1b ports shipped in 2019
A look at network equipment sales and market shares in 2019 Read more »
Storage systems – 1.8ZB shipped, $33.4b spent in 2019
A sizing of the storage systems and raw storage markets in 2019 Read more »
Servers – $75.6 spent on 21.3 systems in 2019
A look at the server market in 2019 including shares for suppliers, operating systems and virtualization status. Read more »