A look at the acquisition of BlueChip by Service Express International Read more »
BlueChip – putting the ‘International’ into Service Express
IBM Storage launches the FlashSystem 5015, 5035 and 5200
A look at IBM's introduction of the FS5015, FS5035 and FS5200 storage arrays 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 »
IBM Storage – advanced support container-based applications in its Q4 2020 announcements
A look at IBM Software announcements on October 27th 2020 Read more »
IBM dives into data lakes with the Elastic Storage System 5000
A look at IBM storage system announcements on July 9th 2020 Read more »
Cloud computing – 18% growth to $260b in the year to March 2020
A look at cloud computing spending growth, market shares and forecasts 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 »
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 »
IBM radically simplifies its storage offerings in Q1 2020
ITCandor's assessment of IBM storage announcement on Feb 12th 2020 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 »
9. Raw storage shipments exceed 2 Zetabytes
Spending on raw storage (which in this case includes OEM shipments) declined by 24% to $172 billion in 2019 following two years of strong growth (37% in 2017 and 18% in 2018); nevertheless shipped capacity continued to increase, reaching 1.683 Zetabytes. While the creation of new products with much larger […] Read more »
IBM’s Q4 2019 announcements – storage for the AI and container workloads you want to run
Following closely on the heels of the DS8900 launch last month, IBM announced some major storage products (both hardware and software) today at the TechU conference in Prague. My analysis here is based not only on briefing material from Eric Herzog and his team, but also from my visit to […] Read more »
Storage systems – calm in a stormy storage sea
Some stats and thoughts about the storage systems market in the first half of 2019 Read more »
Network spending at $186b – service providers beat enterprise customers
A look at ITCandor's latest findings for the service provider and enterprise network markets to Q2 2019 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 »
IBM launches the DS8900F – 2,320k IOPS with encryption built in
I take a look at IBM's new mainframe storage Read more »
IBM hones its storage for hybrid multi cloud solutions
We look at IBM July 2019 storage announcements Read more »
HPE to acquire Cray – more science for your commerce
Some ideas on thee proposed acquisition of Cray by HPE Read more »