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 »
8. Storage commoditisation puts more suppliers out of business
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 »
Cisco, HP, Dell – cloud service laggards, falling enterprise IT market shares
Hoe leading cloud vendors are positioned Read more »
The 2025 enterprise computing forecast – cloud wins hands-down
My enterprise computing forecast including a masive victory for cloud computing. Read more »
Storage systems down, disk drives up, solid state booms in Q2 2017
A post on the latest Q2 2017 market growth, shares and successes of the raw and systems storage. Read more »
Germany regains leading position in EU data center spending
A teaser to get you to subscribe to my quarterly EU data center research reports Read more »
IBM z14 mainframe – sophisticated fixes for enterprise challenges
IBM launched its latest mainframe last week. The z14 will create an upward swing in the never ending see-sawing of the most important single server in the market. My Figure shows z System hardware revenues by quarter (on a rolling 4-quarter basis) with model introductions anchored to the left apart from the […] Read more »
Micron SolidScale – now that’s what I call Big Data!
Micron steps out as a storage systems supplier with the first ever boxed NVMeoF solution Read more »
Violin Memory privatised – the all-flash disruptor disrupted
Some thoughts about the change in company status for Violin Memory. Read more »
Cloud 2016 – $133b and growing
ITCandor's latest sizing, market share and forecast for cloud computing by type and region Read more »
Storage 2017 – growth at last!
A complete review of the storage systems, disc, NAND and DRAM markets. Read more »
HPE adds flash and analytics through acquiring Nimble storage
Some thoughts on another acquisition. Read more »
HPE buys Simplivity – winners, losers and implications
A look at the implications of HP's acquisition of Simplivity Read more »
Dell Technology – a common hymn book for a big choir
Thoughts on the world's largest IT merger/acquisition Read more »
Red Bull Racing’s Malaysian win and its Milton Keynes IT
Formula 1 has much to show commercial IT how to run future systems. Read more »
IBM Edge 2016 – Tom Rosamilia on the need for innovation
An overview of IBM's systems activities to support its customers' challenges Read more »
IBM Edge 2016 – balancing systems and cloud services
Some thoughts on balancing cloud v systems revenues at IBM Read more »
HPE buys SGI – increases high performance, technical and analytics expertise
Why HPE buying SGI is important Read more »
IBM adds new all-flash hardware to its evolving software defined storage strategy
A look at IBM's storage strategy and August product announcements Read more »