The challenges of data management in 2018 Read more »
Data management challenges in a regulated, hybrid, multi-cloud world
Service solutions providers –changing landscape, new challenges
ITCandor data center and cloud service sizing and forecasts for those providing third party maintenance Read more »
Servers – new processor growth and the American bias
a new look at the global server market Read more »
Storage – the raw v system dichotomy
Some 2017 sizing, shares and forecast from ITCandor's storage research Read more »
Networking – a 2-horse Huawei and Cisco market with an Asia Pacific bias
ITCandor's latest data for the network markets Read more »
Peripherals – the Asia Pacific bias
Spending on peripherals is moving towards Asia Pacific. Read more »
The regional PC market’s American bias
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 »
The gaming market – open v proprietary lessons for all ITC suppliers
Although the gaming console market is small and about ‘entertainment’, there are a number of issues it can help us with when trying to work out what’s going on in other, larger and more important areas of the IT and communications industry. As always my statistics published here are from […] Read more »
IBM leads the shift from server… to cloud… driven data storage
Martin looks at the latest storage announcements from IBM Read more »
ITC 2026 – a software-defined, cloud delivered ITC world
The top line forecast for worldwide IT and communications markets. Read more »
ITcandor publishes 2017 mobile device market shares and forecasts
ITCandor announces the publication of its Q4 2017 mobile device data set Read more »
The expanding scope and success of IBM Spectrum storage software
A look at the enhancements to IBM' Spectrum storage software offerings. Read more »
AMD expands its x86 embedded processor lines – a targeted market approach
A look at AMD's target markets for its new embedded processors. Read more »
The profitability of Qualcomm and Broadcom/Avago
Decision time on the acquisition of Qualcomm by Broadcom/Avago may rest on calculations of profitability; however there's no simple way to work out a comparison Read more »
Meltdown and Spectre – 2.7b vulnerable devices and a $37b bill for mitigation
A look at the market consequences of mitigating against Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities Read more »
9. Oracle makes strong headway as an enterprise supplier
Our ninth 2018 prediction is that Oracle will do particularly well in the year. Read more »
8. Storage commoditisation puts more suppliers out of business
My eighth 2018 prediction is about how the rapid exponential growth in raw storage capacities is making a nonsense of most storage system supplier strategies. Read more »
7. Enterprise computing shifts off premise – AWS replaces Cisco as top supplier
My seventh 2018 prediction is about the evolving balance between traditional hardware, infrastructure software, outsourcing, managed services and cloud purchases. Read more »
4. SaaS, IaaS, PaaS – the fastest growing offerings
Our fourth prediction for 2018 is that the three cloud service areas - PaaS, IaaS and SaaS will experience the strongest growth among the 29 separate offerings we track. Read more »
Broadcom, Qualcomm, NXP – fish, chips and globalisation
Globalised consolidation of the semiconductor industry threatens customer choice Read more »