Some stats on cloud computing in EMEA with market shares and forecasts to 2020 Read more »
Cloud Computing in EMEA reaches €29.9B in 2015
Cloud services grow 20% in 2015 to reach $107B
A look at cloud services market shares and forecasts Read more »
2016 predictions 1 – The world ITC market declines by 1.2% to $5.8 trillion
In 2015 the market declined by 5.1%, so its unlikely to see a recovery in the year. My forecast is for a 1.2% decline, with the market reaching $5.8T. Performance by category will vary. In particular: Software will grow 4.2% to $916B: although it lags in revenues, it will continue […] Read more »
2016 prediction 7 – Cloud Computing continues to surge – SaaS is the star
Cloud computing will grow by 13% to reach $354B. The strongest growth will be in SaaS (26.3%), which we count as part of the software market. IT services engage to build and manage private, public and hybrid clouds will grow by 16.3%, PaaS by 7.7% and IaaS by 8.1%. The […] Read more »
The ITC market falls 3.2% to $1.6T in Q3 2015
A first look at market growth in Q3 2015 Read more »
Business sector and consumer IT spending trends
More on the IT market sending by consumer and business by industry sector Read more »
Cloud services suffer massive regional currency discrepancies
Big differences between local and $US revenue growth in Asia Pacific and EMEA cloud services Read more »
Cloud services – SaaS, IaaS and PaaS forecast
Latest forecast and market share for IaaS/PaaS, SaaS and total cloud services Read more »
ITC spending -5.5% in Q2 2015 – we’re in another downturn
Q2 results show we're already in another market downturn Read more »
Atos acquires Xerox’s ITO business – better times ahead for outsourcing
Economies of scale will help improve the profitability of outsourcing over the next few years Read more »
Xavier Poisson on HP Helion, Cloud 28+ and Europe
My analysis of HP Helion and the Cloud 28+ community in Europe Read more »
The Datacenter Security Continuum
Datacenter security from a logical, rather than physical point of view - separated, but related, to network and endpoint security Read more »
HP putting the Ink in Inc.
Like eBay and Symantec HP is planning to split itself into 2 businesses - HP Inc. and HP Enterprise Read more »
Symantec’s Security and Information Management – Veritas – bifurcation
Splitting in 2 should help Symantec become more focussed and agile Read more »
Atos buys Bull for €620 million
We take a look at the acquisition of Bull by Atos - big news for European Cloud computing Read more »
Hitachi Data Systems – Beyond Unified, Virtualised And Flash
HDS makes less noise than many systems vendors, but has some important server, storage and services offerings Read more »
IBM Security – A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
In a complex, fragmented market with over 500 players IBM has a full and well thought out approach to IT security. We spent a day finding out. Read more »
Oracle Introduces IaaS – Leasing And A Piece Of CoD
We think Oracle's new IaaS looks more like leasing with a bit of CoD thrown in. Read more »
Converged Infrastructure And The $299 Billion Data Centre Market
Before you can predict the opportunity for converged infrastructure you need to start by calculating the data centre market. Read ITCandor's assessment, complete with sizing and market shares. Read more »
IBM Builds Its Smarter Commerce Software Business Through Acquisition
IBM is building a large application software business through acquisition, but staying true to Sell, Buy, Market and Service themes of Smarter Commerce. Read our extensive analysis of its business and users. Read more »