Information Technology and Communications research
Each generation of enterprise computing (centralized, client-server, Internet, managed services, cloud) has created disruption and inefficiencies in integration of the new with the old. Leading suppliers such as Cisco, IBM, Oracle, HPE, Huawei, Atos, Fujitsu and Hitachi will attempt to hang on to their customers’ budgets by promoting ‘as a […] Read more »
IBM’s storage group’s strategy seeks to support customers in their use of multiple data centers, whether on premises or in public clouds – and whether using IBM products or others. It wants to make it easier and more efficient for them; but to do so it has mastered a number […] Read more »
A look at the status of the cloud services market complete with market shares and forecasts Read more »
The printer market entered yet another phase of decline as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 customers spent $33 billion (down 10%) on 143 million printers (down 11%), while the total installed base dropped 4% to 577 million. Read more »
A look at the role of OpenShift as an anchor for enterprise IT infrastructure Read more »
A look at IBM's strategy - undergoing big changes this year Read more »
A look at the acquisition of BlueChip by Service Express International Read more »
A quick look at Cisco's historical success and future challenges Read more »
Some ideas - with market data and forecasts - on IBM's intention to split itself into 2 companies Read more »
A look at changes in ITC spending by category in Q2 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic surged Read more »
A look at cloud computing spending growth, market shares and forecasts in Q1 2020 Read more »
A review of the things the top ITC suppliers are doing to help during the COVID-19 pandemic Read more »
A look at growth and market shares in the 2019 cloud service markets Read more »
If we look at the long-term development of the ITC market by broad categories of offerings (see my Figure) we see that both IT Service and Software have been growing faster than Telecom Service and Hardware. In 2020 I expect this trend to continue; the strongest growth will be in […] Read more »
There will continue to be major differences in spending growth on IT Services, which I predict will grow 1.8% overall. Leading the charge will be IaaS and PaaS cloud services, which I predict will grow by 23.9% and 16.6% respectively in 2020. Of the other offerings implementation will remain the […] Read more »
A look at the market for computer peripherals and printers in the year to the end of June 2019 Read more »
A look at the server market in the first half of 2019 from ITCandor's research Read more »
A look at the growing market for infrastructure software as part of both the enterprise IT and software markets. Read more »
I look at the latest market developments for cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS and PaaS) Read more »
We look at IBM July 2019 storage announcements Read more »