A look at the market, regional and product landscape of the peripherals markey in 2022, with some ideas on where it's going Read more »
Will the post-pandemic peripherals market recover?
Dire times ahead for the PC market
ITCandor's look-back at the PC market in 2022 with some dire warnings about 2023 Read more »
IBM launches Diamondback – an open automated tape library in search of new customers
A look at IBM STorage's new Diamondback automated tape library Read more »
The profitability of chip suppliers
A look at profitability in the microprocessor industry Read more »
IBM integrates Red Hat ODF and Ceph into its storage division
A look at the integration of some of Red Hat's resources into IBM Storage division Read more »
IBM Storage pushes the cyber resilience of its Spectrum software even further
A look at IBM Storage's updated cybersecurity Spectrum software announced in September 2022 Read more »
IBM launches the LinuxONE Emperor 4 server – sustainability, cost and security advantages
A look at IBM's LinuxONE Emperor 4 server, launched today Read more »
My 360° insight into the $7.3 trillion post-pandemic ITC market
A multi-dimensional look at the worldwide IT and communications market Read more »
IBM expands the Power10 server lineup – more security, more performance, more Linux, more cloud
A look at the new IBM Power servers announced today Read more »
Peer Software GFS – software for handling exponential storage growth
An introduction to Peer Software's GFS Read more »
IBM Storage announces Spectrum Sentinel – protection and fast recovery for Epic Healthcare workloads
A look at IBM Storage's Spectrum Sentinel and how it helps to secure Epic medical records 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 »
IBM announces the Elastic Storage System 3500 and partners with Predatar for backup cyber resiliency
Coverage of IBM's new ESS3500 storage product and its Spectrum Protect and Protect Plus partnership with Predatar for backup cybersecurity practices Read more »
The PC market booms, despite supply chain and government challenges
a summary of the worldwide and regional PC market in 2021 Read more »
The $1.2 trillion Enterprise IT market 2021 – Amazon market leader of a varied and changing landscape
A look at the total market for enterprise IT encompassing hardware, infrastructure software, outsourcing, managed service and cloud computing with market trnds and shares Read more »
IBM i 7.5 – database and security enhanced, applications modernized
My review of IBM i 7.5 announcements on May 3rd 2022 Read more »
The $207b network market – still haunted by issues of trust
A long term view of the enterprise and servic provider network markets with market data and analysis Read more »
Storage systems 2021 – stable spending in a sea of change
The worldwide storage systems hardware market grew by just 2% in 2021 to reach $34.8 billion, which proved yet again that the success of these products has become increasingly unconnected with that of raw storage, which grew by 19% growth in the year. My Figure above shows total spending by […] Read more »
Raw storage in 2021 reaches 3.6ZB capacity, $182B spending, 1B shipments
A look at the raw storage market for HDD, NAND and DRAM in 2021 Read more »
IBM launches the IBM z16 – the world’s first quantum-safe server with on-chip AI inferencing
An overview of IBM's z16 mainframe at announcement Read more »