A look at IBM's Power10 and Telum chip announcements Read more »
IBM Power10 – technical leader with big cloud opportunities
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 »
The role of Red Hat OpenShift in IBM’s new strategy
A look at the role of OpenShift as an anchor for enterprise IT infrastructure Read more »
Microprocessor shortages – reasons, data and solutions
A look at the causes of the shortages of microprocessors Read more »
IBM’s supreme hybrid cloud strategy – Red Hat integrated, Kyndryl out
A look at IBM's strategy - undergoing big changes this year Read more »
IBM introduces LinuxONE III Express – Linux mainframes from $135k
A look at the announcement of IBM LinuxONE III Express models announced this week Read more »
IBM announces Spectrum Fusion and Fusion HCI – easier enterprise container computing
My analysis of IBM's Fusion HCI and other storage offerings announced today Read more »
Classifying servers – a proposed schema
My proposed universal server classification schema Read more »
BlueChip – putting the ‘International’ into Service Express
A look at the acquisition of BlueChip by Service Express International Read more »
IBM to split – spinning off its managed service business
Some ideas - with market data and forecasts - on IBM's intention to split itself into 2 companies Read more »
Gaming software sales grow 4% during lockdown
A look at the gaming console hardware and software market in Q1 2020 Read more »
How IBM’s DS8900F and TS7770 storage systems enhance its z15 mainframe’s functionality
A look at how IBM's mainframe storage and tape systems compliment its z15 server line Read more »
IBM introduces air-cooled z15 T02 and LinuxONE III LT2 – more security, more cloud
A first look at IBM's latest 2 z15 models - smaller, more modular designs Read more »
Supercomputers hunt for answers to COVID-19
A look at how superrcomputers are beingused to combat COVID-19 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 »
SAP certifies IBM Power9 for its HANA Enterprise Cloud
SAP's certification of IBM Power9 servers for its HANA Enterprise Cloud data center Read more »
6. The only hardware spending growth will be on solid state disks and processors
The hardware market will decline by 2.0% overall and only two product types – solid state drives and processors – will grow in 2020 (please note that I have excluded OEM sales from this forecast). Mobile device will be the one on which we spend most, but it will be […] Read more »
Google Sycamore achieves ‘Quantum Supremacy’, but what does that mean?
A look at Google's achievement of 'quantum supremacy' Read more »
Server market takes a pause in 2019 – still dominated by Windows and x86
A look at the server market in the first half of 2019 from ITCandor's research Read more »