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 »
Infrastructure software – largest part of enterprise and second largest software category
A look at the growing market for infrastructure software as part of both the enterprise IT and software markets. Read more »